MUSI 2100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Virelai, Ballata, Smallpox
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Refers to poetic refrain forms of french ars nova songs (chansons) 3 fixed forms in france: virelai, ballade, rondeau. Douce dame jolie virelai by machaut, before 1350. Refrain" = repetition of same words and sae music; ab a/b = same music only. Tenor: the same material is used in each half but in a mirror image meeting at the middle of the piece. Different type of political structure from the rest of europe. No kings or central authority until 19th century. Madrigal: terzetti (3 lines, terzetti (3 lines, ritornello (2 lines) Differences between french and italian 14th century secular music. Italian: long melodious and florid lines, melismatic, no syncopation, no rhythmic complexities, imitation. Blind trecento composer: smallpox, at a young age, smallpox struck him blind, however, he was very good at music, so he became famous. Nine in both a two and a three-voice version.