MUSI 1001 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Comtessa De Dia, Guillaume De Machaut, Duple Coachbuilders
25 May 2016
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1: meters (duple, triple, quadruple, texture monophonic, homophonic, polyphonic. 1198-1236: the first two words of this chant, viderunt omnes, would have been sung by a soloist, perotinus composed organum for this passage, but left the choral sections as chant, two styles of setting. Chant in long tones with a freely-moving, melismatic solo above. A middle section features both lines move in triple meter. The ending passage returns to the first style of setting. The most important composer of the fourteenth century. Composed sacred music as well as secular songs (monophonic and polyphonic) Machaut composed the work in reims around 1360. Could be performed for any mass in honour of the virgin mary. First known setting of the mass ordinary as one unified composition. All movements composed in 4 voice polyphony. A descending scale motive unifies all the movements. Wrote vernacular poetry (generally about love) and set the lyrics to music. Because the music is not written down, very little survives.
