MUSI 2101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: John Dunstaple, Ars Subtilior, Melisma
25 May 2016
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Describe music of this period (3): more complex rhythms, no melody, atonal, chromatics, dissonance. Name of english composer during this period: john dunstable. Name of work: quam pulchra es/ how beautiful you are. Quam pulchra es: 2 parts: female voice and new voice (new interest in rhetoric and language, composers interested in bringing together text and music, dunstable did many interesting things to bring together text and music. Martin le franc"s (poet) le champion des dames (c. 1441) Talks about life of women, corruption in government, corruption in church. Recounts the deeds of women throughout history: joan of arc. Coined the phrase: le contenance angloise in relation to dunstable: he relates the english sound to dunstable. Most important english 15th century ms: 147 sacred pieces. Strangely no dunstable works (the 2 important english composers: leonel power and john dunstable) Manuscript made by hand, 15th century, available for the very rich people.
