MUS 101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Liturgical Year, Vielle, Guillaume De Machaut
16 Nov 2014
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Secular (non-religion) song: dates back to 11th century. Troubadours: composed secular (non-religious music, court musicians, school of poets (men & women, created lyrical poetry set to music, usually courtly love themes. Little servants hired as traveling entertainers and court musicians: sang and accompanied themselves on lute or harp, famous for long poems (chansons de geste, they were replaced by troubadours. Women & music: freedom & political equality, all social classes were involved with music, they were patrons, composers & performers, female patrons ((upper class) have financial aid to support female composers. A chanter: need to know-page 60-61, composed by female (beatriz de dia, poetry set to music, the song is about her lover who has scorned her. Example # 1- need to know: title: Beatriz de dia: composer, year, two important facts: 1175 vocals, vielle, lite, drum & flute; strophic.
