MUS 101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 13: Frank Desprez, Legato, Josquin Des Prez
16 Nov 2014
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Josquin desprez: many gaps in his biography, french composer, career was spent in milan, itality, court, composer for sforzas (ruling family of 15th century) Josquin"s genre: masses, motets, secular songs, use of limitation (e. g. , yesterday"s assignment) Pange lingua mass: from your reading, make a list of all musical characteristics, page 73-74, musical ideas from plainchant, polyphonic texture, four voices. Use of rhythm: pange lingua mass: rhythm! (not used in plainchant, rhythm fits the words, ex: eighth notes for short syllables; half notes for long syllables. Point of imitations: musical passages copied in other voice. Overlapping cadences: cadence: two chords that conclude a phrase, next group beings as first comes to a cadence. Paired imitation: one pair of voices begins, and the other answers. Two important facts: simple imitation; overlapping cadences; paired imitation. Palestrina (1525-1594: born in palestrina, italy, choir boy in rome, composer for sistine chapel (pope"s private chapel)
