HMU111H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Messe De Nostre Dame, Philippe De Vitry, Roman De Fauvel
1 Apr 2016
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One hundred years war (1337 1453) war between france and england: mixing of english and french music. The avignon papacy (1309 1379) election of french pope, secular music: the papal schism (1378 1417) french vs. italian popes, the council of constance (1418) questioning authority of catholic church, state took over earthly concerns. Vernacular literature new languages (portrays classes more realistically than before: dante"s divine comedy (ca. 1307: boccaccio"s decameron (1353, chaucer"s canterbury tales (1386) New genre: polyphonic secular art song (french chanson) Treatise by philippe de vitry (french musician, poet, bishop: rhythmic innovations counting system always based on triple groupings. Imperfect duple and prolation (major or minor) Time division of the breve (double whole note: breve divided into 3s = perfect time, breve divided into 2s = imperfect time. Roman de fauvel (summarizes political corruption) 1310. French poem attributed to royal clerk gervais de bus (patrons interested: donkey (fauvel) raised to rule over the land, acrostic name (sins he personiies)
