MUS111H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Josquin Des Prez, Virgo Interferometer, Counterpoint
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Why do we talk abt historical periods in music. What you understand abt a certain period can bring info and awareness to the music u hear. Few musical examples (ie manuscripts) before 450 medieval. Ppl didn t stop writing medieval music in 1450 and start renaissance, they re uid boundaries that are broad. Time periods do take into acct war, political shifts etc. Greek text (transliterated) and form of the text. Social impetus: medieval - plain chant. Chant, single voice, monophony, has rhythm but irregular, melody rises and falls, lack of direction, has structure, texture is one voice. Only a min long: medieval - machaut - 14th c - Form - texture=many voices singing, back to chant, then many voices singing, Polyphony, sounds thick in texture, differentiate texture by having higher voices move quicker than lower voices, dense texture (bc voices overlap, don t know the.
