Music 1711F/G Lecture Notes - Music Of The Trecento, Ars Nova, Virelai
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Feb 4 music of the 14th century: italy"s trecento and england. In italy, in the period of the "ars nova" music in france, there was "trecento" - Similar to french virelai (not the ballade) A different words, same melody as chorus. Landini composed 140 of them, including "ecco la primavera" on listening list: madrigal. First a literary form (poetry), then set to music. Poetry first, so it has a strict form. Musical form: 2 or 3 strophes (each with 3 lines) + two-line ritornello (refrain) at the end of the whole piece. *don"t confuse this with the 16th-century renaissance madrigal: caccia - "chase" Upper two voices are in canon, over an independent tenor. Composers of the trecento know these 3/the 4 in the textbook. Largest and most important source for 14th-century italian music. Beautifully decorated with images of the composers whose works are contained in this collection. We don"t have one term to sum up what was going on there.