MUSC 226 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Magnus Liber, Discant, Cantus Firmus
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Leonin composer and compiler or magnus liber organi. Rhythmic modes a system of six patterns, mixing long notes and breves (short notes). Organum style used where the original chant sets the text in syllabic style. Discant style used where the original chant sets the text in melismatic style. Clausula term for a distinct, self-contained section of an organum, generally in a. The resulting rhythms always used a triple division of the basic beat creating rhythm analogous to our modern compound meters. The specific rhythm modes were notated through the use of distinctive ligature patterns. and discant styles. discant style. Individual clausulae were often rewritten or replaced by later composers, the new settings being turned into substitute clasulae. Motet a new genre developed within the notre dame tradition in the early 13th century. First created by adding a newly written latin text to the upper voice of a discant clausula.
