MUSIC 308A Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Guillaume Du Fay, Goal Orientation, Gilles Binchois
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English countenance and the music at the court of burgandy. Picture of philip the good in all black, pointy shoes. The(cid:396)e"s a dog, lo(cid:374)g sta(cid:374)di(cid:374)g s(cid:455)(cid:373)(cid:271)ol of fidelit(cid:455) Philip the good > huge patron of the arts: hires the best painters and poet to show off the splender of his court, attracted a lot of artists, musicians to his court, purely secular. Idea to have lavish acts of devotion: music literature: references to burgundy style (music refered to in the courts) 1420: worked for duke of bedford, where the term english countenance came from, #21 in western book, written around 1440is (cid:862)asto(cid:374)ish all of pa(cid:396)is (cid:863, saying we like music. Low music (quiet, played inside: high music (of courts, pop, loud music, concord sound > talks about the sensuality of the music. Identifies dunstable as the style of the music: the relationship between the (harmonies?, anthology pg. Idea celebration of sexual love as a metaphor for god and israel,