Music 1711F/G Lecture Notes - Parody Mass, Johannes Tinctoris, Word Painting
13 Mar 2013
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Two types of sacred vocal music: the mass and the motet. Cantus firmus used in both of these types of pieces. Cyclic mass: a setting of all five components of the ordinary of the mass by one composer which are unified musically. First composers of cyclic masses: leonel power (d. 1445) - Writing a mass cycle: now more about the musical connections than what the piece looks like in a mass in a church. More of a musical form than as part of a mass. Cantus firmus composer unifies the mass movements musically. A melody line used in at least one voice part, repeated several times throughout a work. This links the different parts together like a repeating motif. Guilliame du fay: first composer to use a cantus firmus in tow new ways: Put the cantus firmus in the tenor, but put a lower voice underneath the tenor line. Result: missa se la face ay pale.
