A Perfected Art Church Polyphony in the Late
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A Perfected Art: Church Polyphony in the Late Fifteenth and Sixteenth Centuries
Josquin des Prez (ca. 1450– 1521) • “Master of the notes: They must do as he wills” – Martin Luther • Creator of the Ars perfecta “to which nothing can be added, after which nothing but decline is to be expected” – Henricus Glareanus (1488– 1563)
Humanism • Renewed interest in the study of Ancient texts • Music as a branch of poetic eloquence
Dodecachordon (1547) • Glareanus • Recognition of four additional modes – Ionian, Hypoionian – Aeolian, Hypoaeolian
Josquin’s Career • From 1475: chapel choir of René, King of Sicily and Duke of Anjou, in Aix-en-Provence • 1489: papal choir in Rome • 1502: music director for Duke Ercole d’Este, in Ferrara – Missa Hercules Dux Ferrariae – Soggetto cavato dalle vocali (theme carved out of vowels)
A Model Masterpiece • Josquin’s Ave maria [Anthology 1 -47] – Words and melody from the Annunciation sequence – Equal-voice polyphonic setting – Declamation, syntax, and semantic
Imitations • Ludwig Senfl (ca. 1486– 1543), Ave Maria …Virgo serena • Antoine de Févin (ca. 1470– 1512), Mass on Ave Maria … Virgo serena – Imitation Mass
• Josquin, Benedicta es, coelorum [Anthology 1 -48] – Six-voice motet based on chant sequence for the Feast of the Annunciation of the Virgin – Cantus firmus writing
All Is Known • Ars perfecta • Le istitutioni harmoniche (1558) • Gioseffo Zarlino (1517– 1590) • Triad as “harmonia perfetta” (“The Perfect Harmony”)
The “Post-Josquin” Generation • Jacobus Clemens (1510– 1556) “Clemens non papa” – Souterliedekens • 150 Psalms paraphrased into Dutch verse • Metrical psalms • contrafactum
The “Post-Josquin” Generation • Adrain Willaert (1490– 1562) – Benedicta es, coelorum regina (published 1545) [Anthology 1 -50] – Motet
The New Instrumental Music • ricercare • Cori spezzati (split choirs)
Palestrina and the Ecumenical Tradition • Gionvanni Pierluigi da Palestrina (1525 – 1594) – Worked in papal service under 11 successive popes – 104 complete settings of the Ordinary – Approximately 400 motets – Vesper hymns and a complete cycle of Mass Offertories – Two books of madrigals
Palestrina’s Missa Papae Marcelli • From second book of Masses (published 1567) • [Anthology 1 -51 a, b, c] • Council of Trent
• Palestrina’s Tui sunt coeli [Anthology 1 -52] – From the book of Offertories (published 1594)
“Stairway to Parnassus” • stile antico “old style” • Gradus as Parnassum (1725) – Johann Joseph Fux (1660– 1741) – Music theory treatise derived from Palestrina’s style
Alternatives to Perfection • • • Henry VIII Anglican Music Church of England John Taverner (1490– 1545) Thomas Tallis (1505– 1585)
The Recusant William Byrd (1543– 1623) • Catholic serving in the chapel royal • Cantiones quae ab argumento sacrae vocantur – Published jointly with Tallis (1575) – Motets
The Recusant William Byrd (1543– 1623) • Settings of forbidden liturgical texts • Mass Ordinary settings • “Agnus Dei” from Mass in Four Parts [Anthology 1 -53 a] • “Agnus Dei” from Mass in Five Parts [Anthology 1 -53 b]
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