Music for the mass in fourteenthcentury france machauts mass is well known as the first polyphonic setting of the ordinary of the mass by a single known composer. One of the great masterpieces of medieval music and of all religious music, it is the earliest complete setting of the ordinary of the mass attributable to a single composer. Machaut utilises opportunities presented by polyphony better than anyone else of his time. He is a part of the musical movement known as the ars nova. Widely regarded as one of the masterpieces of medieval music and of all religious music, it is historically notable as the earliest complete setting of the ordinary of the mass attributable to a single composer in contrast to earlier compilations. However, the modes used are quite similar to more modern scales, and barring unusual sounding cadences, parallel fifths and the like in some sections i.
Sans cuer dolens click here to search for this composer on cpdl publications external links. Kyrie eleison lord have mercy the chant melody for the two kyrie sections are often related, but not here, so the overall melodic form is a b c. Ky ri e 23 23 8 2 3 8 2 3 28 chri chri chri chri christe ste ste ste ste. Fourvoice mass ordinary, in six movements including ite missa est note that the text is not remarkable. Machaut helped develop the motet and secular song forms particularly the lai and the formes fixes. The setting has close connections with reims cathedral and is thought to have been composed in the early 60s. The messe of nostre dame mass of our lady is a polyphonic mass. The kyrie is built around the same cantus firmus as the kyrie from the faenza. Machauts mass was certainly a landmark in musical history, but this mass is far from being avantgarde merely for the sake of uniquity, it is considered to be one of the most advanced examples of choral polyphony in the history of music. It holds its own with all other available recordings. Machaut is an extremely significant composer who was equally comfortable in sacred and secular worlds.
Through the magic of real audio you can listen to it on your home computer. Pdf interpretive problems regarding stylistic, modal and. He served as a highranking church official in the service of various kings and nobles. Machaut sets each of these four melodic units a b c and c only once. The third statement of c is extended, a common procedure that creates a complete structure of a a a b b b c c c. Licensed to youtube by merlin idol distribution on behalf of alpha. A guide to research, garland composer resource manuals, 36. Certainly the space one hears, tonally, around the voices themselves serves to heighten mood, and to emphasise the harmonies and layering again.
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