Personal Narrative: Current Trends In Music

My grandson asked me to tell him a story about myself, so I recounted my early days when I met the great Jacques Arcadelt. It was many years ago in the mid 1530's. I had snuck into a party hosted by the Medici family. I heard beautiful music and wanted to see the performers first hand. Plus, they always have the best wine. The Medici family has been in power in Florence for so long, people know of no other rulers here. Even though they still followed a monarchical structure and often ruled with tyranny, they have always had an affinity for the arts (History.com). Their parties always host the very best performers. Little did I know that I would meet someone who would eventually become a well known composer. I have snuck into their parties before by entering through the servants' area. Once inside, I got to hear the music better. It was a wonderous showcase of the new musical style where the music would aid the words and help paint a picture of what the text was relaying. If the words talked about rising or ascending, the music would do the same. If the words discussed falling, the music would move downward as well. The piece was named Il bianco e dolce …show more content…
We talked about the current trends in music. I told him it was wonderful that the public now gets to enjoy printed music more easily because of the techniques by Petrucci and Attaingnant. Music flowed more freely from place to place and the world of music got just a bit smaller. We also talked about how printed music helped promote the artist over the music. When Petrucci published his first collection of motets, artists like Josquin des Prez gained notoriety. What other composer is so well known that all you need is their first name to know who you were talking about. The man became a musical legend, and I think the printing press helped make that happen. His music got to reach far and wide (Burkholder and Palisca