Motet

Clausulae on Dominus, from Viderunt Omnes: clausula No. 26 and clausula No. 29; Motets on Tenor Dominus: Factum est salutare/Dominus, Fole acostumance/Dominus, and Super te/Sed fulsit virginitas/Dominus; and De ma dame vient/Dieus, comment porroi/Omnes by Adam de la Halle are four such examples. The tenor lines of Clausulae and Motets have “Dominus” as the text, and the melodies are almost identical to that of the original except for a few notes which were…

In chapter three of Roger Kamien’s Music an Appreciation textbook, the author focuses directly on the Renaissance period, a period of exploring and adventure. The Renaissance Period, also known as “The Golden Age,” was a time of curiosity and individualism in society. The author teaches his readers about the significance of humanism and musicals that were played in churches, courts, and towns. Chapter three explains in depth how to comprehend and appreciate the importance of transition in sacred…

Meaning the treble voices dominated the work. The mass was written for the Reims Cathedral were he served as a clergy member. Excluding the Kyrie Machaut seems to use his style of writing motet to compose this Mass. The mass contains 5 movements a Kyrie, Gloria, Credo, Sanctus and a Agnus Dei. Though it was not the very first polyphonic cycle of the mass, it was the first by a single composer. Because of this the creation of this mass did…

Goldwell. He actively served as priest at St. Girolamo della Carità, and concurrently was appointed Maestro di Cappella at St. Apollinare. Between 1581 and 1585 he published five volumes devoted to hymns, Marian works, Masses, Holy Week offices, and motets. The most significant composition to emerge from these publications is the “Tenebrae Responsories”. Detailing the story of the Passion in music, Victoria composed 18 pieces using a popular method of composing which is the customary…

During both The Middle Ages and the Renaissance scarce music was developed. The purpose of scarce music is to “inspire the faithful to worship.” All of the music was written in Latin and placed into part books. A small amount of women viewed themselves as professional musicians during these two time periods. Both eras developed instrumental genres for dance music. Instruments are categorized into two sections bas and haut. A bas instrument throughout these eras was a recorder. The opposite of…

the household of Cardinal Ascanio Sforza. He returned to Milan in January and February 1489, where he witnessed some of his works in the 1480’s seems to be reflected on the Milaness styles and practices. His motet-cycle Vultum tuum deprecabuntur seems to be based on motetti missales, or motets that are substitute for individual sections of the Mass. On June 1489, Josquin joined the papal chapel. The amount of time that he was there is unknown due to accounts from 1495 to 1500 are lost. What…

“Ave Maria” is a motet, or a short piece of sacred choral music, written by Josquin des Prez in the second half of the 15th century during the Renaissance Era. This motet is a devotional piece to the Virgin Mary which consists of three total parts: a greeting to the Virgin Mary, an overview of the five major events of her life, and the author entreating Mary for mercy at their time of death (Rifkin). The piece exemplifies the ideals and characteristics of Renaissance music through its “syntactic…

rather than superimposing one melody above another. Also, typical choral pieces have four, five, or six voices parts of nearly equal melodic interest. The two main Forms of sacred Renaissance Music are the mass and the motet. The mass is the liturgical music for church services, and the motet is a polyphonic choral work set to a sacred Latin text other than the ordinary of the mass. In the fourteenth century, for the first time, secular music had the upper hand in artistic developments.…

William Byrd paved way beyond three- and four-part homophonic pieces. Thomas Tallis (c. 1505 – 1585) and William Byrd (c. 1540 – 1623) were versatile composers who wrote for the Catholic, Anglican, and Puritan churches alike. Tallis, best known for his motets, psalms, and anthems, was favored by Queen Elizabeth I (1533 – 1603) and is responsible for her favoritism toward his pupil, William Byrd, as well. Byrd was a secretly practicing Catholic who wrote renowned masses, but, like Tallis, catered…

Music faced a major breakthrough during the Renaissance and the Baroque Period. It became an important part of the people’s lives. During the Renaissance most of the music were sacred music which basically means religious music. Along the sacred music secular music was beginning to flourish, and musicians started playing music in different places like courts and towns. Town musicians played music in feasts, weddings, and religious…