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Josquin and Friends
josquin and friends
prelude
musical renaissance spread from the low countries to other areas of western europe
desprez was the most renowned composer of the 1500s
northern composers: the generation after du fay
ockeghem:
had a reputation in italy
wrote 13 masses, each with four similar voices interacting in a contrapuntal texture of independent melodic lines
full, thick texture
tenor masses - built on a single cantus firmus used as the basis for every movement
cyclic mass - movements are unified musically
masses without a cantus firmus sometimes took their titles from the mode in which they were written
canon:
deriving two or more voices from a single notated voice, and the instruction of rule by which these parts were derived
missa prolatonium is notated in two voices but sung in four, using the four prolations of mensural notation
the next generation: josquin and his contemporaries
ockeghem's pupils:
obrecht, isaac, deprez
all shared similar life stories and paths crossed several times
all traveled throughout europe so their music combines northern and southern elements
odhecaton:
first printed anthology of chansons
mostly for three voices and written primarily in older styles
four-voice chansons use fuller texture, imitative counterpoint, clearer harmonic structure, greater equality of voices, duple meter
deprez:
attained crazy hero-worship prestige - first artist in music history to reach this level of prestige
wrote both sacred and secular music in a variety of vocal styles (masses, motets, chansons, frottole)
traveled and worked in various churches across europe
frequently utilized imitation - each voice takes up the same idea one after the other, overlapping at a point of imitation, to unify the voices, bringing them together to create an effect similar to perspective in art
works were performed and published for almost a century after his death thanks to the invention of the printing press
text is carefully taken into account, with each section unique in texture in relation to the text, and melodic lines fit the words so they sound natural and can be understood
employs conservative styles in his masses, which usually use a secular tune as a cantus firmus
first time people tried to pass other music off as his - over half of the music attributed to him was fake
protestant reformation placed a lot of importance on individual achievement, people felt that certain qualities of josquin's music aligned with the values of the protestant reformation
the duke of ferrara tried to increase his prestige by hiring josquin
there's more significance in the legend surrounding him than the actual facts about his life
paraphrase mass:
based on plainchant hymn
paraphrases hymn melody in all four voices
became dominant over the structurally confining cantus firmus technique
imitation mass:
rearranges another mass composition
all parts, not just the hymn melody
Josquin and Friends
josquin and friends
prelude
musical renaissance spread from the low countries to other areas of western europe
desprez was the most renowned composer of the 1500s
northern composers: the generation after du fay
ockeghem:
had a reputation in italy
wrote 13 masses, each with four similar voices interacting in a contrapuntal texture of independent melodic lines
full, thick texture
tenor masses - built on a single cantus firmus used as the basis for every movement
cyclic mass - movements are unified musically
masses without a cantus firmus sometimes took their titles from the mode in which they were written
canon:
deriving two or more voices from a single notated voice, and the instruction of rule by which these parts were derived
missa prolatonium is notated in two voices but sung in four, using the four prolations of mensural notation
the next generation: josquin and his contemporaries
ockeghem's pupils:
obrecht, isaac, deprez
all shared similar life stories and paths crossed several times
all traveled throughout europe so their music combines northern and southern elements
odhecaton:
first printed anthology of chansons
mostly for three voices and written primarily in older styles
four-voice chansons use fuller texture, imitative counterpoint, clearer harmonic structure, greater equality of voices, duple meter
deprez:
attained crazy hero-worship prestige - first artist in music history to reach this level of prestige
wrote both sacred and secular music in a variety of vocal styles (masses, motets, chansons, frottole)
traveled and worked in various churches across europe
frequently utilized imitation - each voice takes up the same idea one after the other, overlapping at a point of imitation, to unify the voices, bringing them together to create an effect similar to perspective in art
works were performed and published for almost a century after his death thanks to the invention of the printing press
text is carefully taken into account, with each section unique in texture in relation to the text, and melodic lines fit the words so they sound natural and can be understood
employs conservative styles in his masses, which usually use a secular tune as a cantus firmus
first time people tried to pass other music off as his - over half of the music attributed to him was fake
protestant reformation placed a lot of importance on individual achievement, people felt that certain qualities of josquin's music aligned with the values of the protestant reformation
the duke of ferrara tried to increase his prestige by hiring josquin
there's more significance in the legend surrounding him than the actual facts about his life
paraphrase mass:
based on plainchant hymn
paraphrases hymn melody in all four voices
became dominant over the structurally confining cantus firmus technique
imitation mass:
rearranges another mass composition
all parts, not just the hymn melody