MUS-M 401 1st Edition Lecture 8 Current LectureLayers glossing the chant Choir Verse: Solo Choir -response: Solo -chant -chant -chant -Chant -chant -organum with discant sections -chant -Organum with discant sections -replace some passages with new clausulae -chant -Replace some passages -chant With new clausulaeNAWM 17 and 19What did they value in this music? -It represented authorized chant -It embellished chant and liturgy -It used perfect consonances, thus sounding beautiful and conforming to theory -Each new type allowed greater artistry -Was all done in service to God and churchMotetNAWM 21Same melody as chant but with new wordsMotet= discant clausula and words -Related to troping -adding words to added music -Motet (motetus) from French “mot” meaning “word” -Motet titled by first words of each line-Assonance: same vowel repeats often -often, the most prominent vowel in original text is emphasized in new textFranco of Cologne -Ars cantus mensurabilis (The Art of Measurable Song, ca. 1280) -Mensural notation: -double long -Long -Breve -SemibreveNAWM 22Adam de la Halle (ca. 1240-? 1288) -De ma dame vient/ Dieus, comment porroiel Omnes -Franconian motetPetrus de Cruce (mis 13 century.- early 14th century) -Aucun ont trouve/ lonc tans/ Annuntiantes -Petronian