Motet in the Age of Du Fay

Name: Motet in the Age of Du Fay
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ISBN: 9780521543378

ISBN-10: 0521543371

ISBN-13: 9780521543378

Edition: 2003

Authors: Julie E. Cumming

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During the lifetime of Guillaume Du Fay (c. 1400 1474) the motet underwent a profound transformation. Because of the protean nature of the motet during this period, problems of definition have always stood in the way of a full understanding of this crucial shift. Through a comprehensive survey of the surviving repertory, Julie Cumming shows that the motet is best understood on the level of the subgenre. She employs new ideas about categories taken from cognitive psychology and evolutionary theory to illuminate the process by which the subgenres of the motet arose and evolved. One important finding is the nature and extent of the crucial role that English music played in the genre's…

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List price: $58.99
Copyright year: 2003
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication date: 10/16/2003
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 436
Size: 7.44" wide x 9.69" long x 0.94" tall
Weight: 1.716



Introduction



Models and Methods



Approaches and analogies



Subgenre, interpretation, and the generic repertoire



Fifteenth-century uses of the term 'motet'



Motets in the Early Fifteenth Century: The Case of Bologna Q15



The motet section of Bologna Q15 and its ramifying roots



A new hybrid subgenre: the cut-circle motet



Other new hybrid subgenres



The motet in the early fifteenth century: evolution and interpretation



Motets in the Mid-Fifteenth Century: The Case of the Trent Codices



Motets in the Trent codices: establishing the boundaries



English and continental cantilena-style motets



Motets with a tenor cantus firmus c. 1430-1450



Freely composed four-voice writing in transition



The four-voice motet c. 1450-1475