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- The Art of Counterpoint from Du Fay to Josquin
- The Art of Counterpoint from Du Fay to Josquin
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Musical Examples
- Acknowledgments
- Note on Musical Examples
- Abbreviations
- Introduction
- Part I Starting Points
- Part II Tinctoris’s Varietas
- Part III Fundaments of the Art
- 7 The Parameters
- 8 Affordances of Four- and Five-Voice Texture
- 9 Sacred Genres
- 10 The Formes Fixes
- Part IV The Art in Action
- Book part
- Bibliography
- Index of Compositions
- General Index
10 - The Formes Fixes
from Part III - Fundaments of the Art
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 December 2024
- The Art of Counterpoint from Du Fay to Josquin
- The Art of Counterpoint from Du Fay to Josquin
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Musical Examples
- Acknowledgments
- Note on Musical Examples
- Abbreviations
- Introduction
- Part I Starting Points
- Part II Tinctoris’s Varietas
- Part III Fundaments of the Art
- 7 The Parameters
- 8 Affordances of Four- and Five-Voice Texture
- 9 Sacred Genres
- 10 The Formes Fixes
- Part IV The Art in Action
- Book part
- Bibliography
- Index of Compositions
- General Index
Summary
Up until about 1480 most French songs were cast in one of three fixed poetic and musical forms: the rondeau, virelai, and ballade. Chapter 10 presents new ideas about how each repetition scheme conditions how the music happens in time, taking further an analysis by Christopher Page about the dynamics of the rondeau while offering a fresh interpretation of the virelai’s experiential horizons.
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- The Art of Counterpoint from Du Fay to Josquin , pp. 189 - 200Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2024