Book contents
- 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
9 - Sacred Genres
from Part III - Fundaments of the Art
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 December 2024
Book contents
- 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
This chapter and the next probe genres and subgenres whose formal schemes, whether fully codified or not, afford powerful energetic templates. Chapter 9 focuses on the polyphonic mass, laying out some of the genre’s conventions while wrestling with recent discourses about the idea of musical unity in five-movement mass cycles. A concluding section explores the limitations of a holistic, genre-based approach through the example of the five-voice tenor motet.
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- The Art of Counterpoint from Du Fay to Josquin , pp. 167 - 188Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2024