French Music: The Past French Music‚ Musicians‚ and composers have both influenced and been influenced by the world with mass quantities of styles of genres. Among the earliest of these styles are those of the Church. The earliest French influence on western music is found in the plainsong of the Christian Church. It is believed that Gregorian chant as it is known today is an 8th- or 9th-century Gallican interpretation of Roman chant‚ but it is difficult to distinguish the Gallican work from
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improved the techniques other composer had been using for years. This statement by McCobb sums up the reasons Desprez was honored so much for his music. His style allowed him to compose over a hundred motets and many other works while he was alive. Polyphonic imitation was a common technique in motets. Polyphonic imitation is where one musical line shares or imitates the same musical theme as the proceeding line. One song by Desprez‚ titled Ave Maria- Virgo Serena‚ uses polyphonic imitation all throughout
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religious to secular music. Two important composers through this musical change were Machaut and De Vitry. Philippe De Vitry‚ In Arborist demonstrates a polyphonic style that is similar to Leonins Viderunt Omnes. This new style of music was called a motet. A motet is a polyphonic vocal composition. In Arborist takes a new approach of adding
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Good afternoon‚ my name Thomas Tallis. I am considered as one of England’s greatest composers of medieval church music. Today I shall be giving a small overview of my past living life and musical career. I was born around 1505‚ in Kent‚ maybe. Your historians deem me as a shadowy character‚ and so they don’t know for sure. Frankly‚ I don’t remember either‚ but that’s besides the point. Anyways‚ moving on‚ I was a choirboy of the Chapel Royal when I was young‚ and that’s where I gained most of
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One of Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina’s most famous pieces from the Renaissance was Sicut Cervus‚ a motet that bases itself off the first two phrases from Psalm 42 (41). The piece was scored for four voices‚ presumably for a soprano‚ alto‚ base‚ and tenor‚ and all four voices seemed to act almost independent of each other. Obviously the existence of various voices means the piece has a polyphonic texture‚ but interestingly it is actually imitative polyphony‚ meaning that all voices have are reading
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varied and more delightful. The comedy and tragedy plays used music to make it livelier. A new school of music also developed in this period which was known as the English Madrigal School. The English Madrigal was either copies of Italian musical works or their direct translations. Mostly in three to six voices‚ the English madrigals were light in style. Renaissance also influenced the architectural style of that period. Emphasis was laid upon symmetry‚ proportion‚ geometry and on maintaining the
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Cruda Amarilli The madrigal is a distinctive type of secular song that originated in Italy. It was an aristocratic form of poetry and music that flourished at small Italian courts. In the piece‚ Cruda Amarilli‚ Monteverdi uses many musical devices that are typical of a madrigal. The lyrics in this song are repeated‚ the music accompanies the text in interesting ways‚ and there is a wide range of vocal notes. After listening to the piece just once you can immediately feel the unrequited love Monteverdi
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Planets” by Gusty Holst. Madrigals by Samuel Adler contained 3 movements and Highlights from “Pictures at an Exhibition” by Modest Mussorgsky contained 5 movements. The groups that performed included the Chamber Orchestra‚ Flute Ensemble‚ Brass Ensemble‚ Dr. Nathan Daughtrey and Jerod Oakes who played percussion‚ Nathan Barrick who played the piano‚ and Allyson Goff who was the mezzo-soprano. The conductors for the different pieces included Ms. Laura Stevens for Madrigals and Dr. Brian Meixner for
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to provide for more in depth expression. The madrigal originated in Italy in the 16th century. This type of a piece‚ which was designed for several soloists with the text being a short poem‚ was the result of an outpouring of Italian poetry during the Renaissance. As a result‚ the madrigal has very poetic images and its musical composition speaks to that same idea. The English madrigalist‚ Thomas Weelkes‚ displays typical characteristics of a madrigal in his work‚ As Vesta Was Descending from The
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The Madrigal v. Quilligan case involved women who filed a law suit against Dr. Quilligan due to the abuse of sterilization they had undergone due to Dr. Quilligan. The Madrigal side argued that the women who had been sterilized had their civil rights violated as well as their right to bear children. While the Quilligan side argued that they
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