Assignment: Grout and Palisca, Chapter
5
Skim: 130-132*
Read: 132-149
Study Questions:
2. What is the Old Hall Manuscript? In general, what
kinds of works does it con-
tain?--p. 134
3. What is the contenance angloise? How did
English style spread to the conti-
nent?--p. 134
4. What types of works did Dunstable write?--p. 134-135
What techniques are
found in his three-part
sacred pieces?--p. 135
5. What is the new meaning of "motet" in the early 15th century?--p. 137
6. What territories were included in the Duchy of
Burgundy during the 15th cen-
tury?--p. 138
7. Where was Dufay active as a composer? Where did
most manuscripts of his
works originate?--p.
141-142
8. What types of compositions are represented in
Burgundian music? What is their
general style?--p.
142
9. What is the new Burgundian cadence? How did it
evolve from the double leading-
tone cadence?--p.
142***
10. Be able to describe Burgundian rhythm--p. 142-143
11. What is a 15th-century chanson?--p. 143
12. What new technique for using a borrowed chant
melody is found in Burgundian
motets? When was
the archaic isorhythmic motet used?--p. 143-144
13. How did the settings of the Mass Ordinary change
and develop in the 15th cen-
tury?--p. 144-145
14. What is a cantus firmus (or tenor)
Mass? How does it create musical unity?--p.
145
15. Where is the tenor (and the borrowed melody)
in the four-part cantus firmus
Mass? Why? What is
the rhythmic style of such a tenor? What sources are used
for the borrowed
melodies?--p. 146
16. What is significant about the song L’homme armé?--p. 146
17. In his Missa Se la face ay pale, how does
Dufay employ his cantus firmus?--p.
147-148 How do the
melodic lines maintain their diversity?--p. 148 How does
Dufay organize his
rhythm?--p. 148-149 How does he treat consonance and
dissonance?--p. 149
18. In summary, what progressive features, found
particularly in the late Masses of
Dufay, are clear
ingredients of Renaissance style?--p. 149
**Class discussion will clarify this question.
***Again class discussion will clarify
the question.