through the evolution of time developed into the popular chanson of the fifteenth and sixteenth- centuries. Perhaps the most common themes in Burgundian, Parisian and international chansons is that of fine amour or refined love. Due to the influence of culture and the progression of time, the subject matter and compositional style of the chanson changed as it moved through Burgundy, Paris and eventually spread internationally. The Burgundian chanson, also know as Netherlandish, is the secular song of
The History of Music The text of The Erlking (1815), by Schubert, is a Germanic legend and is about the king of the elves. He is an evil and magical figure, who with his touch (whether you touch him or he touches you) can kill. In the text a father and his son are riding home at night and the son keeps screaming that he sees the Erlking and he was going to hurt him. The father doesn't know what to do b/c he's not sure if the son is really seeing the Erlking or if he is hallucinating from
In the song, “La Chanson de Craonne” (Song of Craonne) from France 1917, the decline of hope and spirit is very prominently portrayed. In the song, the singer and former soldier explains, “'Cause we've all been sentenced to die/We're the ones that they're sacrificing”. The
As the Middle Ages progressed the French people emerged, united by a sense of togetherness and the development of a common culture. This nascent society would create a national personality whose thoughts were expressed innovatively through its writing. French literature began to be defined by a combination of intellectual, rational, effective, clear, and structured writing with emotional, erratic, creative, and liberated writing. Although these characteristics appeared in all forms of writing, they
He was known to be a composer, choirmaster, and organist. His pieces of music were sacred, earthly, and secular including masses, motets, and chansons that were repetitive. Most of his works were based on other artist such as by Pierre Certon, Thomas Crecquillon and Jean Maillard. His secular chansons such as La lune est costumière, Comment au départir, and Rise up in Festive Song are made up of three voices. Clereau’s only work including four voices is Cantiques spirituels
serious texts were much less common. Chansons were usually strophic, in duple meter, and the texts were set syllabically. Melody was typically in the highest voice and homophonic textures were preferred, although there were occasional points of imitation. Composers of the chansons were not particularly interested in the expression of the text but, rather, in writing appealing melodies and rhythms. The two most prominent composers associated with 16th century chansons were Claudin de Sermisy and Clément
Classical music in France started in the medieval times (10th century) and continues to develop now. The types of classical music in France can be broken into six different eras: Middle Ages, Renaissance, baroque, opera, romantic era, and the 20th century. Classical music is associated with secular music, meaning non-religious music. It covers a broad range dating from the 10th century to the present. The major genres are all part of the classical music, whether it be sacred, secular, vocal, or instrumental
Renaissance, music became a vehicle for personal expression. Composers found ways to make vocal music more expressive of the texts they were setting. Secular music absorbed techniques from sacred music and vice versa. Popular secular forms such as the chanson and madrigal spread throughout Europe. Courts employed virtuoso performers, both singers, and instrumentalists. Music also became more self-sufficient with its availability in printed form, existing for its own sake. Precursor versions of many familiar
Venezuelan composer who was naturalized as a French citizen, living in France for the majority of his life. He was a frequent visitor of Venice, Italy, and was inspired by his trips to the city to write the song cycle Venezia. This cycle is a group of six chansons set to texts
The time between 1485 and 1660 marked a period of new beginnings for the people living in England; this time is known as the Renaissance. In England, the people were challenging their past beliefs; where before the Renaissance, England thrived basing their lives, government, and music off of God and his principles alone. During these one-hundred and seventy-five years, the English people started questioning their original principles about religion and established a yearning for information and proof
Venezuelan composer who was naturalized as a French citizen, living in France for the majority of his life. He was a frequent visitor of Venice, Italy, and was inspired by his trips to the city to write the song cycle Venezia. This cycle is a group of six chansons set to texts
The Renaissance and Baroque eras played a very important role in today’s music. The Renaissance was also known as the “awakening” or like many scholars call it the “rebirth,” The Renaissance era was both a change in the culture and society but most importantly also in music and its form. The Renaissance era took place in Europe during the 14th-17th Century. During this period many people started to question many things in society they didn’t believe many thing they had been told or they didn’t understand
The music trade in 16th Century Europe was an evolving and expanding business. The invention of the printing press by Johann Gutenberg in 1440 and the subsequent improvements made by inventors and music publishers was essential to this expansion. The research presented in this essay examines the work of two music publishers, Ottaviano Petrucci and Pierre Attaingnant, who made significant contributions to the music trade of the mid and early 16th century in Europe. I will argue that their innovations
born in 1440, 1455 or any date in between. What is known, however, is that in the 1470’s des Prez travelled to Italy where he began work in the court of Cardinal Ascanio Sforza composing masses, motets, and French secular polyphonic songs called chansons. Des Prez often wrote both his sacred and secular music with many overlapping vocal pieces, known as canon form. In this style the coinciding melodies blend together to create a range of melodies that is very pleasing to the ear. It is especially
chivalry and a higher love. Therefore, we have today musical compositions that speak of many of the same ideas. French composers wrote songs in the vernacular called chansons de geste . These songs spoke of the heroic acts performed by knights for their ladies in the name of love. The French have a national epic called the Chanson de Roland which related the life and death of Charlemagne’s nephew and his endeavor to rid France of the Basques.
Chanson et Passepied was not a familiar piece to me but its smooth somber beginning captured my attention immediately. After a few moments of that, the performer held his note and paused breaking into a up-tempo, almost bouncy beat. The piano accompaniment
the south of France, as far north as Poitou, Limousin and the Dauphiné. Romance language descended from Latin. XIth century Earliest texts (3) survive from XIth century. La Chanson de Sainte Foy (1033) is the only one of real merit. XIIth Century Period of the early troubadours. Dominant genre lyric poetry, especially the chanson (love poetry); also important, sirventes (satire); moral and religious poetry and the partimen (debate poetry). Principal poets: Guillaume IX of Aquitaine, Marcabru, Jaufré
Josquin Des Prez, born in 1440/1445, was a French composer of many important masses for the 16th century. Even noticed in The New Grove HIGH RENAISSANCE MASTERS, for being one of the best composer it the later 16th century. “Josquin Desprez, one of the greatest composers of the entire renaissance and certainly the most important before the second half of the 16th century.”1 The Ave Maria Virgo Serena. was motet written for the church. Ave Maria gratia plena dominus tecum, virgo serena or Hail Mary
Annabelle Chidiac November 16th 2014 WRT 150 Final Essay As suggested by its name, traditional pop is a genre of western popular music that depends on its acceptability with a given audience during a specific time period. The world embraces a large diversity of civilizations that have developed independently from one another with different historical backgrounds and resources. Thus, various cultures, languages, climates, lifestyles, living environments, values, beliefs, pasts …result in dissimilarly
celebration of sensual love. The same composers who created works for the greater glory of God also wrote compositions of an entirely different character. In Italy and England, the principal form of secularmusic was the madrigal, which in France was called chanson, and in Germany Lied. The madrigal is one of the most representative examples of developments in vocal music. The first madrigals originated in Italy around 1530, and were designed to convey in as much detail as possible the meaning of the poem