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14th Century Music: “New Art” in Italy & France

Explore the rich musical landscape of the 14th century, where secular music took center stage, composers embraced polyphony, and innovative notation systems emerged. Learn about Ars Nova, Francesco Landini, Guillaume de Machaut, and iconic compositions like "Ecco la primavera" and the Notre Dame Mass. Delve into the intricate forms, textures, and meters of this transformative period in music history.

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14th Century Music: “New Art” in Italy & France

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  1. 14th Century Music: “New Art” in Italy & France Part 2, Section 5 - 10/3/17

  2. 14th Century Music (1300’s) • Secular music became more important than sacred music • Composers wrote music that was NOT based on Gregorian chant • Largely polyphonic • Drinking songs, songs that imitated hunters’ shouts, birdcalls, etc. • New system of music notation evolved that specified almost any rhythm & pitch • Ars Nova (meaning ‘New Art’): Italian & French music of the 14th Century, drastic musical style change

  3. Francesco Landini • Most celebrated Italian composer of the 14th Century • Blind from childhood • Famous organist, poet, scholar & inventor of new string instrument • Composed Ecco la primavera (Spring Has Come)

  4. Ecco la primavera (Spring has come) • Carefree, about the joys of springtime • Ballata: An Italian poetic & musical form that originated as a song to accompany dancing • Instrumentation: 2 voices • Form: A BB AA • Texture: Polyphonic/Homophonic • Meter: Triple • Notes:Includes a lot of syncopation

  5. Guillaume de Machaut • Musician & poet • Traveled to many courts & presented beautifully decorated copies of his music/poetry to noble patrons • Studied theology, served various royal familes, served as church official • Composed the Notre Dame Mass, the best known composition of the 14th Century

  6. Puis qu’en oubli sui de vous (Since I am forgotten by you) • Instrumentation: 2 voices, low range • Form: Rondeau (ab aa ab ab) • Meter: Duple • Notes:Melancholy work, expresses Machaut’s “farewell to joy” since a relationship with a woman fell through after years of writing letters

  7. Notre Dame Mass, Agnus Dei • Instrumentation: 4 voices, (probably solo voices, not chorus) • Form: ABA • Texture: Polyphonic • Meter: Duple • Notes: Part of the mass ordinary, based on a Gregorian chant Mass ordinary: Consists of texts that remain the same from day to day throughout the church year 5 sung prayers - Kyrie, Gloria, Credo, Sanctus, and Agnus Dei

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