Franco-Flemish Composers and the Evolution of Renaissance Polyphony
2nd generation of the Franco-Flemish composers at this time and begin to imitate some techniques arise: Ocheghem, use these techniques and was accused of being too cerebral and complicated. Write the first Requiem Mass is preserved (not the Gregorian) is believed to the first version of the Hail Mary and it was music.
Write Deo Gratias: with 36 voices, their music being somewhat overloaded. He held various positions not only ecclesiastical but diplomats. From it we are 50 pieces.
3rd generation of Franco-Flemish school:
Josquin Des Pres (SigloXV). He traveled widely, was in Rome on the orders of Innocent XVIII. Became a priest, turns to France and there again the Court of Louis XII, but in the end of his life he returned to Flanders where partió.Cogió counterpoint techniques exist and mix it with the ways to tune the Italians ( more expressive). The people of his time called him the prince who wanted to música.Componia. This did not succeed until century musicians XIX.Compone many Masses, including copies a song L’Homme Arme and put it in the voice of the Mass L’Homme Arme tenor.La is a lot of people, ie that they caught the melody and put into the music less recargada.Se misa.Es could say it’s the composer who is closest to the Renaissance.
Palestrina (1525-1594):
As a child she sang in the choir at the Roman basilica of Santa Maria Maggiore, with organist of the Cathedral of Palestrina.
Pope Julius III, appointed him master of the Cappella Giulia choir. He published a book named misas.Le Orlando di Lasso’s successor as Kapellmeister Sna Juan de Letran. There wrote his Lamentations. After he was Kapellmeister of St. Mary Major and published a book of motets. He ended his days in office created for him as composer of the Chapel Papal.Des its 104 Masses, more than 70 are made on Cantus Firmus. The best of it the Mass of Pope Marcello. He is considered one of the best authors of Catholic church music. He is the author most representative of polyphonic works that fit over the Counter. The works are clear, the melody is in the upper voice. The text and pace are set and understood the texto.No was innovative in terms of musical technique, he created a model that allowed others to emulate the religious mystical tone of his music. The serenity of the music of Palestrina techniques emanating from different sources: his music is vocal and instrumental parts lacks all the character voices are similar, a consistent sound and music is almost always contrapuntal.
Carlo Gesualdo:
Prince italiano.Mató his first wife. He is a composer, but has a turbulent life, full of mysteries. He was mad, tormented, apart from their bad energy to kill and making music. (1566-1613). Expressed through tones, chromaticism, has nothing to do with what is in that time. His music is not over until the twentieth century, resembles the expressionist music of the twentieth century. You feel that modulates, the music turns dark, you see the change of mood in music. The music sounds unbalanced.
The vihuela:
The Vihuela is a Spanish instrument. There were many schools and interpreters who composed for this instrument. We name the composer Mudarra Alonso (1510-1580), who served under many of the nobility which allowed him to move to Spain and receiving guitar lessons. In 1546, he published three books of music for guitar figures, which announces and begins to speak of numbers in the musical notation (Encryption).
Counter:
The music had become so complicated could not see anything in the text, and here was the text wanted it to be understood. The cantus firmus of secular songs came very vulgar. Protestants, Luther, had made reform and they wanted the people to participate in the Mass and the best way was to sing by singing in German whether better because it was more popular and people understand them and therefore went to church. Thus corals appeared typical of that Alemania.Para Corals spread is small, inexpensive books published. They like the Gregorian cantus firmus, Gregorian chants and even popular songs. Not last long, because they were tired and homophonic and sought the coral polifonía.Compositores: HL Hassler, M. Praetorius and JS Bach: he came to compose music corales.La 368 was popularized by the counter protestantes.En talked about music, the points we talked about earlier. And they nearly eliminate polifonías.El Pope Pius IV gave a commission to investigate the music and the manager was Palestrina. Palestrina had picked up a mass written and presented as the music of the future (Mass of Pope Marcello), and is from there that when you create the Catholic music.