Académique Documents
Professionnel Documents
Culture Documents
Music History
Homework 5
fixes are
virelai, rondeau
Finally, b
allades were structurally similar to
the other
two formes fixes but were about serious subject matter. (They could as well be
about love if the love was serious enough.)
4. Machauts La Messe
of the Ars Subtilior pushed rhythm to the absolute limit. The would combine
rhythms marked in different mensurations, syncopation was utilized, voices moved in
very contrasting ways to each other, pulse was divided in many different ways, rests
were common, and smaller subdivisions were made possible. This music was composed
for educated audiences, who would appreciate the high level of musicianship
demonstrated in these difficult compositions and their performers.