Burgundian school
School of music
Teach with chords
Study with one master
Write imitative counterpoint
John Dunstable
Graduates from church music school
None of the music he knew
Invents major chords
Writes church music based on chords
Durfay
Routinely writes music with 4 note chord
Ockeghem
Extends bass voices down
Hired to go to school and run music there (Venice)
Josquin
Next international superstar
Writes pop AND church music
Ordinary
Church music sung everyday
Ex: Gloria
Proper
Sang once a year
Martin Luther
Believed God and man could talk
Wrote hymns: one note, one word, same time
Council of Trent
Come up with Spanish inquisition
Burn down library of Toledo
Want to go back to gregorian chants
Elided phrase structure
Durfay Phrases and words overlapped each other in imitative counterpoint Four notes in counterpoint created chord Couldn't hear words anymore Council of Trent got mad
Roman school
Not a huge diff b/t Burgundian school
No more dissonance
No more text painting
Mandate architecture of music
Lassus
One of 3 masters of new roman music
Palestrina
Has highest paying music job
1 of 3 masters of new roman music
Victoria
One of 3 masters of new roman music
Venetian polychoral school
Much much diff St. Mark's: Balcony of church has organs and various instruments Events loud- very loud! Stereo- sounds come from all directions Brings contrast into music
Gabrieli
Compose first loud music
Put in elements of secular music into church music
Frottola
Composed by pitrugi
Italian madrigal
Something is always wrong; dramatic
5 voices
Bought by wealthy and elite
Quick entertainment b/t courses of a meal
English madrigals
Originally translated Italian madrigals but were later written originals
About parties, leisure, etc
Nonsense syllables “la la la la la” improvised based on politics, current events, etc
Canzona
Instrumental composition
To be played by instruments
Chassis
Vocal secular music
Monteverdi
Wrote Italian dramatic madrigals (best of)
Invents symphony orchestra and opera
Dance pairs
1st is slow, 2nd is fast