Kyrie eleison lord have mercy the chant melody for the two kyrie sections are often related, but not here, so the overall melodic form is a b c. Machaut is an extremely significant composer who was equally comfortable in sacred and secular worlds. From modernist allegiances to the postmodern hinterland. It holds its own with all other available recordings. Licensed to youtube by merlin idol distribution on behalf of alpha. Here, this mass is candidly assessed without the knowledgeenriched air of a regular music essay. Sans cuer dolens click here to search for this composer on cpdl publications external links.
One of the great masterpieces of medieval music and of all religious music, it is the earliest complete setting of the ordinary of the mass attributable to a single composer. A passing reference to marcel peres gives us a clue. The following description comes from the website of the boston camerata. He is regarded by many musicologists as the greatest and most important composer of the 14th century. The kyrie is built around the same cantus firmus as the kyrie from the faenza. Pdf interpretive problems regarding stylistic, modal and. Music for the mass in fourteenthcentury france machaut s mass is well known as the first polyphonic setting of the ordinary of the mass by a. The messe of nostre dame mass of our lady is a polyphonic mass. He is a part of the musical movement known as the ars nova. Discover more music, concerts, videos, and pictures with the largest catalogue online at. The third statement of c is extended, a common procedure that creates a complete structure of a a a b b b c c c. Ky ri e 23 23 8 2 3 8 2 3 28 chri chri chri chri christe ste ste ste ste.
As it is with historys appreciation of the reims cathedral. Chansons mon souverain desir 1997 you may also like see all. Machaut sets each of these four melodic units a b c and c only once. Terms in this set 6 rhythmtriple meterslow tempoall voices. Just as architecture gained verticality thanks to the use of the ogival arch, the ribbed vault, and the flying buttress, music blossomed into polyphony with a. Germancanadian soprano annasophie neher, a recent first prize winner in the osm manulife competition, discovered the world of. Machaut is one of the earliest composers on whom substantial biographical information is available, and daniel leechwilkinson called him the last great. Machaut helped develop the motet and secular song forms particularly the lai and the formes fixes. Widely regarded as one of the masterpieces of medieval music and of all religious music, it is historically notable as the earliest complete setting of the ordinary of the mass attributable to a single composer in contrast to earlier compilations. However, the modes used are quite similar to more modern scales, and barring unusual sounding cadences, parallel fifths and the like in some sections i.