the sacred music in the era of reformation Flashcards
the reformation
set in motion by martin luther in 1517
germany music of reformation
written by lutherns composers
remained cloes to the traditional catholic sources and styles of plainchanat and polyphony
some music retained text
others german translation
gemran text fitted into old melodies called confracta
france music of reformation
more strict than luthern
they distrusted the allure of art in places of worship anad services
notable contribution: pasalters
singing of psalms to monophonic tunes
english music of reformation
the church assosiated with politics more than doctrine
english church music was less affected and remained close to catholic musical traditions
leading english composer is thomas tallis
Wrote masses and one parody mass
chorale
luthern church music grew out of chorale
two elements,
a text and a tune
many chorales were newley composed, luther himself wrote many texts and some melodies
using other secular songs to creat chorales, substituting religious words (confracta)
polyphonic settings of chorale germany
some used older technique of german lied, placing the unaltered chorale tune in long in tenor
surrouning it with free flowing 3-4 parts
french psalter
germans adapted psaslter melodies for chorales
psalms are translated into strophic, rhyming and metrical verses and set to melodies
move step by step givig them simplicity
claude goudimel (1520-72)
Counter reformation
Council of trent
Masses based of secular cf are not allowed
Words are not understanding
Palestrina worked to fix these issues
Palestrina
Wrote 6 voice masses both reverent in spirit and attentive to words
Parody masses: influenced by flemish composers
A few masses are old fashioned cf
Avoided chromaticism
Pope marcellus is mass is free from canons and borrowed materials
Long gracefully shaped phrases
