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MUSC 752: The Isorhythmic Motet I. The Early 14th century motet A. Shift of focus from interrelationship of texts to architecture of piece 1. Very careful structuring of tenor voice 2. Basic principle: treating melody and rhythm as separate elements a. Each can be manipulated independently of other b. Called isorhythm c. Basically, melodic ostinato and rhythmic ostinato that function independently of each other i. Melodic ostinato = color ii. Rhythmic = talea d. Fairly long patterns e. Don’t necessarily coincide i. i.e.: takes more than one repetition of talea to cover all notes of the color ii. Mathematical relationships between the two parts of interest aa. Would audience hear? bb. Doubtful cc. But interesting for composers and theorists dd. And provides structural foundation I. Ex.: Douce Playsense/Garison Selon nature/Neuma Quinti Toni (p. 465) 1. From famous satirical poem by Gervais de Bus called Roman de Fauvel (Story about Fauvel) a. On corruption of royal court and church b. Fauvel - allegorical character (an ass) representing six vices i. Flattery, avarice, untruthfulness, villainy, envy, laziness ii. Essentially turns world upside down aa. Knights sworn to do good, do evil bb. Church is corrupt cc. King and pope fawn over him iii. Stroking his ears, brushing (or currying) his coat to suck up iv. Ever hear the expression “To curry favor”??? v. Fauvel rises to highest levels of power vi. Marries the lady Pride in lavish ceremony, and their offspring rule the world c. NOT a play i. Idea that it was conceived of as a play quite old ii. Based on illumination on page 461 iii. Shows actors and musicians, and Fauvel at top, but this doesn’t mean that Fauvel, ipso facto, is a play d. One surviving manuscript contains musical interpolations into text – Paris, BN, Fonds Fr. Ms. 146 i. 50 monophonic songs aa. Some liturgical ii. 34 motets aa. Five of motets identified as deVitry’s i. Really no evidence, ii. except that deVitry cites several of these motets in Ars Nova iii. And manuscript source of music for Fauvel compiled in 1316, acc’d rubric iv. pre-dates Ars Nova by about 5 years bb. He didn’t, as your book suggests, help to write it cc. In fact, we’re not sure what the collection means iii. Majority in duple mensuration aa. Suggests that once possibility defined as practical bb. Became widely used iv. Such musical interpolations not unheard of – other exs. aa. This music either composed to be associated with text bb. Or “Fauvelized” v. This source contains not only music, but about 3000 additional lines of poetry, thought to be by Chaillou de Pesstain. Administrative official of Royal court 2. Isorhythmic motet a. See how talea and color laid out (465-472; do together) b. Color 4x as long as talea - has to be repeated 4x