Poetic Line and Musical Structure in the 13th-century Motet
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.3989/anuariomusical.1999.i54.252Abstract
The examination of early two-voice motets reveals the prominence of the seven- (or eight-) syllable line in the poems. When declaimed in the usual manner, i.e. syllabically, in either the first or second rhythmic mode, this verse conforms to a time frame of two double Longs (or two modern measures in % meter). The different tenor patterns which are combined with these upper voices conform to the same time frame, producing a norm in which the two voices coincide at regular intervals. Departures from this norm produce overlapping of the two voices in the interests of variety. Of most use in explaining this phenomenon, however, are, not the 13th-century treatises on music, but rather those which deal with the new "rhythmic" poetry of the time.
Downloads
Download data is not yet available.
Downloads
Published
1999-12-30
How to Cite
Martínez-Góllner, M. L. (1999). Poetic Line and Musical Structure in the 13th-century Motet. Anuario Musical, (54), 3–24. https://doi.org/10.3989/anuariomusical.1999.i54.252
Issue
Section
Articles
License
Copyright (c) 2019 Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC)
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
© CSIC. Manuscripts published in both the printed and online versions of this Journal are the property of Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, and quoting this source is a requirement for any partial or full reproduction.All contents of this electronic edition, except where otherwise noted, are distributed under a “Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International” (CC BY 4.0) License. You may read here the basic information and the legal text of the license. The indication of the CC BY 4.0 License must be expressly stated in this way when necessary.
Self-archiving in repositories, personal webpages or similar, of any version other than the published by the Editor, is not allowed.
