14th-16th Centuries Counterpoint
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Lost Voices. The reconstruction of incomplete polyphonic masterpieces between theory and methodology. Wednesday 12 - Thursday 13 February 2020, Palazzo Liviano, Sala Consiglio (Padova)
Operating somewhere between conventional allegory and technological demonstration, the celebrated Wheel of Fortune miniature in Guillaume de Machaut’s earliest compilation (BnF fr. 1586, ca 1350) not only documents recently invented... more
On the polyphonic music of the Holy Week in Rome composed by spanish master of the 16th c. With references to the work of F. Guerrero, T. Tallis, G. P. da Palestrina, T. Luis da Victoria a.m.o. (in german)
This paper aims to investigate some modern musical rewritings of Walther von der Vogelweide’s Palästinalied. The contribution starts with an investigation of both academic and popular reception of the Lied, with an emphasis on the... more
The interpretation of chromatic content in fourteenth-century music has been widely debated. While most studies have focused on contrapuntal necessity, this study advocates an approach that begins from the perspective of melody. Using the... more
For a complete performance recording and score video see: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tYl8Kf-Ubi8 This is a simple fugue in an odd time signature upon the notes G, A, B, E. The motorism of the work was inspired by a fugue by Johann... more
For a complete annimated score video of this work containing the original manuscript, modern score, and translation, see: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZcOtQNR8lzE This is a pedagogical edition of Baude Cordier's' famous piece of... more
Mit dem von Georges E. Lewis und Benjamin Piekut herausgegebenen Oxford Handbook of Critical Improvisation Studies macht ein sich bisher eher informell entwickelnder Diskurs einen grosen Schritt in Richtung seiner endgultigen... more
Script with relevant slides. 'Tenor' and 'cantus firmus' are used interchangeably to describe the tenor function.
Mit der vorliegenden Dissertation möchte ich einen Beitrag zur Erforschung des schriftlosen Kontrapunktes leisten. Damit sollen die Studien zum contrapunto alla mente aus den letzten Jahren, die neues Licht auf dieses Phänomen geworfen... more
Nachdem Juan Martin de Riscos das Amt des maestro di capilla an der Kathedrale von Jaén in Andalusien von 1598 an bis zu seinem Tod bekleidet hatte, war die dortige Stelle im Jahr 1637 zunächst vakant. Um das Kapitel im Zuge der... more
Con este volumen presentamos un nuevo tratado de teoría musical del Renacimiento español, escrito en 1465 por el catedrático de Teología de la Universidad de Salamanca Pedro Martínez de Osma. Alumno de Alonso de Madrigal "el Tostado" y... more
About the première of Boudewijn Buckinx' "Mooi weer" for orchestra in Brussels, 24 January 2002.
Pieter Mannaerts, 'Boudewijn Buckinx en de appelboom' [Boudewijn Buckinx and the apple tree], Muziek & Woord nr.328, 2002, p. 7.
Pieter Mannaerts, 'Boudewijn Buckinx en de appelboom' [Boudewijn Buckinx and the apple tree], Muziek & Woord nr.328, 2002, p. 7.
For a live recording see: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6AWnLR2cd7Y Johann Heinrich Buttstett (1666-1727) is an under-recognized composer of the late 17th and early 18th century. His works were influential on the oeuvre of Johann... more
A number of compositions either securely attributable to the composer Johannes Ciconia (ca.1371-1412), or having a close affinity with his style, survive only in a lacunary state in the sources. This project aims at reconstructing–as... more
Die Handschrift Hs. Mus. 18746 in 5 Stimmbüchern, datiert 1523 und heute in der Österreichischen Nationalbibliothek, ist die früheste aktuell bekannte Sammlung ausschließlich 5 - stimmiger weltlicher Musik, dennoch relativ unbeachtet.... more
POC (proof-of-concept piece). It's a bit mild, but it was composed to demonstrate/justify a technique from my recent research/musings in compositional music theory (topic: composition with index strings – WIP) The title, Godgubben Åfar,... more
Canone all'ottava
Part 1 of my Doctor of Music Thesis (University of Alberta, Canada, 1999). Intended for those less familiar with the theories behind central Renaissance "Musica Ficta".
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William Byrd left very little written evidence concerning how he designed a musical composition, and how the standard musical training of his time influences his working methods. However, his colleague Thomas Morley’s treatise, A Plain &... more
Il saggio analizza gli effetti del Motu proprio "Inter sollicitudines" promulgato da Pio x a Molfetta, con particolare riferimento al dibattito musicale.
Link: https://www.esm.rochester.edu/integral/33-2019/morgan/ This article confronts assumptions about how suspensions function and demonstrates how Renaissance suspensions differ from their tonal counterparts. This is primarily due to an... more
The primary goal of this dissertation is to produce a rigorous methodology for distinguishing between the contrapunctus structure and its elaboration in performing structural analysis of fourteenth-century diminished counterpoint. This... more
Gregorian chant and Renaissance polyphony are usually recorded separately, but reconstructing the celebration of Mass, Vespers and other liturgical ceremonies places both types of music in their intended context. Recordings demonstrate... more
A modern edition of Nathaniel Giles (1558 - 1633/34) mensural bicinia, "Miserere," on 38 rhythmic proportions from the "Baldwin Commonplace Book" (1594). For a recording and animated score-video see this link:... more
An edition of Jacquet de Mantua's famous 16th century five-voiced motet "Aspice Domine." For a complete recording and animated score-video see link --- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FpdbJPxWJ5s
An edition of Jean Richafort's famous early 16th century four-voiced motet "Emendemus in melius." For a complete recording and animated score-video see this link --- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vSL0luYLSYo
An edition of an anonymous motet from the Codex Specialnik, "Ave Maria ancilla trinitas." For a recording with an animated score-video see link --- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3DnjUb74vEU