1. MUH 3211 - Music History I Music in the 16th Century
11/13/2018
Chapter Six
Music in the 16th Century
DAY 24 (30 Oct 17)

2. “self-portrait with convex mirror” (1524)
Parmigianino ( )
“self-portrait with convex mirror” (1524)
“Madonna dal collo lungo” (1535/40)

3. Orlande de Lassus (1530/32-1594) Franco-Flemish (b. 1530 or 32)
International (multiple languages)
Italy – Mantua & Rome
Bavaria – cappella of Albrecht V (Munich)
More daring text setting - “mannerist” (text, p.173)
"Cum essem parvulus“ [Anth 62]
Prophetiae Sibyllarum: Prologue [Anth 63] – chromaticism (text, p. 182)
Statue in Munich

4. Instrumental Music (16th C)
Instruments still used to “replace” voices
NEW(!) – printed music for instruments
Intabulations – (from vocal models)
Variations – (restatement w/ changes)
“Freely Composed” – (no model or pattern)
Dance Music – (based on dance steps)

5. Intabulations Earliest for lute
Rore Madrigal (1543): “Ancor che col partire”
Lute intabulation: by Giovanni Paolo Paladino (c. 1553)
Later for keyboard
Ex. Antico (1517) - “Amor quando....”

6. Variations Repetitions w/ changes (framework remains)
Based on extant tunes (or composed themes)
Called “Differences”, “Divisions”, etc.
Theme & Variations
Other types include Ground bass, ciacona, passacaglia, etc. (continuous variations)
Anth I/64: Antonio de Cabezón - Diferencias sobre el canto de La Dama le demanda

7. Freely Composed No pre-existing model (DUH!)
Whatever the composer can imagine - English “Fancy” or “Fantasia”
Rececare (It.) – “to seek”
Anth I/65: Capirola - Ricercare No. 5 (Recercar quinto)
Anth I/66: Andrea Gabrieli – Ricercar del duodecimo tuono / 2 Lutes / Brass ensemble

8. Dance Music Previously improvised on well-known tunes
Published collections - Tielman Susato (1551) - Michael Praetorious (1612)
Standard types: Pavane, Passamezzo, Bourée, Saltarello, Galliarde, Volta, Branle, etc…..
Standard forms – binaries, reprises
Regularity of Structure: based in dance steps - antecedent (I-V) / consequent (V-I) phrases (pairs)
Anth I/68: Michael Praetorius - Terpsichore, La Bouree / La Volta