Machaut's formes fixes : towards a nidus for structure
Machaut's formes fixes : towards a nidus for structure
The question of how Machaut's polyphonic songs were fashioned has long occupied scholars. In the absence of a pre-existent tenor, differing perspectives have been offered as to which voice may constitute the tonal and directional prime.
The thesis explores the progress of sonority in Machaut's formes fixes, considering, in addition to perceived linear viability, how individual lines might be mutually informative and suggesting a mode of composition in which the vertical dynamic might resolve problematic melodic behaviour.
In seeking evidence for intervallic, or harmonic progression, a systematic survey of his polyphonic repertory has been undertaken, employing a syncretic analytical model that assumes no tonal paradigms. By these means, a thorough appraisal of cantus behaviour may result, uncovering structural norms for both intra- and inter-genre comparison and confronting exceptions.
University of Southampton
Connor, Kimberly Jane
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1999
Connor, Kimberly Jane
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Connor, Kimberly Jane
(1999)
Machaut's formes fixes : towards a nidus for structure.
University of Southampton, Doctoral Thesis.
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The question of how Machaut's polyphonic songs were fashioned has long occupied scholars. In the absence of a pre-existent tenor, differing perspectives have been offered as to which voice may constitute the tonal and directional prime.
The thesis explores the progress of sonority in Machaut's formes fixes, considering, in addition to perceived linear viability, how individual lines might be mutually informative and suggesting a mode of composition in which the vertical dynamic might resolve problematic melodic behaviour.
In seeking evidence for intervallic, or harmonic progression, a systematic survey of his polyphonic repertory has been undertaken, employing a syncretic analytical model that assumes no tonal paradigms. By these means, a thorough appraisal of cantus behaviour may result, uncovering structural norms for both intra- and inter-genre comparison and confronting exceptions.
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