Des Prez Listening Journal

Listening Journal

Josquin Des Prez – Mille Regretz

Musical elements:

Texture: polyphonic; voices move mainly together in similar rhythms

Harmony: use of 3rds and 6ths

Melody: constantly flowing, stepwise motion

Timbre: 2 male and 2 female voices, SATB

Meter: duple simple

Tempo: Moderate tempo (but ambiguous due to free meter)

Form/structure:

Appears to have ABC form but it is difficult to tell due to the flowing nature of the structure

No real buildup of voices; dynamic appears to stay the same throughout the piece with decrescendo at the end

Context:

Time period: 1500s - Renaissance

Composer: Des Prez

Sanctity: Secular

Language: French

 Country of Origin: France

Perotin Listening Journal

Listening Journal

Perotin – Viderunt Omnes

Musical elements:

Texture: polyphonic with a drone tone; voices mainly move in parallel motion

Text-setting: melismatic

Harmony: many perfect intervals (especially 5ths)

Melody: stepwise motion

Meter: free with a duple compound feel

Tempo: Moderate tempo (but ambiguous due to free meter)

Form:

Polyphonic sections, one per syllable, with monophonic interludes in middle and at end; in this sense it is ABAB

Shift in mood after each syllable, marked by a pause and change in tone

Context:

Time period: 1300s – Middle Ages

Composer: Perotin

Sanctity: Sacred

Language: Latin

Genre: Organum

Country of Origin: France