6 and 7 discussion

 

At least 150 words 

Renaissance Music

Watch the video below.

   

Guillaume de Machaut "Je Vivroie Liement/Liement Me Deport"

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Respond in writing to the following questions after reading Chapter 7 in your text and listening to the examples above. 

1. How did features of Guillaume ars nova musical style resemble features of the new realism in literature, painting, and sculpture of the same era? Provide specific examples.
    
2. Machaut's motets often had the tenor sing parts of sacred texts. The top two voices in these three-part compositions, in contrast, would sing secular French texts, creating interesting concordances between the sacred and secular. Describe