1 janv. 1453 - Missa se la face ay pale: Gloria (NAWM 38b)

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Composer: Du Fay

He composed this piece while he was back at the court of Savoy after several years in Cambrai. It is a cantus-firmus mass, and Du Fay used the tenor of one of his earlier ballades as the cantus firmus. It was the first complete mass to be based on a secular melody. The cantus firmus is heard at different speeds in various movements and sections. The mass is joined together by both the tenor (as the cantus firmus appears in each movement) and the head motive (a musical idea that appears at the beginning of every movement), thereby establishing a relationship between the sections.

In the Gloria, the cantus firmus is heard in the tenor three times, first at triple the normal durations, then at double, and finally at its original pace. This makes the source ballade gradually emerge from obscurity to recognizability.

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