1 jan 1470 ano - Motet: Ave Maria...virgo serena

Descrição:

Genre: motet
Composer: Josquin des Prez
Composition date: ca 1470s-1480s
Source of text: rhymed, strophic poem
Poetic structure: five quatrains + opening and closing couplets
Language: Latin
Translation of title: Hail Mary
Performing forces: 4 voices, a cappella (SATB)
Texture: polyphonic

- alternates between homorhythmic and imitative sections
- features SA/TB pairings
- paratactic form (each verse has different music)
- syllabic texture allows text to be heard clearly
- short melismas emphasize key words
- thirds and sixths are frequent, but important cadences land on open intervals (fifths and octaves)
- relatively simple rhythm balanced between all voices
duple meter
- fourth quatrain shifts to triple meter
- fifth quatrain shifts back to duple meter

Opening Couplet: "Ave Maria...gratia plena"
- based on Gregorian chant fragment
- opens with points of imitation through each voice from top to bottom

First Quatrain: "Ave, cujus conceptio"
- paired imitation (SA followed by TB)
- harmonic sixths create a sweet-sounding consonance
- textual clarity

Final Couplet: "O Mater Dei..."
- homorhythmic texture
- triadic harmony
use of rests heightens the impact of words
- ends with open fifths

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