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Re-workings and Chronological Dynamics in a Thirteenth-Century Latin Motet Family

Re-workings and Chronological Dynamics in a Thirteenth-Century Latin Motet Family This article examines a family of thirteenth-century discant and motets on the tenor LATUS, tracing complex relationships between the various incarnations of its shared musical material: passages of melismatic discant in two- and three-voices, a three-voice Latin conductus motet, a two-voice Latin and French motet, and a three-voice Latin double motet. I query conventional fundamentally linear models of discant-motet interaction, emphasizing the possibility of simultaneously filial and collateral interrelationships between versions: different motet texts can influence each other, while retaining independent connections with an earlier melismatic discant model. This leads to a reevaluation of traditional evolutionary and stylistic perceptions of sub-genres defined within the category of motet. The article addresses questions of compositional process, reflecting on the types of creative and scribal activities involved in the formulation of motets. http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Journal of Musicology University of California Press

Re-workings and Chronological Dynamics in a Thirteenth-Century Latin Motet Family

Journal of Musicology , Volume 32 (2) – Apr 1, 2015

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Publisher
University of California Press
Copyright
© 2015 by The Regents of the University of California
ISSN
0277-9269
eISSN
1533-8347
DOI
10.1525/jm.2015.32.2.153
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Abstract

This article examines a family of thirteenth-century discant and motets on the tenor LATUS, tracing complex relationships between the various incarnations of its shared musical material: passages of melismatic discant in two- and three-voices, a three-voice Latin conductus motet, a two-voice Latin and French motet, and a three-voice Latin double motet. I query conventional fundamentally linear models of discant-motet interaction, emphasizing the possibility of simultaneously filial and collateral interrelationships between versions: different motet texts can influence each other, while retaining independent connections with an earlier melismatic discant model. This leads to a reevaluation of traditional evolutionary and stylistic perceptions of sub-genres defined within the category of motet. The article addresses questions of compositional process, reflecting on the types of creative and scribal activities involved in the formulation of motets.

Journal

Journal of MusicologyUniversity of California Press

Published: Apr 1, 2015

Keywords: clausulae discant Latin motets musical reuse thirteenth-century polyphony

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