Early Renaissance - Early Renaissance Music - Motets
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What is the difference between Multimelodic and Multivoiced music?
- Multivoiced music only uses multiple voices to create harmony between them (think of chords).
- In multimelodic music the voices have their own melody.
What is the plainchant melody?
What was revolutionary, from Early Renaissance composer Guillaume Dufay (1400-1474), about his use of plainchant melody in his motets?
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In his motets, composer Guillaume Dufay (1400-1474), moves toward a four-part texture of music, which would become the norm for later Renaissance vocal music. What are the four parts?
- Soprano.
- Alto.
- Tenor.
- Bass.
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