One of the great masterpieces of medieval music and of all religious music, it is the earliest complete setting of the ordinary of the mass attributable to a single composer. Stream adfree with amazon music unlimited on mobile, desktop, and tablet. Includes highquality download in mp3, flac and more. Machaut is known for his use of panisorhythm isorhythm appearing in all parts and his throughcomposed monophonic lais. Machaut utilises opportunities presented by polyphony better than anyone else of his time. The following pages are in this category, out of total. Nov 14, 2009 machaut was a prolific composer of secular vocal music, in the contemporary metrical and musical forms of lais, virelais, ballades and rondeaux. The audience was not shown, but one can notice that the place is big, and that many people would attend. Harmonia mundi hmc 901590 cd harmonia mundi gold hmg 501590 cd.
He is one of the earliest composers on whom significant biographical information is available. Machauts mass was certainly a landmark in musical history, but this mass is far from being avantgarde merely for the sake of uniquity, it is considered to be one of the most advanced examples of choral polyphony in the history of music. Certainly the space one hears, tonally, around the voices themselves serves to heighten mood, and to emphasise the harmonies and layering again. He is regarded by many musicologists as the greatest and most important composer of the 14th century. The appearance was very professional and clean, wearing all black. Just as architecture gained verticality thanks to the use of the ogival arch, the ribbed vault and the flyingbuttress, as scholastic thought unfolded a new, highflying rhetoric, music blossomed into polyphony with a verticality belonging to the same movement. Hmc 901590 has been only released packaged with a bonus cd marcel peres portrait as a 2 cds set. We and our partners use cookies to personalize your experience, to show you ads based on your interests, and for measurement and analytics purposes. By 23, he had entered the service of john of luxembourg, king of bohemia, with whom he travelled on several occasions to eastern europe.
Discover more music, concerts, videos, and pictures with the largest catalogue online at. According to daniel leechwilkinson, machaut was the last great poet who was also a. Sung by the ensemble gilles binchois, under the direction of dominique vellard. All naxos 4 s scores 4 a arrangements and transcriptions 10 chanson balladee. Through the magic of real audio you can listen to it on your home computer. Frustratingly little historical evidence exists regarding the composition of machaut s mass. Widely regarded as one of the masterpieces of medieval music and of all religious music, it is historically notable as the earliest complete setting of the ordinary of the mass attributable to a. The setting has close connections with reims cathedral and is thought to have been composed in the early 60s. Machaut was a prolific composer of secular vocal music, in the contemporary metrical and musical forms of lais, virelais, ballades and rondeaux. The hilliard ensemble detailed performer information. Machaut was in king johns service until the latters death at the.