#polyphoy — Public Fediverse posts

Je vivroie liement by Guillaume de Machaut, 1300 - 1377 CE, France, performed by 𝕰𝖑𝖙𝖍𝖎𝖓

Context: Guillaume de Machaut was a composer in the Ars nova ("new art") genre. His work was highly influential, with his death signifying the end of an era and the start of “Ars Subtilior”. His music was during a transformative time in Europe, where polyphonic music was the overtaking monophonic.

polyphonic prayertones

You too can offend the lord over at [email protected], a new community for sharing historical music.

Context: The Church reacted ambivalently to early European polyphony: many clergy condemned it as impious, distracting, and too closely tied to secular music, leading Pope John XXII to ban polyphony from the liturgy in 1322 and warn against its “lascivious” qualities. However, attitudes varied some popes, like Clement VI, embraced it, and by the 14th century polyphonic Mass settings like Machaut’s were accepted. Later, the Second Vatican Council affirmed Gregorian chant as primary but allowed polyphony as a legitimate form of sacred music.

https://quokk.au/c/historymemes/p/471615/polyphonic-prayertones

polyphonic prayertones

You too can offend the lord over at [email protected], a new community for sharing historical music.

Context: The Church reacted ambivalently to early European polyphony: many clergy condemned it as impious, distracting, and too closely tied to secular music, leading Pope John XXII to ban polyphony from the liturgy in 1322 and warn against its “lascivious” qualities. However, attitudes varied some popes, like Clement VI, embraced it, and by the 14th century polyphonic Mass settings like Machaut’s were accepted. Later, the Second Vatican Council affirmed Gregorian chant as primary but allowed polyphony as a legitimate form of sacred music.