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Ellopos Guide to Classical Music

 
ELPENOR EDITIONS IN PRINT

2 First Forms  

12c -

 

Organum

The first type of counterpoint and even, sometimes, polytonality. It sounds mechanical today, but it became a solid ground for the will to power of musical expression.

Motet

Polyphony in music and meaning (content of the verses). Two or even four voices. The aesthetic element gains priority over the clarity of consciousness. Think of Adam de la Halle.

Conductus

Like the motet, but the first voice (tenor) is no longer obliged to sing a religious text.

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