By developing notation to arbitrarily subdivide the breve, Petrus de Cruce freed its triplum voices.
Friedrich Ludwig studied examples of this musical genre that repeated different-length talea and color patterns, coining the term "isorhythm" for themwell-known examples include those of Johannes Ciconia and Guillaume de Machaut. The Bamberg Codex contains 100 "double" examples of this genre. An exquisite example of this musical genre is Mozart's Ave verum corpus. By developing notation to arbitrarily subdivide the breve, Petrus de Cruce freed its triplum voices. The earliest examples of this genre added (*) upper voices to discant clausulae, a self-contained section of an organum. It adds upper voices to a cantus firmus tenor whose melody comes from Gregorian chant. For 10 points, name this early sacred, polyphonic genre that isn't entirely distinct from the madrigal.
Friedrich Ludwig studied examples of this musical genre that repeated different-length talea and color patterns, coining the term "isorhythm" for themwell-known examples include those of Johannes Ciconia and Guillaume de Machaut.
motets [do not accept: "madrigals"]