jan 1, 1364 - Le Messe de Notre Dame Machaut
Description:
A mass written for 4-part polyphony, including a held tenor, two lines of melismatic melody in the higher duplum and triplum, and a new line called the contratenor that moved against the tenor to create desired harmonic intervals. Featured stylistic traits such as isorhythm (multiple consectutive rhythmic units called talea) and hockets.Added to timeline:
Date:
jan 1, 1364
Now
~ 663 years ago