Medieval Period PIECES

Ordo Virtutum

Composed by Hildegard von Bingen. A morality play and a sacred drama. Monophonic; Plainchant. Devil and 16 others do battle for the soul.

Ut queant laxis

Composed by Guido d’Arezzo. Translates to “So that tongues might loosen.” Plainchant.

Messe de Nostre Dame

Composed by Guillaume de Machaut. Translates to “Mass of Our Lady”; First single-authored complete mass ordinary

Viderunt Omnes

Composed by Leonin. Translates to “All Have Seen.” Organum quadruple, polyphonic.

A chantar m'er de so

Composed by Beatriz de Die. Translates to “I Must Sing of What I Do Not Want”; Strophic.

L’autrier iust’una sebissa

Composed by Macabru. Translates to “The other day I found a shepherdess” Pastorela

Quant en Moy

Composed by Guillaume de Machaut. “When Love Found Me” Example of Iso

Doulz amis

Composed by Guillaume de Machaut. Translates to “Sweet Friend/lover”; Ballade

Ma fin est mon commencement

Composed by Guillaume de Machaut. Translates to “My end is my Beginning” Polyphonic Rondeau

Ecco la Primavera

Composed by Francesco Landini. “Behold The Spring” Ballata; AbbaA.

Oselleto Selvaggio

Composed by Jacopo da Bologna. Translates to “A Wild Bird” both a Madrigal (poetic) and a Caccia (the hunt).

De institutione musica

Written by Boethius. Talked about pitch ratios. Much more detailed than Augustine’s.

Musica enchiriadis

Unknown author written in 9th century. Music theory treatise. Earliest surviving written description of polyphony

Magnus liber organi

“Great Book of Organum” A collection of polyphonic works by Leonin and Perotin. Ligatures.

Roman de Fauvel

1316 manuscript of a poem that contains the first elements of ars nova. Created by Gervais de Bus. Civil and political satire (A donkey named fauve becomes king)

Squarcialupi Codex

collection of Italian trecento compiled in 15th century Florence

Faenza Codex

dances and in tabulations of mass movements, chansons, and Italian madrigals