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4/17/2023 - 5/11/2023
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4 CLASSES, EITHER MONDAYS at 7 pm (APRIL 17-MAY 8) or THURSDAYS at NOON (APRIL 20-MAY 11), ET (Zoom)
 
The Contenance angloise, or English manner, is a distinctive style of polyphony developed in 15th c. England which uses full, rich harmonies based on the third and sixth. It was highly influential in the fashionable Burgundian court of Phillip the Good (where Dufay was a court composer). This 4-week module continues our quest, which has been transformed from "How do we ornament medieval songs?" into "How do we ornament early renaissance songs?" Our goal is still to identify the ornaments within the songs, study them and devise a way.
    * First, we find, collect and categorize the melodic ornamentation in 15th c. English and Burgundian chansons by Dufay, Dunstaple and others. Text setting and melismas give us important clues.
    * Next, we analyze how the ornaments are used in the tunes by isolating them in ornament charts, and simplifying the melody to see where they were originally added.
    * Finally, by practicing the ornaments in the chart and putting them in various old and new locations, we'll practice creating our own spontaneous ornamentation.
$20 per class, $80 total. Scholarships available.
CONTACT: tinachancey@cs.com to register, to pay, and for Zoom coords.
 

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Tina Chancey

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