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Guillaume Dufay (c.1400 -1474) was an early renaissance composer, and the first of many polyphonic masters from the Low Countries (modern Belgium, the Netherlands, and northern France).
He was not an innovator, with the exception of a few late works, and wrote within a stable tradition. He was one of the last composers to make use of mediaeval techniques such as isorhythm, but one of the first to use the harmonies, phrasing, and expressive melodies characteristic of the early Renaissance. His compositions within the larger genres - masses, motets, and chansons - are mostly similar to each other; his renown is largely due to what was perceived as his perfect control of the forms in which he worked, as well as his gift for memorable and singable melody. During the fifteenth century he was universally regarded as the greatest composer of the time, and that belief has largely persisted to the present day. Dufay, who wrote mostly church music, was a priest. His most famous motet is probably Nuper rosarum flores composed for the consecration of the cathedral of Florence in 1436.
He was not an innovator, with the exception of a few late works, and wrote within a stable tradition. He was one of the last composers to make use of mediaeval techniques such as isorhythm, but one of the first to use the harmonies, phrasing, and expressive melodies characteristic of the early Renaissance. His compositions within the larger genres - masses, motets, and chansons - are mostly similar to each other; his renown is largely due to what was perceived as his perfect control of the forms in which he worked, as well as his gift for memorable and singable melody. During the fifteenth century he was universally regarded as the greatest composer of the time, and that belief has largely persisted to the present day. Dufay, who wrote mostly church music, was a priest. His most famous motet is probably Nuper rosarum flores composed for the consecration of the cathedral of Florence in 1436.
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progtrance7 wrote:
Must get this dude
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Atomizer_ wrote:
ce jour de l'an
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insomniacme wrote:
tis great
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AmadeusNik wrote:
genius composer
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rogerfariass wrote:
noisx que morde tigrão
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ellidrix wrote:
é nóis, guizão! o/
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ON TOUR!!!!
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galechik91 wrote:
Он гений!
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storytellingman wrote:
Seriously exceptional
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Leefromwalney wrote:
It kind of depends where your from man, I'm English so I think the renaissance started a bit later than the the demise of Byzantium, in my country anyway. Whereas Italy was booming in the early 15th century which was kind of the birth of the renaissance period. Epic music though, from an epic time!
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r00dris wrote:
The middle ages "officially" ended in 1453 with the fall of Constantinople, so YES, his music is correctly tagged as medieval.
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SirAlecHendrix wrote:
besides shaping a "renaissance" style of music as a prolific composer of chansons and mass cycles ('missa'), dufay still wrote many of his works in "medieval" genres, like plainchant and motet (evolved from 14th century 'ars nova'), this makes him kind of a transitional figure IMHO. we only put composers into "era" pigeonholes.
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igOrOGOGO wrote:
My mother always told me I shouldn't dust Guillaume Dufay .. igOr .. http://igorogogo.com
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outraradio wrote:
it does't make sense any of these categories: early medieval, middle ages, renaissance... and so on.
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SirAlecHendrix wrote:
this is early renaissance, the middle ages had passed
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1Sock wrote:
I love the sound of early medieval music.
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yoscar wrote:
genial =D
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qistinatalib wrote:
Se la face ay pale - that song transports me back to the medieval times :P
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ChrHildebrandt wrote:
My greatest inspiration come from Dufay - to me his is the master of all times
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Alexonium wrote:
Dufay is only one of many composers of this time period,(15th century),who produced some of the most fabulous beautiful music which touches the depths of the human soul,psyche etc.A fab medieval bloke.
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