HOW TO COMPOSE A MOTET FOR THE VIRGIN. JOSQUIN DES PREZ AND HIS MOTET 'ILLIBATA DEI VIRGO NUTRIX' (Jak skomponowac motet ku czci Dziewicy. Josquin des Prez i jego motet 'Illibata Dei virgo nutrix')

• Authors: Benthem Jaap van
• Languages of publication: PL

Abstracts

EN

Both by its text as by its musical setting, the motet for the Virgin, 'Illibata dei virgo nutrix', of Josquin des Prez mirrors particular fundamentals of Christian Faith, ideated by means of elements from the language of later medieval symbolism; in particular number symbolism. Totals of textlines and syllables, of letter values and number of notes stay to each other in a close connection, by which the structure of the composition as a whole symbolically represents the composer's ardent wish, that hailing the Virgin in his own musical language will be acceptable to her.

Keywords

EN

MENSURATION SIGNS; MUSIC (15TH C.); MUSIC THEORY; NOTATION PRACTICE; NUMBER SYMBOLISM

Discipline

• ARTS_&_ARCHITECTURE: ARTS & ARCHITECTURE

• Publisher: Polska Akademia Nauk. Instytut Sztuki PAN
• Journal: Muzyka
• Year: 2007
• Volume: 52
• Issue: 3(206)
• Pages: 3-30
• Document type: ARTICLE

Contributors

author

Benthem Jaap van

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Identifiers

CEJSH db identifier

09PLAAAA05773