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Music in Theory and Practice Volume 2 10Th Edition Full Chapter
Music in Theory and Practice Volume 2 10Th Edition Full Chapter
Volume II
Tenth Edition
Bruce Benward
Late of the University of Wisconsin–Madison
Marilyn Saker
Eastern Michigan University
I am indebted to my multitalented colleague, Samuel Joshua, for producing the large num-
Acknowledgments
ber of audio files new to the tenth edition. The thoughtful care with which he approached
this enormous task, and his expansive knowledge of music production, significantly ben-
efitted Music in Theory and Practice. Thank you, Sam.
It is with sincere gratitude that I thank jazz musician Mark Pappas for his intelligent
advice regarding the jazz and popular-music elements appearing throughout the text. His
guidance has proven time and again to be invaluable.
Grateful acknowledgment is extended to the highly professional staff at McGraw-Hill.
It was a sincere honor to work with Elizabeth Murphy, Sarah Remington, Rick Hecker,
Brianna Kirschbaum, Barbara Hacha, and Betty Chen. The helpful suggestions made by
reviewers for the tenth edition are also acknowledged:
Reginald Klopfenstein, Bethel University
Brian Kubin, Truman State University
Timothy Nutting, Navarro College
Leslie Odom, University of Florida
J. Whitney Prince, Eastern Michigan University
Anne Watson, Northeastern State University
Most importantly of all, I am genuinely grateful for the extraordinary set of circum-
stances that led me to study with the incomparable Bruce Benward. It’s funny how the
truly talented teachers never really leave you. Thank you, Bruce.
Marilyn Saker
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T
he term Renaissance refers to the era of the flowering of the arts and literature that
Renaissance Period
followed the Middle Ages. The overriding function of music in the Renaissance
(1450–1600) period was to contribute to worship. Although greatly overshadowed by the sacred
music of the period, secular works did exist and were an important part of the literature.
Vocal music was far more common than instrumental music during the Renaissance.
Choruses came into being shortly before the beginning of the Renaissance but did not
reach full flower until well into the era. Choruses of the time were usually small groups of
perhaps 12 to 15 singers. The choral group was often divided into four parts—the familiar
soprano, alto, tenor, and bass. Late Renaissance music often required a fifth part, either a
second soprano or a second tenor, and works for six, eight, and even 16-part choruses were
not unusual. Instrumental groups frequently accompanied choruses and usually doubled
the voice parts. In chapels, however, the groups sang a cappella, or unaccompanied.
As an introduction to the music of the late Renaissance, we will study two- and three-
part vocal polyphony, concentrating our attention on the works of Orlande de Lassus,
Josquin Desprez, Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina, and Tomás Luis de Victoria.
The baroque was a period of great change. Baroque composers preferred new tonality
Baroque Period
systems to the modality of the Renaissance. Their compositional style made it possible to
(1600–1750) hear the words of sung texts more easily. Instrumental music began to assume more impor-
tance than vocal music for the first time in history. Improvisation of music was a common
practice, particularly in the performance of accompaniments and in the performance of
opera singers, who were expected to improvise embellishments at certain points in their
arias. Much of the music of the baroque included a figured bass that served as a basis for
improvising accompaniments.
We will examine instrumental works of the baroque period in contrapuntal texture,
principally the two-part inventions and fugues of J. S. Bach.
Late Renaissance polyphony refers to music from approximately 1550 to 1600. The po-
Important
lyphony of this period is perhaps the purest ever written because it is not influenced by the
Concepts functional harmony of later periods. Interacting melodic lines characterize the composi-
tional style of this period.
Sixteenth-century music is essentially modal. The Dorian, Phrygian, Lydian, and Mix-
Modes
olydian modes were in common use. The Aeolian (natural minor scale) and Ionian (major
scale) modes were used occasionally. Each mode is identified by its beginning tone, called
the final.
Dorian D to D D
Phrygian E to E E
Lydian F to F F
Mixolydian G to G G
Aeolian A to A A
Ionian C to C C
Musica Ficta Altered tones were frequently added to the pure modes. This practice became known as
musica ficta. Musica ficta accidentals were not written in the original manuscripts but were
sung by the performers according to performance practices of the period. In modern edi-
tions the musica ficta accidentals are often indicated above the staves. The melodic tritone
between F and B was avoided by lowering the B to B-flat (Figure 18.1).
415
Figure 18.1
Figure 18.2
In the Dorian and Mixolydian modes, a “leading tone” was created at cadences by rais-
ing the seventh scale degree. The Phrygian and Lydian modes required no alteration at
cadence points (Figure 18.2).
Figure 18.2
# ww ww # ww w
w ww # ww ww w w ww w w ww ww
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Half step Half step Half step Half step
Figure 18.3
Transposed Modes The modes were often transposed a perfect fifth lower, creating a key signature of one flat
(Figure 18.3).
Figure 18.3
w w
Dorian Transposed Dorian
w w w b w w w w w
& w w w w w w
Half step Half step Half step Half step
Phrygian
w
Transposed Phrygian
w w w w
& w w w w w w b w w w w
w
Half step Half step Half step Half step
w
Lydian Transposed Lydian
w w w w b w
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w w w
Half step Half step Half step Half step
w
Mixolydian
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Half step Half step Half step Half step
w
Lydian Transposed Lydian
w w w w b w
& w w w w w w w w
w w
Half step Half step Half step Half step
& w w w w b w w w w w
Figure 18.4
w w w
Half step Half step Half step Half step
In late Renaissance polyphony, vertical structures were organized according to the conso-
Consonance
nant intervals above the lowest-sounding tone (Figure 18.4).
Figure 18.4
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Consonant intervals in the sixteenth-century style
& w18.5 w ww w ww w
ww mm. 14–15. w
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w Missaw Inviolata,
Palestrina: Credo, w
P1 P8 P5 M3 M6 m3 m6
The lowest-sounding tone may not always be the lowest voice in the score because voice
crossing was quite common (Figure 18.5).
Figure 18.5
& b 42 ˙ . œ ˙ ˙ w w
5 4 3 3 5 3 4
V b 42 ˙ œ œ ˙ ˙ w ∑
˙ ˙ #˙ ˙. nœ
4 3 2 1
? b 42 w Ó
4 3
= Lowest-sounding tone
The numbers between the staves in Figure 18.5 refer to the interval above the lowest-
sounding tone. This method of analysis is employed throughout this chapter.
The concept of tonal harmony was unknown during the Renaissance period. Compos-
ers thought only in terms of consonances and dissonances.
Josquin Desprez: Missa “L’homme armé super voces musicales” (Mass based on
Unaccented Passing Tone
“The Armed Man”), Benedictus, mm. 26–27. 4
Unaccented passing tones in half notes are found on beats 2 and 4 in 2 meter, in quarter
notes on the second half of any beat, and in eighth notes in unstressed locations. Unac-
cented passing tones are used in ascending and descending directions (Figure 18.6).
Figure 18.6
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PT PT PT
œ œ œ ˙
8 7 5 3 2 1 2
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Vb 2 w Ó ˙
PT NT PT PT
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2 Ó ˙. œ œ bœ
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Lassus: Beatus vir in sapientia (Blessed is the man), mm. 23–24.
Suspensions
4
In two-voice writing, the only suspensions available are 7–6 and 2–3. The suspension oc-
curs on beats 1 or 3 in 2 meter and the resolutions on beats 2 or 4 (Figure 18.9).
Figure 18.9
4 w
&2 ˙ b˙ w ˙ ˙
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Lassus: Serve bone (Well done), mm. 5–6.
Figure 18.10
& 42 œ ˙. œ ˙ œ #œ œ ˙ w
œ
PT (prep.) SUS (resol.) SUS (resol.)
?4 ˙ ˙ w
3 4 6 7 6 6 7 6 5 6 8
2 w Ó ˙
Figure 18.11
Portamento
The portamento is a common device of the late Renaissance that resembles the anticipa-
tion found in later periods. The portamento figure consists of three notes—often a dotted
half note (or a half note tied to a quarter note), a quarter note, and a half or quarter note.
The portamento tone is the second of the three (Figure 18.11).
Figure 18.11
˙ œ œ ˙ ˙
& ˙ ˙
PORT
con. dis. con.
3 6 7 6 6 5 3 6
& ˙ ˙ ˙. œ w
Dissonant portamento
œ œ œ œ
& ˙ ˙ œ œ
PORT
3 3 4 3 4 6 7 3 8
& ˙ œ œ ˙ ˙ ˙
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Figure 18.12
Nota Cambiata
A forerunner of the eighteenth-century changing tones, the nota cambiata is a four-note
melodic figure. The second note of the four is the nota cambiata itself. The first and third
notes are always consonant with the lowest-sounding tone, whereas the second and fourth
may or may not be dissonant (Figure 18.12).
Figure 18.12
Cambiata figure
˙.
& 42 œ ˙ #˙ ›
2nd 3rd 2nd
NC
& 42 w
5 4 3 6 8
˙ ˙ ›
Figure 18.13
Palestrina: Missa Inviolata, Credo, mm. 20–21.
Dissonance Types in Suspensions
Three or More Voices
In polyphony with three or more voices, the 9–8 (2–1) and 4–3 suspensions occur, as well
as the 7–6 and 2–3 suspensions described on page 419 (Figure 18.13).
Figure 18.13
9 – 8 and 4 –3 suspensions
& b 42 ˙ ˙ ˙ ˙ œ œ w ˙
PT SUS SUS
5 8 9 10 10 9 8 10 4 3
V b 42 w ˙. œ ˙ œ œ w
>
PT PT PT
? 4 ˙.
3 4 5 6 d5 3 4 3 5
œ ˙ ˙ ˙ ˙ w
b 2
Figure 18.14
4 w
&b 2 w
5 6 6 5
& b 42 œ œ w ˙
PT
˙ ˙ ˙5 ˙3
V b 42
3 4 6
The 6 –5 figure
Figure 18.15
Victoria: Magnificat Septimi Toni: De posuit potentes, mm. 11–12.
Figure 18.15
& 42 w w
Ó
w ˙
6 (6) 5 1 5 5
& 42 ˙ w #˙ w
Ó
SUS ˙
?4 › w
3 4 (4) 3 1
2 ∑
The consonant 4th
The melodic lines in sixteenth-century choral music have the following characteristics:
Melody
1. Melodic movement is predominantly stepwise.
2. Although skips occur, the following intervals are avoided:
Ascending M6ths
All descending 6ths
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Skips18.16
greater than an octave
3. Triads are sometimes outlined in the melody.
4. Two or more successive skips in the same direction (other than skips that outline a triad)
are rare.
5. A skip greater than a 3rd is preceded and followed by an interval that is in the opposite
direction to the skip and most often stepwise. For example, the approach to, and depar-
ture from, an ascending skip is by a descending interval (usually a step) (Figure 18.16).
Figure 18.16
& 42 ˙ . œ ˙ ˙ ˙ #˙ w
6. Melodic sequences, so common in the eighteenth century, are infrequent in this style.
The two common meters in late Renaissance polyphony were quadruple meter and triple
Rhythm and Meter
meter. This chapter deals only with quadruple meter. The rhythms in quadruple meter were
limited to the following note values:
1. Note values were tied only to a succeeding note of equal or next shorter value
(Figure 18.17).
Figure 18.17
& 42 w ˙ ˙ ˙ ˙. œ ˙
4 ˙ œ œ œ œ ˙
&2 w ˙ ˙
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Figure
& 2 ˙. œ ˙ ˙ 4 w œ œ œ œ
&2
2. Quarter rests were not used at all, and half rests are found only on beats 1 and 3
(Figure 18.18).
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Figure 18.18
Unstylistic
Figure 18.19 Unstylistic
& 42 Œ œ œ œ w & 42 ˙ Ó ˙ ˙
Quarter rests not found Half rests on beats 1 and 3 only
3. Eighth notes occur only on the second half of a beat and always in pairs (Figure 18.19).
Figure 18.19
Unstylistic
& 42 ˙ ˙ œ œ œ ˙
Eighth notes not found on
accented portion of the beat
Figure 18.20
4. Compositions generally begin with a note of at least a dotted half-note value. More often
the beginning note is a whole note or breve.
5. The final note is at least a whole-note value and most often a breve.
6. There was considerable rhythmic variety in late Renaissance polyphony. Two simulta-
neous voices never have the same rhythm, and rhythmic figures were not repeated in
successive measures (Figure 18.20).
Figure 18.20
Unstylistic Unstylistic
Rhythm Rhythm repeated
& 42 ˙ .
œ ˙ œ œ & 42 ˙ . œ ˙ œ œ ˙. œ ˙ œ œ
& 42 . œ ˙ œ œ & 42 w w ˙ w ˙
˙
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Same rhythm as upper voice
Figure 18.21
Lassus: Beatus homo (Happy is the man), mm. 23–24.
7. To keep the rhythmic flow from being interrupted at interior cadence points, one voice
usually rests and then begins the next phrase immediately. This staggering of rests is
referred to as hocket (Figure 18.21).
Figure 18.21
Cadence
Hocket
4 Ó
&2 w w ˙ ˙. œ
- - - jus ne - go - ti
& 42 œ œ ˙ .
2 3 3 2 3 4 3 3 3 3
w Ó
œ œ ˙ ˙
- - - - - - jus ne -
Overlapping phrases
8. Original manuscripts of the period did not contain bar lines. However, for the sake of
twentieth-century musicians, most modern editions include bar lines.
9. The rhythms in individual voices sometimes suggest meters other than the meter
signature. Most modern editions place the bar lines according to the prevailing meter,
regardless of the meter suggested in individual voices, to avoid notational complexity
(Figure 18.22).
4 ˙ ˙ ˙ ˙ w
&2 Ó w ˙ w #w ∑
Con - so - la - trix af - fli - cto - rum
Figure 18.23
Con - so - la - trix af - fli - cto - rum
Lassus: Beatus homo (Happy is the man), mm. 34–35.
Most final cadences in two-voice writing are of the clausula vera type, in which the two
Cadences
voices approach an octave or unison through stepwise motion (Figure 18.23).
Clausula Vera
Figure 18.23
& 42 œ œ w #˙ ›
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PT SUS
Figure 18.24
4 5 3 78 7 6 8
&2 ˙
Palestrina: Magnificat Secundi Toni: De posiuit potentes, mm. 27–28.
œ œ ˙ ˙ ›
Expands out to octave
In three-voice writing the third voice often adds falling 5th motion to the clausula vera,
creating a cadence similar to the authentic cadence in tonal music (Figure 18.24).
Figure 18.24
& b 42 œ œ w #˙ ›
Clausula vera
V b 42 w w ›
? 4 bw w
b 2 ›
Decending 5th in the bass
Plagal Cadence A plagal cadence is occasionally found at interior cadence points. In a two-voice plagal
cadence, the lower voice moves up a P5th or down a P4th (Figure 18.25).
Figure 18.25
Plagal cadences
w w w w w w
&
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Figure w w
Lassus: Qui vult venire post me (He who would follow me), mm. 3–5.
Ascending P5 Ascending P5 Descending P4
Weak Interior Pauses often occur in individual melodic lines in compositions of this period. These mo-
Cadences mentary breaks in rhythmic activity sometimes have the effect of cadences (Figure 18.26).
Figure 18.26
Lassus: Qui vult venire post me (He Who Would Follow Me), mm. 3–5.
V b 42 Ó ˙ w w w w Ó ˙
ve - ni - re post me, ve -
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? b 42 w w w w ˙ w
Figure 18.27 Ó
ni - re post me, ve - ni -
Weak interior cadence
As in eighteenth-century style, parallel P8ths, P5ths, and P1s were prohibited during this
Parallel Motion
period (Figure 18.27).
Figure 18.27
V b 42 w Ó ˙ ˙ ˙
˙. œ œ œ w ˙ ›
>
SUS PT PT SUS
? 4 ˙ w
2 3 1 5 5 3 8 7 6 6 6 7 8 7 6 8
b 2 ˙ ˙ ˙ œ œ œ œ œ ˙.
w œ ›
Parallel P5ths
avoided in this style
Figure 18.28
& b 42 w ˙ ˙ œ œ œ œ ˙ ˙
PT PT
3 4 5 6 3 5 4 3 3 3 3 5 6 3
& b 42 œ œ œ œ ˙ . œ œ œ œ œ œ
œ ˙
Parallel 3 rds integral
part of this style
Figure 18.29
3. The rhythms follow the accents of the words quite closely. Accented syllables are often
given agogic (durational) stress (Figure 18.30).
Figure 18.30
w.
& 42 ˙ ˙ œ œ w ˙.
Al - le - lu - - - ja