This is my adventure in the discovery of polyphonic music. It is the music from say 1400 till 1600. It is music from a period where music was slowly emerging from its origins, Gregorian chant from the churches and the music of the ordinary people, ordinary folk music.

 

I think it is important we define the timeframe and the “sound” that is related to that period.

 

 

Hildegard von Bingen (1098-1179)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hildegard_of_Bingen

 

http://www.ensemblescholastica.ca/en/extraits.html

 

 

Guillaume de Machaut: 1300- 1377

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guillaume_de_Machaut

 

I know him from the Messe de Notre Dame (Paris), an excerpt

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KwV_qLLPAGc

 

 

John Dunstable: 1390 – 1453

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Dunstaple

 

an example of his music: Sancta Maria, non est tibi similis

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_I4An0pfYNc

 

 

Guillaume Dufay: 1397 – 1474

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guillaume_Dufay

 

music :

 

Ave Maris Stella

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TEPB9r_0TCk

 

Missa Se la face ay pale

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s0LDHb_O8hM&noredirect=1