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Musicology Week 8 Lecture 1 16/11/15

The Idea of the Composer

Historical Denitions of Composition:

That music is called artifcial which is thought out through huma art ad

igeuity !"egio o# $rum %1&th' !i(e ot gi)e *y +od or ,re)ious geeratio

aurally- *ut thought u, i the head o# a creati)e ,erso'

.d s,eak o# com,osig- #or i the coductus !lati sogs' the teor is made

totally #rom scratch ad is modifed ad lasts accordig to the will o# the maker

!0ohaes di +regorio c(1&&'

. com,oser is the maker o# some ew sog !0ohaes Tictoris- 1235 frst

music dictioary4'

Tictoris .rt o# %outer,oit !.rt im,lies huma creati)ity' !late %15th'

ow there are two kids o# couter,oit7 otated or #rom memory( otated

couter,oit is usually called "es acta !made thig'( 9ut we ,ro,erly oly call

:couter,oit what we ,roduce i our heads ad those who do this usually call

it ;catare su,er li*rum ; !;sig o the *ook;'(

There is a vast distance between musicians and singers. The latter perform, the

former know what music comprises. For he who does what he does not

understand is termed an animal !erece *etwee sigers ad istrumetalists i terms o# com,?'

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This i tur led to more com,osers *eig amed at the to, o# their works

!ot commo ,ractice *e#ore' which is why we kow com,osers ames

#rom this ,eriod owards

!"T#$ THE%E I& ' TE(&I)( HE%E

%om,osers *ecame more ad more im,ortat- so who is the music #or? $eo,lewho commissio it wated it to *e a*out them !ad thus they wated the *est

com,osers to ha)e the *est music writte a*out them *raggig rights4 Liks

*ack to frst 15&&s lecture- 0osIui )s saac +ias letter igored'- ad com,osers

wated it to *e a*out them- or is it #or greater glory o# +od?

&pecic Example * )+recht,s -ille .ingentis

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$ersoal re#ereceD Willem

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