{"id":3841,"date":"2022-04-11T09:00:10","date_gmt":"2022-04-11T13:00:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/parsons\/?p=3841"},"modified":"2022-04-08T16:15:46","modified_gmt":"2022-04-08T20:15:46","slug":"arachnophonia-guillaume-dufay-chansons-forty-five-settings-in-original-notation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/parsons\/2022\/04\/arachnophonia-guillaume-dufay-chansons-forty-five-settings-in-original-notation\/","title":{"rendered":"Arachnophonia: Guillaume Dufay “Chansons – Forty-Five Settings in Original Notation”"},"content":{"rendered":"

Editor\u2019s note:<\/strong> Arachnophonia<\/a> (\u201cArachno\u201d = spider \/ \u201c-phonia\u201d = sound) is a regular feature on our blog where members of the UR community can share their thoughts about resources from the Parsons Music Library<\/a>\u2018s collection.<\/p>\n

All links included in these posts will take you to either the library catalog record for the item in question<\/a> or to additional relevant<\/a> information from<\/a> around the web<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Today\u2019s installment of Arachnophonia<\/a> is by student manager Brianna (class of 2023) and features music by the early Renaissance composer Guillaume Dufay (1397-1474)<\/a>. Thanks, Brianna!<\/em><\/p>\n

Guillaume Dufay<\/a><\/strong>
\nChansons: Forty-Five Settings in Original Notation<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

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Guillaume Du Fay (left), with Gilles Binchois (right) in a c.\u20091440 Illuminated manuscript copy of Martin le Franc’s Le champion des dames (source: Wikipedia)<\/p><\/div>\n

One of the most fascinating aspects of music history to me is the way that musical notation and writing has evolved. A prime example of this is the madrigal<\/a>. A madrigal is a part-song for several voices most commonly found in the Renaissance period. While this style of music was most popular in Italy and England, there are several noteworthy French composers who wrote madrigals. <\/p>\n

One such composer is Guillaume Dufay<\/a>. The music library is lucky to have a score of a selection of 45 of his pieces<\/a>, all in original notation. Flipping through the pages shows a style of notation that has since lost popularity, but it is still incredibly interesting to look at. <\/p>\n