Output details
35 - Music, Drama, Dance and Performing Arts
University of Manchester : A - Music
Chapter title
Ludwig Senfl und die Tradition der Cantus-Firmus-Motette
Type
C - Chapter in book
DOI
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Publisher of book
Hans Schneider
Book title
Senfl-Studien: Lebenswelten ; Einflusse ; Glaubensfragen ; Klangwelten / Volume 1 of Senfl-Studien, Senfl-Studien
ISBN of book
9783862960323
Year of publication
2012
URL
-
Number of additional authors
0
Additional information
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Interdisciplinary
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Cross-referral requested
-
Research group
None
Proposed double-weighted
No
Double-weighted statement
-
Reserve for a double-weighted output
No
Non-English
Yes
English abstract
Following his teacher Heinrich Isaac, Ludwig Senfl is one of the last major representatives of the cantus firmus motet. His completion of Isaac's Choralis Constantinus is well known, but less attention has been paid to the free motets in this regard. This article elucidates systematically the ways in which Senfl constructed motets around a cantus fimus, from traditional (old-fashioned?) tenor motet structures to a freer elaboration of the pre-existent tune in all voices. The article demonstrates how Senfl subverts the distinction of 'structural cantus firmus' vs. 'cantus firmus elaboration' (Sparks) through his ingenious use of hybrid textures.
