French Music of XVI century I think this article can be interesting for people who are professionally engaged with music (mainly singing), who know the meaning of such terms like fugue, music period etc. France of the 16th century had a move from the Renaissance to the Baroque era. In that time classical fugue form did not set yet and by the period musicians of Renaissance meant a phrase, human speech, which was "integrated" into the music. If you take a look at scores of vocal music of 16th century, for example, Pierre Guédron , Claude Le Jeune , Eustache Du Caurroy etc. you should pay attention to the fact that many their works have no bar. It was assumed that a singer and an accompanist had to be guided by the literary text, which was a developing story plot. In Renaissance vocal music - text, phrase, word, poetry are very important. Pierre Guedron gave next recommendation concerning the interpretation of his music: rhythm, word, pleasant voice. Moreove...
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