TENOR “FAMILIES”

Chapter:

CHAPTER 7 Music for an Intellectual and Political Elite

Source:

MUSIC FROM THE EARLIEST NOTATIONS TO THE SIXTEENTH CENTURY

Author(s):

Richard Taruskin

Of the three components that went into this brainy little song, the most frequently used was the tenor. The “In seculum” melisma, like several others (including “DO-”[mino] from the same parent gradual, Haec dies), was a great favorite with the university crowd, used over and over again as a motet tenor. This, too, was an aspect of “tour de force culture,” in which emulation or outdoing—doing the same thing but doing it better—was a cardinal aim.

Citation (MLA):

Richard Taruskin. "Chapter 7 Music for an Intellectual and Political Elite." The Oxford History of Western Music. Oxford University Press. New York, USA. n.d. Web. 12 Oct. 2024. <https://www.oxfordwesternmusic.com/view/Volume1/actrade-9780195384819-div1-007006.xml>.

Citation (APA):

Taruskin, R. (n.d.). Chapter 7 Music for an Intellectual and Political Elite. In Oxford University Press, Music from the Earliest Notations to the Sixteenth Century. New York, USA. Retrieved 12 Oct. 2024, from https://www.oxfordwesternmusic.com/view/Volume1/actrade-9780195384819-div1-007006.xml

Citation (Chicago):

Richard Taruskin. "Chapter 7 Music for an Intellectual and Political Elite." In Music from the Earliest Notations to the Sixteenth Century, Oxford University Press. (New York, USA, n.d.). Retrieved 12 Oct. 2024, from https://www.oxfordwesternmusic.com/view/Volume1/actrade-9780195384819-div1-007006.xml