Project 4 - Canons!

Josquin des Prez - Ave Maria (Virgo serena) - La Chapelle Royale

Read

• Timeline
• Josquin, the Man, the Myth
• Music in the Renaissance

Watch

• Musical Texture - Monophony, Polyphony and Homophony

Essential Questions:

• Continued use of Noteflight music notation software
• Utilization of the copy/paste function within Noteflight
• Compose a "Canon" or "Round" for two of the same instrument or voice
• Listen to baroque music and understand the terms Canon and Fugue

Outcomes:

• How is Josquin’s music organized in relation to the Motet that we listened to in Project 3?
• How many voices (or voice parts do you hear)?  Hint: Listen to the entrances.
• How do you think the architecture of the churches influence this compositional technique?

Template

Project Requirements:

• Composer: Your First and Last Name
• Sharing: “Site Members Can View and Make Comments on this Score”
• 17 Measures Long
• Starts and Ends on the note D using the notes: D, E, F#, G, A, B, C#, D, E, F#
• Two Instruments
• First instrument begins and the second instrument echos the first by one measure
• Use the Copy and Paste function 
• Use a rest at the end of measures 4, 8 & 12 (in Part 1) 
• Avoids clashes between notes in each voice
• Utilizes at least four dynamic (volume) changes    

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Example of a 2 Part Canon

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