LISTENING
Guillaume Du Fay (c. 1397-1474): Resvellies vous et faites chiere lye [Ballade; 1423]
        Score: Anthology # 11        CD 3, Track 3            Length: 5:45
        Translation of Text: Atlas Anthology p. 489
        What is a ballade?
        How is this piece an example of Dufay's early style?

Guillaume Du Fay: Adieu m'amour, adieu ma joye [Rondeau; probably 1450s]
        Score: Anthology #12        CD 3, Track 4            Length: 5:31
        Translation of Text: Atlas Anthology p. 489
        How is the form of this rondeau similar to and different from Machaut's?
        How does Du Fay express the text musically?  Is Atlas's analysis (pp. 67-68) convincing?
        How is this piece an example of Dufay's late style?

OPTIONAL LISTENING
Gilles Binchois (c. 1400-1460): Dueil angoisseus [Ballade;
        Score: Anthology #13        CD 3, Track 5            Length: 8:12
        Translation of Text: Atlas Anthology p. 489
        Who was Christine de Pisan?

REVIEW QUESTIONS
1) Briefly describe the French secular poetry set by Du Fay and his contemporaries.  What are these poems about?  How do these poets use language?
2) Describe the evolution of Du Fay's (and his contemporaries') compositional style from the 1420s to the 1450s.  Be sure to discuss mensuration, rhythm, texture and cadences.
3) Discuss the debate about the performance practice of French secular songs of the late medieval and early Renaissance periods.
4) How is Binchois's compositional style different from Du Fay's?

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