EARLY MENSURAL NOTATION

4.10

Transcribing mensural notation I

pre-Franconian

Let us put into practice what we have learned in this chapter. In the next two steps we will show you the principal techniques for transcribing Ars Antiqua composition written in pre-Franconian and in Franconian notation.

For this video we have chosen the three voice motet from the Codex Montpellier H 196, fol. 153v–155r Amours mi Font Souffrir/En Mai/Flos Filius. You will have the opportunity to listen beforehand to the whole piece before learning how to transcribe it. Listen to the Ensemble Gilles Binchois under the direction of Dominique Vellard.

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