Discussion Board: Nuper Rosarum Flores, by Guillaume Du Fay

Discussion Board: Nuper Rosarum Flores, by Guillaume Du Fay
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Discussion Board: Nuper Rosarum Flores, by Guillaume Du Fay
Nuper Rosarum Flores translates to Recently Flowers of Roses or The Rose Blossoms Recently. Guillaume Du Fay composed Nuper Rosarum Flores, a mainly vocal musical composition, for the Florence Cathedral's consecration on March 25, 1436 (Dufay's Nuper Rosarum Flores analysis music essay – IC whats NEW.com. (n.d.)). The song is a blend of the middle ages' traditions produced more progressively than structured. Compositions of the earlier times were structured to maintain a particular clip signature. Nuper Rosarum Flores defies the odds since the voices become more independent as the song progresses (QuireCleveland, 2014). More than one imitation voices accompany the chief tune at different velocities.
Nuper Rosarum Flores has two tenor lines with each tenor having a different rhythmic form, and they do not sing at the same voices as the upper voices (QuireCleveland, 2014). Dufay is, therefore, using contrasting textures in the art where the upper and the lower voices travel slower than the upper voices. The song's rhythm is called a taleas, a form that repeats each clip in a different meter, where the meter is the clippe...