The Rhythm and Metre Question in the Interpretation of the Cancionero musical de Palacio

Authors

  • Manuel Morais

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.57885/rpmns.145

Abstract

The author explains his method of transcribing polyphonic music from the late 15th and 16th centuries by means of a rhythmical-metrical interpretation, making extensive use of examples of vernacular song taken from the Cancionero musical de Palacio. He also discusses conventional transcription methods and the way they determine performance, obscuring the repertory. This method of renotation, based on a considered analysis of each piece, and on the historical and theoretical data at our disposal today, employs an irregular system of barring, the purpose of which is to clarify the polyrhythmical and multimetrical structure of Renaissance polyphony, as well as to highlight its form and musical syntax.

Author Biography

Manuel Morais

MANUEL MORAIS studied at the Schola Cantorum Basiliensis. He is a performer on the lute and baroque guitar, a musicologist, and teacher at the Escola de Música of the Conservatório Nacional since 1972. He founded and conducts the ensemble Segréis de Lisboa, with which he has made several recordings of Portuguese and Spanish music of the 16th-19th centuries. He has published articles on Iberian secular music of the 16th and 17th centuries, as well as modern editions of the four Portuguese 16th-century cancioneiros and of the musical works of Juan del Encina.

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Published

2014-12-20

How to Cite

Morais, M. (2014). The Rhythm and Metre Question in the Interpretation of the Cancionero musical de Palacio. Portuguese Journal of Musicology, 4, 17–52. https://doi.org/10.57885/rpmns.145

Issue

Vol 4/5 (1994-1995)

Section

Articles (peer-reviewed)