Le 29 juin 2017
de 14h00 à 14h30
Le Patio (université de Strasbourg)
22 rue René Descartes, 67000 Strasbourg
salle 3208
Pré-acte / Acte
Auteur : Nicolas Meeùs
The problem of the modal/tonal organization of Renaissance polyphonic remains complex. My communication will discuss modern theories, among others those of the tonal types (Powers 1981), of hexachordal functions (e.g. Judd 1992), of chord progressions, of polyphonic notation, etc., and confront them with Renaissance theories. The tension between properties of the diatonic system as such and of the individual diatonic modal scales, or the opposition between diatonic functions on the one hand and modal functions on the other, survived at least until the Renaissance and may justify considering that many Renaissance polyphonic compositions are truly modal. These problems will be discussed among others with respect to the double diatonic system (naturale / transpositum) and its consequences for the notation (including cleffing); the tonal centricity and the means used to assert it; melodic hierarchies; chromaticism causa pulchritudinis or for transposition; directional tendencies in chord progressions and voice leading; etc.
