Parody fair
The parody mass is a subsidiary genre of the mass in which a polyphonic movement, such as a sacred motet or a secular chanson , is parodied .
Parody proceedings
The sentence on which a parody mass is based can be parodied in several ways:
- the entire template is adopted without change
- the template is adopted and supplemented by additional votes
- not all parts of the original are adopted and the rest are freely composed
- the template is supplemented by freely composed insertions
- only the beginning of the template is used, which can create a musical cycle
origin
Existing compositions were parodied at the earlier cantus firmus masses with foreign tenors and the chanson masses . The parody was limited to one voice. The Treble Tenor Mass extended the parody procedure to two voices, which could also come from a polyphonic model. At the parody mass, as a logical continuation, entire sentences with several voices were parodied.
Flowering period and prohibition
The parody mass is a typical genre of the Renaissance . Originating from the forerunner genres of the 15th century, the parody mass had its heyday in the second generation of Franco-Flemish music in the numerous settings of the secular song L'homme armé . The Tridentine Council banned the parody mass and all other parodies of secular melodies in sacred music. However, this prohibition was only observed to a limited extent.
literature
- Ludwig Finscher, Laurenz Lütteken: Mass - IV. Multi-part mass settings up to 1600. In: Ludwig Finscher (Hrsg.): The music in past and present . New edition. Part volume 6. Bärenreiter / Metzler, Kassel / Stuttgart 1997, ISBN 3-7618-1107-1 , Sp. 184–204, here: Sp. 195–197.
- Andreas Waczkat: Honest playing with music. German parody masses of the 17th century. Bärenreiter, Kassel 2000, ISBN 3-7618-1484-4 .
Web links
- NN: Parody mass. In: Grove Music Online (English; subscription required).