Tactus , Mensuration and Rhythm in Renaissance Music

Contents

• Introduction;
• Part I . Theory:
• 1. Sources of information;
• 2. Principles of mensural notation;
• 3. Definitions and descriptions of Tactus;
• 4. Tactus and rhythm;
• 5. Tactus and signs in fifteenth-century music theory;
• 6. Tactus and signs in sixteenth-century music theory;
• 7. Tactus and tempo;
• Part II . Practice:
• 8. The songs of Du Fay;
• 9. The L'homme arme masses of Ockeghem, Busnoys, and Josquin;
• 10. The five- and six-voice motets of Josquin;
• 11. The Choralis Constantinus of Isaac;
• 12. The masses of Palestrina;
• 13. The madrigals of Rore;
• 14. Popular songs and dances; Conclusion.