Paul the Deacon, 100 –101
pavan, Dowland ayre and, 742 –43
Pax! In nomine Domini (Marcabru), 113
peasant revolts, 138
peasants, dances of, 332 , 621
Peirol d’Auvergne, 228
Pellegrina, La (Bargagli), 803
penitents, 133 –34
pentachord (fifth),
canon and, 331
in counterpoint, 154
Diatonic pitch and, 30 , 31
Dorian, 276 –77
four species of, 73 –74
madrigal and, 356
octave plus, 166 , 168
parallel doubling of, 150 , 151 , 152
as “perfect” interval, 149
protus final and, 79
tetrachord and, 74 , 83
See also perfect fifth
pentatonic scale, 30
Pentecost, 12 , 49 , 436 , 686 , 758
Pepin III (the Short), King of the Franks, 2 , 3 , 5 , 13 , 40 , 64
Peraino, Judith, 220 –21
Peregrinus plays, 93
perfect (perfection), 180 , 187 , 196 , 587
Ars Nova notation and, 249 –50, 253 , 254 –55
dactylic foot and, 191
hocket and, 233
Zarlino harmonic theory and, 587
See also measure
perfected art. See ars perfecta
perfect fifth, 149 , 150 , 154 , 284
chromaticism and, 274
parallel doubling at, 152
perfect fourth, 40 , 149 , 152 , 284