“Caput” and the beginnings of four-part harmony
How controversies arise (and what they reveal)
Patterns of emulation
The composer as virtuoso
Farther along the emulation chain
The Man at Arms
“Pervading imitation”
An esthetic paradox (or, The paradox of “esthetics”)
Old and young alike pay tributeChapter 13 Middle and LowThe Fifteenth-Century Motet and Chanson; Early Instrumental Music; Music Printing
Hailing Mary
Personal prayer
The English keep things high
The Milanese go lower still
Fun in church?
Love songs
Instrumental music becomes literate at last
Music becomes a business
“Songs” without wordsChapter 14 Josquin and the HumanistsJosquin des Prez in Fact and Legend; Parody Masses
What legends do
A poet born, not made
Josquin as the spirit of a (later) age
Recycling the legend back into music
What Josquin was really like
A model masterpiece
Parodies
Facts and mythsChapter 15 A Perfected ArtSixteenth-Century Church Music; New Instrumental Genres
All is known
The triad comes of age