Diss. Phil. Bern.

Four composers have been chosen for this study. They were the leaders of four successive generations of composers influential in the fifteenth and early sixteenth centuries. Their masses were written between the years 1420 A.D. and 1560 A.D. Many significant changes took place during this period of one hundred forty years. Older compositional techniques such as the use of formes fixes and isorhythm all but disappeared. Cantus firmus technique was transformed and extended to unify the mass cycle. Aesthetic considerations became more important to the composer than liturgical canons, and composers began to regard themselves as artistic creators not mere servants to the Church. The rise of humanism placed man at the center of his music, making it more expressive and personal then ever before.

Thesis (M.M.)--Butler University, 1985. / Includes bibliographical references (p. 474-476).

Une trentaine d’œuvres attribuées à Hesdin (messes, motets, Magnificat et chansons) figurent dans des nombreuses sources du XVIe siècle, provenant principalement de France, Italie et anciens Pays-Bas. Pourtant, la vie et la carrière de ce compositeur demeurent inconnues de nos jours, aucune des multiples hypothèses concernant l’identité de Hesdin ne reposant sur des éléments concrets. Cette thèse se propose d’offrir un panorama le plus complet possible du cas Hesdin, à travers l’étude de ses œuvres, de la dispersion des sources, mais aussi de la perception de sa musique au fil des siècles. L’étude stylistique des œuvres montre d’une part les rapports multiples avec celles d’autres compositeurs actifs dans la première moitié du XVIe siècle, notamment Josquin, Willaert et Gombert ;d’autre part, elle suggère que le toponyme « Hesdin » pourrait cacher deux compositeurs distincts. La partie finale de la thèse est consacrée à l’édition critique de tout le corpus attribué à Hesdin. / About thirty compositions attributed to Hesdin (masses, motets, Magnificat and chansons) are included in plenty of musical sources copied or edited during the sixteenth-century, in France, Italy and the Netherlands. However, nothing is known about the biography and the career of this composer. Among the many hypothesis proposed on Hesdin’s identity, none is based on objectives informations. This study attemps to offer an overview as comprehensive as possible of Hesdin, through the study of his compositions, of the diffusion of the musical sources and of the reception of Hesdin’s music during the centuries. The style of his music reveals clear links to the compositions of other composers of the first half of the sixteenth-century, Josquin, Willaert and Gombert above all. Moreover, it shows that the toponym « Hesdin » may possibly hide two different composers.The final section of this study is devoted to the critical edition of the whole corpus ascribed to Hesdin. / Doctorat en Histoire, histoire de l'art et archéologie / info:eu-repo/semantics/nonPublished

Une trentaine d’oeuvres attribuées à Hesdin (messes, motets, Magnificat et chansons) figurent dans des nombreuses sources du XVIe siècle, provenant principalement de France, Italie et anciens Pays-Bas. Pourtant, la vie et la carrière de ce compositeur demeurent inconnues de nos jours, aucune des multiples hypothèses concernant l’identité de Hesdin ne reposant sur des éléments concrets. Cette thèse se propose d’offrir un panorama le plus complet possible du cas Hesdin, à travers l’étude de ses oeuvres, de la dispersion des sources, mais aussi de la perception de sa musique au fil des siècles. L’étude stylistique des oeuvres montre d’une part les rapports multiples avec celles d’autres compositeurs actifs dans la première moitié du XVIe siècle, notamment Josquin, Willaert et Gombert ; d’autre part, elle suggère que le toponyme « Hesdin » pourrait cacher deux compositeurs distincts. La partie finale de la thèse est consacrée à l’édition critique de tout le corpus attribué à Hesdin / About thirty compositions attributed to Hesdin (masses, motets, Magnificat and chansons) are included in plenty of musical sources copied or edited during the sixteenth-century, in France, Italy and the Netherlands. However, nothing is known about the biography and the career of this composer. Among the many hypothesis proposed on Hesdin’s identity, none is based on objective informations. This study attempts to offer an overview as comprehensive as possible of Hesdin, through the study of his compositions, of the diffusion of the musical sources and of the reception of Hesdin’s music during the centuries. The style of his music reveals clear links to the compositions of other composers of the first half of thesixteenth-century, Josquin, Willaert and Gombert above all. Moreover, it shows that the toponym “Hesdin” may possibly hide two different composers. The final section of this study is devoted to the critical edition of the whole corpus ascribed to Hesdin