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Ars Nova music
Ars Nova was a compositional and notational revolution arising c. 1300 in the French court and Avignon papal milieu, featuring divisible durations, c…
Timeline
- 1311–1320Avignon papal court · ProvenceIn the 1310s, more flexible divisible durations and complex rhythmic combinations appeared in Avignon and Paris musical circles, offering new textural possibilities for motets and related genres.
- c. 1320–1322France · FrancePhilippe de Vitry's Ars nova systematically set out the new notational rules, contrasting the 'old art' with the 'new art', marking the trend's acquisition of a theoretical name and framework for dissemination.
- c. 1320–1370French and Burgundian courts · FranceComposers such as Machaut applied Ars Nova techniques to motets and secular songs, spreading the style from papal and academic circles to aristocratic entertainment and ceremonial music.
Sources
- Music in the Medieval West — Margaret Bent (1998)
- Ars Nova and the Renaissance 1300-1540 — Gerald Abraham (1960)