Listening Journal - Machaut

Puis qu'en oubli - Machaut

Musical Elements

Meter: None (Maybe triple)

Tempo: Lento

Timbre: Aerophone (Male Voices)
Texture: Polyphonic

Tonality: Minor

Rhythm: Syncopation ("sui" is Emphasized)

Structure

3 by voice

Syllabic, neumatic
AbaAAbAB size

Elements

Poetry
Genre: Polyphonic song, organum

Time Frame: 13th-14th century

Language: Old French

Love Song
Secular
Written during the middle ages
Style: Acapella