The Polyphonic Mass

Welcome back to Between the Barlines, the podcast where we chat about important events, people, philosophies, and theories in music history! This season, we are focusing on the Renaissance era. If you’ve been listening along chronologically, you might notice that today we are taking a little bit of a step back in order to understand the evolutions of the Mass. Today, we are going to crack into the polyphonic mass.

Dufay Missa Se la face ay pale: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DicJE1my1p8

Information taken from personal notes, Burkholder’s History of Western Music, and various aurally cited websites.