La música renacentista como una etapa de la evolución continua del tonalismo

Abstract

The purpose of this project was to establish if the Renaissance music (15th and 16th centuries), usually considered as modal, is substantially different from the tonal music of the upcoming periods or if it can be seen as one sole system steadily evolving between the 15th and 16th centuries. For this purpose, we analyzed a representative selection of works from those two centuries emphasizing on harmonic functionality as an expression of sintactic differentiation under specific analytical criteria, and both qualitative and quantitative methods. Instead of discarding or attacking the present authorized theories, we tried to bring both them and our findings together, in a more synthetic and generalizing theoretical view. We will go on with our critical review of the musical lexicon because we have considered it non rigorous ever since our first musical projects and, this time, we will reconsider concepts like Tonalism, functionality, modalism, musical themes, Rhythm and metrics, varietas, and Harmony in relation to Counterpoint.