Tinctoris sobre as falsas concordâncias: um erro cometido por todos os compositores?

Matheus Rocha Grain

doi:10.33871/vortex.2025.13.9467

Authors

Matheus Rocha Grain UFMA - Universidade Federal do Maranhão https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6231-3593

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.33871/vortex.2025.13.9467

Keywords:

Counterpoint, Harmony, 15th century Polyphony, Consonance-dissonance, History of music theory

Abstract

This article revisits Tinctoris' criticism to the false concordances present in compositions by Guillaume Faugues, Antoine Busnoys and Firminus Caron. The aim is to critically analyze a historical point of view on the intervals that we currently call augmented and diminished in 15th century vocal polyphony. To this end, three musicological publications that directly address the issue are reviewed: Berger ([1987] 2004), Urquhart (1999) and Bent (2001). Observing that the rules of counterpoint do not deal with the exclusion of a particular interval, but with the correct ordering of the musical elements in the polyphonic texture, it is concluded that false concordances participate in the realization of the ideal of harmony, since they are necessary elements of diversity to achieving the variety of reasons that sustain the so-called enchanting composition, the florid counterpoint.

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Author Biography

Matheus Rocha Grain, UFMA - Universidade Federal do Maranhão

Matheus Rocha Grain is an effective professor at the Universidade Federal do Maranhão (UFMA). He graduated in Music from the Escola de Música e Belas Artes do Paraná (UNESPAR, 2015). As a DS/CAPES scholarship holder, he concluded his master’s degree in music at the Universidade do Estado de Santa Catarina (PPGMUS/UDESC, 2018) in the “Musicology/Ethnomusicology” research line. And, with financing from the Post-Graduation Monitoring Grants Program (PROMOP) of the Universidade do Estado de Santa Catarina, he concluded his Doctorate in Music (PPGMUS/UDESC, 2023) in the Theory and History research line. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6231-3593. Email: matheus_rocha541@hotmail.com.

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