Two Motets - 13th and late 13th cent.(double & Franconian)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FLD7FiHaTqE

This link contained 2 motets, both from the 13th century.

These motets are known as "Franconian Motets" after Franco of Cologne, a German musical theorist    Motets composed from this period did not use the rhythmic modes of the Notre Dame motets. 


I enjoyed the free flowing rhythm and the joyful sound that the two voices singing together created. 


I also enjoyed the specific performance and the blending of the voices and the style of singing.  I loved how each of the voices moved independently, singing different melodies,  yet together they fit perfectly.  


Interesting note:  Franco of Cologne is believed to be the first musical theorist with the idea that musical notation should be changed so that the duration of a note could be determined by how it appeared in the score, and not only from the context.  This is how Franconian notation came about.