Conductus, a leading mark of the Notre Dame period, was the most popular music of Southern France in the 12, 13C due to the excellence of the medieval composer, L?nin and P?otin. The success of conductus is especially owed to the work of P?otin.
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Conductus, a leading mark of the Notre Dame period, was the most popular music of Southern France in the 12, 13C due to the excellence of the medieval composer, L?nin and P?otin. The success of conductus is especially owed to the work of P?otin.
Currently, three types of polyphony music represent the medieval era. Among them conductus has established a definite place. The other two styles are organum and motet.
There are many reasons why conductus played an important role in the medieval era. However, the most significant reason is that all voices were composed completely rather than borrowing tenor from the Gregorian chant. In other words, conductus was the first polyphony music to freely allow various voices to be played together. Conductus did create completely new melodies.
The text of conductus is in Latin. Therefore, the very first conductus songs were mostly religious, being played in various religious ceremonies or town celebrations. Later, the lyrics became more secular. Howeverl, most of the songs were religiously related.
As the 14C approached with a new form of music called motet, interest in conductus declined and many forgot about this older style of music. Still, in the short time that conductus bloomed in its existence, the contributions it has made to music will remain forever.