Johannes Ciconia

Johannes Ciconia (c. 1335 or 1370 in Liege, † 1412 in Padua ) was a Dutch composer. There are a number of people in the sources of the same name, with those born around 1335 the father could be the second, which is considered here in the following. The surviving works could all come from the son Ciconia, especially since there are connections to the Ars subtilior the late 14th century (Sus un ' Fontayne ) and an older composer probably hard to this new way of thinking would have amalgamated.

Life Ciconia I ( father? )

The father, whose name variant Jehan de Chywongne is, came from the family of a wealthy master craftsman and was in his hometown of a sound education. He is associated with Avignon. In 1348 he was offered the opportunity to accompany the cardinal Gilles d' Albornoz into Italy. There he gained an insight into the Italian music and composition style. He remained first in Italy and has held from 1359 to 1362 the site of a canon in Cesena. He should be returned to Liege around 1370 and there have started a family. His date of death is unknown.

Life Ciconia II ( son? )

The illegitimate son of John, born about 1370, first appeared in 1385 as a choir singer. In 1391 he received a papal dispensation from his illegitimate birth, as well as a benefice in Liege. He was probably the beginning of the 1390er years to Rome, where he was influenced by Antonio Zacara da Teramo, such as in the motet O virum omnimoda. His madrigal Una panthera related to Gian Galeazzo Visconti. In order for a relationship, Ciconia to Pavia in 1399 is likely. In 1401 he was cantor et custos at the Cathedral in Padua. His patron was in Padua Antonio Zacara da Teramo, who granted him a beneficium. Ciconia wrote there for the Carrara family. Much of his work was in Padua. He developed his own, hochmelodiösen style that was very influential throughout Europe in the period immediately before you Guillaume Fay. Ciconia worked in Padua until his death 1412. This date of death is now contained and secured by two sources.

Work Ciconia II ( son? )

His works have survived only in fragments in some cases. He left behind masses, motets, ballads, madrigals and other individual compositions like Virelais and canons. The metric extremely complex canon Le ray au soleyl is attributed to him. By combining the Franco-Flemish with the Italian style of composition, he practiced in his time of considerable influence on the musical development, especially in the simplification of rhythmic invoice concerned ( according to the complex Ars subtilior ). The melody is based on his novel and very strong on the word, as when light gleaming cities such as Padua or Venice are sung: Our modern major finds here an early predecessor. Ciconia appears influenced by melody style of the famous Italian Francesco Landino. Ciconia also worked as music theoretician and called in his theory of proportion that on the control of tone durations addition, the overall shape must be proportional. This view made ​​later adopt Guillaume you Fay, about in his motet nuper rosarum flores.

His works include:

• Una panthera, madrigal

• Ben che da vui donna, ballata

• Per quella strada, Madrigal

• Gli atti col dançar frances, ballata

• Che nel servir anticho, ballata

• Sus un ' Fontayne, Virelai

• Quod jactatur, Canon

• Poy che morir mi convien, ballata

• I cani sono FUORA, Madrigal

• O rosa bella, ballata

• Chaçando un giorno, Madrigal

• Lizadra donna, ballata

• Deduto was a quel grande ballata

• Merce o morte, ballata

• La fiamma del to amor, ballata

• O Padua sidus praeclarum, motet

• Cacciando un giorno, Madrigal

• Venecie mundi splendor, motet

• Le ray au soleyl, Canon, opus dubium

• Aler m'en veus, Virelai

• Albane premise celitus, motet

• Gloria, Credo " Regina gloriosa ", measuring parts

Recordings

• Opera Omnia, Diabolus in Musica, La Morra at Ricercar, Rec. 2010, 2011 ( double CD)