A Landini cadence is a type of cadence, a technique in music composition, named after Francesco Landini (1325-1397), a blind Florentine organist, in honor of his extensive use of the technique. In Western Musical theory, a harmonic cadence (Latin cadentia, "a falling" is a formula of two chords that conclude Musical composition is an original piece of Music the structure of a musical piece the process of creating a new Francesco Landini or Landino (around 1325 &ndash September 2, 1397) was an Italian Composer, organist, singer poet The technique was used extensively in the 14th and early 15th century.
In a typical Medieval cadence, a major sixth musical interval is expanded to an octave by having each note move outwards one step. The term medieval music encompasses European music written during the Middle Ages. A major sixth ( is the larger of two commonly occurring Musical intervals that span six Diatonic scale degrees In Music theory, the term interval describes the relationship between the pitches of two Notes Intervals may be described as vertical In Music, an octave ( is the the use of which is "common in most musical systems In Landini's version, an escape tone in the upper voice narrows the interval briefly to a perfect fifth before the octave. A nonchord tone, nonharmonic tone, or non-harmony note is a note in a piece of Music which is not a part of the chord that is formed In Music theory, the term interval describes the relationship between the pitches of two Notes Intervals may be described as vertical The perfect fifth ( is the Musical interval between a note and the note seven Semitones above it on the musical scale There could also be an inner voice; in the example the inner voice would move from F to G, in the same rhythm as the lower voice.
Landini was not the first to use the cadence (Gherardello da Firenze appears to be the first, at least whose works have survived), and was not the last: the cadence was still in use well into the 15th century, appearing particularly frequently in the songs of Gilles Binchois and in the music of Johannes Wreede. Gherardello da Firenze (also Niccolò di Francesco or Ghirardellus de Florentia) (c Gilles Binchois, also known as Gilles de Binche or Gilles de Bins (c However Landini seems to have been the first to use it consistently. The term was coined in the late 19th century by German writer A. The 19th century of the Common Era began on January 1, 1801 and ended on December 31, 1900, according to the Gregorian calendar G. Ritter, in his Zur Geschichte des Orgelspiels (Leipzig, 1884).
References
- David Fallows: "Landini Cadence", Grove Music Online, ed. L. Macy (Accessed January 5, 2006), (subscription access)
External links
- Discussion on Landini cadence and its uses in later works
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