A Landini cadence (Landini sixth or Landini sixth cadence), or under-third cadence,[4] 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. The technique was used extensively in the 14th and early 15th century.
A Landini cadence on C
In a Landini cadence the motion from the leading-tone to the tonic is interrupted by the submediant[1]Playⓘ.Three-voice Landini cadence on E[2]Playⓘ)Landini cadence on E, characterized by contrary motion in the outer voices & characteristic melodic pattern in the top voice.[3]Playⓘ
In a typical Medieval cadence, a major sixthmusical interval is expanded to an octave by having each note move outwards one step. In Landini's version, an escape tone in the upper voice narrows the interval briefly to a perfect fifth before the octave. 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 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. 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.G. Ritter (1884), in his Zur Geschichte des Orgelspiels, Leipzig.
Referencesedit
^Ammer, Christine (2004). The Facts on File Dictionary of Music. p. 212. ISBN0-8160-5266-2.
^Randel, Don Michael (1999). The Harvard Concise Dictionary of Music and Musicians. p. 106. ISBN978-0-674-00084-1.
^White, John D. (1976). The Analysis of Music. p. 128. ISBN0-13-033233-X.
Fallows, David (2001). "Landini Cadence". . Archived from the original on May 16, 2008. Retrieved May 12, 2020.
External linksedit
"What is a Landini cadence?", Early Music FAQ. Discussion on Landini cadence and its uses in later works.
January 01, 1970
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