| First Publication | 1504 in Canti C (No.60) |
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| Genre Categories | Chansons; Songs; For 4 voices; |
| Related Works | Based on De tous biens plaine by Ghizeghem |
| Work Title | De tous biens plaine |
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| Alternative. Title | |
| Composer | Japart, Jean |
| Internal Reference NumberInternal Ref. No. | IJJ 1 |
| Key | G Dorian mode |
| First Publication. | 1504 in Canti C (No.60) |
| Language | French |
| Composer Time PeriodComp. Period | Renaissance |
| Piece Style | Renaissance |
| Instrumentation | 4 voices |
| Related Works | Based on De tous biens plaine by Ghizeghem |
This piece offers a musical puzzle in the contra part: "Hic dantur antipodes", or "here is the antipodes". Antipodes refers to the polar opposites on a spherical globe--the clue here meaning it's read upside down. But the music is not turned upside down; rather it is mirrored around the middle line. The flat is the clue here which line it is mirrored around. The note above the middle line remains flat, which in this mode would use a C3 clef. Imagining a C3 clef, you invert the notes around it, so the opening note, notationally a G with the tenor clef, becomes a D. The second note remains a B-flat, the third a C, etc. Ligatures remain interpreted value wise as they are written, perhaps confusingly.
