Gloria from the mass by Baude Cordier (c. 1380 - c. 1440)

This setting of the Gloria from the mass seems to me a little more conservative than some of the other Ars Subtilior pieces we listened to in class.  It is not Cordier's most famous work, like "Belle, Bonne, Sage, Plaisant" (the one in which the music is actually shaped like a heart) but I found it by searching the composers name in Naxos and I decided to give it a go.  I am hearing hockets, I am hearing some crazy moving parts, and I am hearing some interesting dissonances, but it seems a little more musical, and less showy than some of the other pieces we listened to in class from this time period.  There are moments in which the direction the music goes is so completely unexpected to my ear.  Most of the music from this time period is like that for me, which makes it both interesting and fatiguing to listen to.  The texture is probably four voice polyphony, although it is hard to tell without seeing an actual score (which I can't find online).  I am really loving how much music can be found on Naxos.