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Renaissance Music: Revolutionizing Art and Culture

Explore the impact of the Renaissance on music, from the rise of Humanism to the influence of the Printing Press. Learn about key composers and instruments that shaped the musical landscape of the era.

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Renaissance Music: Revolutionizing Art and Culture

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  1. BELLWORK • Who did you like better: Michelangelo or Da Vinci? Why?

  2. PLANNER: TONIGHT’S HOMEWORK • Paragraph on your experience as an artist for someone else. • Patron Assignment DUE

  3. MUSIC OF THE RENAISSANCE

  4. BEFORE WE START... • There are a few major things about the Renaissance that we need to know before we dive in… • So, some major things that happened: • A rise in Humanism (Focus on the Human instead of the Spiritual) • A newfound appreciation and love for Greek and Roman art and culture • Innovation and Discovery • Growth of Commercialism • Creation of the Middle Class

  5. MUSIC OF THE RENAISSANCE • The musical period of the Renaissance is considered to have happened actually about 100 years after the Renaissance began • During this time, music was influenced by all the innovations of the Renaissance, and was heavily influenced by the invention of… • The Printing Press! (The Gutenburg Press) • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1kOmdSIpCm4 • How do you think the printing press helped music?

  6. MUSIC OF THE RENAISSANCE • The Printing Press made music available across the world • Sheet music, when able to be mass-produced, made it easy for music to now be heard around the world • This made it easier for a song to become popular!

  7. NEW INSTRUMENTS • Music was composed mainly for? • The Church, of course! • However, there were many new genres and ways of composition that came about in the Renaissance • 15th Century— control was taken by Northern European/English composers

  8. GUILLAME DU FAY • Many of his compositions were based on Gregorian chants • He introduced a new lyricism to his work by setting music to secular French poetry • Nuper Rosarum Flores, 1436 • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_dV5b8AuLHg

  9. MUSIC PRINTING • Before 1501, music was all either copied by hand or taught by ear • In 1501, Petrucci published the first ever collection of polyphonic music • Can you imagine a world where you might only hear your favorite song a few times in your life? • Now, people could finally have written music— they could learn to play it en masse and music could be spread around the world

  10. INSTRUMENTS • The viola de gamba was the new instrument created in the Renaissance • Instruments could now be played by amateur musicians as long as they had money • Instruments include: • Lute • Recorder • Organ • Harpsichord

  11. VIOL DE GAMBA • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dPavUIKOFBw

  12. TO PUT IT ALL TOGETHER • How has the Renaissance influenced music? • Did music become more accessible? • Do you think that music would be the same if it weren’t for the Renaissance?

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