1450 ~ 1600

1. Renaisance 1450 ~ 1600

2. Medieval Pre 1450 Renaissance 1450 ~ 1600 Baroque 1600 ~ 1750

3. Renaissance • Re-birth • People began to seek out information and questioned things rather than taking them at face value. • An increased interest in learning and culture. • Age of exploration and discovery. • Important era for the ‘arts’.

4. Renaissance Art Michelangelo Leonardo Da Vinci David The Last Supper

5. Mona Lisa

6. Instrumental Music Renaissance Music Secular Choral Music Sacred Choral Music http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z34XUDTz0GQ

7. Sacred Choral Music Religious music for church • Sacred ~ For Singers • Choral ~ • Three types of Sacred Choral Music: Mass Motet Anthem

8. Mass • Sacred ~ Roman Catholic • It uses the 5 main sections of the Roman Catholic • Liturgy: • Kyrie • Gloria • Credo • Santus • Amen • It is sung in Latin and has polyphonic texture. • It is usually sung a capella. Listen to an example of a Mass

9. Motet Roman Catholic • It is sung in Latin and has polyphonic texture. • Sacred ~ • It is usually sung a capella. Listen to an example of a Motet Anthem http://www.educationscotland.gov.uk/learnlisteningonline/atozdictionary/m.asp • Sacred ~ Protestant (the Motet equivalent) • It is sung in English and has polyphonic texture. • Sometimes sung by a choir unaccompanied • (a cappella) and sometimes accompanied by an organ and features a solopart. Listen to an example of an Anthem http://www.educationscotland.gov.uk/learnlisteningonline/atozdictionary/A.asp

10. Secular Choral Music Non-religious music • Secular ~ For Singers • Choral ~ • Three types of Secular Choral Music: Madrigal Ballet Ayre

11. Madrigal • Non-Sacred vocal music. • It is sung in English and has polyphonic texture. • It is through composed and often features both imitation and word painting. • It is usually sung a capella. Listen to an example of a Madrigal

12. Ballett • A type of madrigal that was danced to. • It is strophic. • It is features a Fa-La-La refrain at the end of each verse. Listen to an example of a Ballett Ayre • An ayre (air or song) is also a type of madrigal. • It is a piece performed by a solo voice with lute accompaniment. Listen to an example of an Ayre

13. Instrumental Music • Two main types of Instrumental Renaissance music: • Keyboard ~ Played on a keyboard instrument, e.g. harpsichord. Whole-consort ~A small group of instruments from the same family. Broken-consort ~ instruments from different families. 2. Consort ~ ~ Listen to an example of a Consort • Renaissance Instrumental music often played dances. • 2 dances of this era were the Pavan and Galliard: Pavan ~ A courtly dance. Slow and stately with 2 beats in the bar. Galliard ~ Follows a Pavan. Quick and lively with 3 beats in the bar. Listen to an example of a Pavan Listen to an example of a Galliard

14. Renaissance Instruments • Some medieval instruments remained popular e.g. shawms and cornetts. • Others were altered and improved e.g. the lute. • New instruments were also invented e.g. viols, sackbut, trumpet and percussion instruments.

15. Renaissance Instruments

16. Composer Timeline

17. Keyboard Consort Dances Pavan & Galliard Instrumental Music Whole or Broken Renaissance Music Secular Choral Music Sacred Choral Music Madrigal Ballet Anthem Mass Ayre Motet Polyphonic Latin Homophonic Latin English Solo Voice Through Composed Strophic Polyphonic Polyphonic Polyphonic Word Painting Instrument Accompaniment A capella Fa-la-la A capella A capella Or organ & solo instrument Imitation A capella A capella