Chapter 6 The Renaissance

1. Chapter 6The Renaissance Instrumental Music: Early Developments

2. Key Terms • Pavane • Galliard • Jig • Stylization

3. Renaissance Dance Music • The Renaissance masters wrote vocal music primarily • Little instrumental music written c. 1500 • Yet, lute, violin, and harpsichord became more prominent in the 1500s • Instrumental dance music became more and more popular in the late Renaissance • An international phenomenon—dances from many nations were used throughout Europe

4. Renaissance Dance Music • Popular dances included: • Pavane—solemn dance in a slow duple meter with formal stepping and stopping • Galliard—lively dance in compound (fast triple) meter; vigorous kicking and leaping steps • Saltarello—quick Italian dance with a skipping step • Jig—very fast dance in compound meter from the British Isles • Bransle—simple French dance with many sideways steps

5. Renaissance Dance Features • Each dance has a characteristic rhythm that supports the dance steps • Dance textures are simpler than in vocal music—generally homophonic • Repetition and contrast frequently used • Simple tunes, often ornamented, especially when repeated • Most dances written for dancing, but more sophisticated “stylized” dances emerge, intended for listening!

6. Galliard, “Daphne” • Violin family ensemble • Strong rhythmic patterns over a clear beat with triple meter feel • One primary melody, simple homophonic texture • Clear cadences and repeated phrases (a a b b c c) • 1st violin ornaments repeats extensively

7. “Kemp’s Jig” • Features recorder, lute, and viola da gamba • Lively and rhythmic—fast duple meter • One primary melody; simple homophonic texture • Simple pattern of repetition and contrast (a a b) • Increasing ornamentation as dance repeats • Cadence elision at measures 8-9 subtly disrupts four-bar groupings—an example of stylization!