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. renaissance: 1450-1600

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. renaissance: 1450-1600

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    1. . Renaissance: 1450-1600 Rebirth or reawakening Columbus Leonardo da Vinci

    3. Renaissance perspective humanism: focused on human life and accomplishments Man is the measure of all things Catholic Church: less powerful Protestant Reformation Martin Luther loss of Christian unity

    4. Music in the Renaissance: Characteristics word painting: using the music to graphically show the meaning of the words polyphonic texture: the dominant texture of the Renaissance. Two or more independent melodies at the same time a cappella: singing without instrumental accompaniment The renaissance is the golden age of a cappella choral music.

    5. Josquin Desprez: Life Flemish (Belgium) Papal Choir Louis XII of France Greatest living composer at the time of Christopher Columbus

    6. Josquin Desprez: Music Mass Motet: choral music set to a sacred Latin text other than the ordinary of the mass. Listening: Ave Maria imitation two, three, and four voices male voices only

    7. Ave Maria AVE Maria, gratia plena, Dominus tecum. Virgo serena Hail Mary, full of grace, Lord is with thee; serene virgin

    8. Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina: Life Roman churches St. Peters Basilica St. John Lateran St. Mary Magdela Vatican Chapel

    9. Sistine Chapel

    10. Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina: Music 104 masses 450 other sacred The main composer of the Catholic Counter-Reformation The Catholic response to the Protestant Reformation

    11. Palestrina: Pope Marcellus Mass his most famous work Written for the Council of Trent Listening: "Kyrie Six voice parts ABA form Each section begins with a thin texture which allows the words to be heard.

    12. Secular Music in the Renaissance The Madrigal: a piece for several solo voices set to a short poem, usually about love. Began in Italy, moved to England triple impression printing method Italian Madrigals Englished

    13. Madrigal: Characteristics homophonic: melody accompanied by chords. Vernacular: the local language secular: not sacred a cappella: singing without instrumental accompaniment usually a love poem

    14. Thomas Weelkes Organist Church composer Madrigalist

    15. Listening: As Vesta was Descending, by Weelkes from The Triumphs of Oriana in honor of Queen Elizabeth I 6 voices much word painting

    16. Renaissance Lute Song John Dowland lutenist Listening: Flow my tears

    17. Instrumental Music Subordinate to vocal music Accompany singing adaptations of vocal music Instrumental solos dances the main form of pure instrumental music Instruments not generally specified

    18. Listening: Passamezzo and Galliard, by Pierre Francisque By Carouble from Terpsichore Terpsichore is a collection of dance tunes arranged for instrumental ensemble by Michael Praetorius Passamezzo stately dance in duple meter. ABC form. aabbcc Galliard same as Passamezzo, but in triple meter

    19. TEST #1!

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