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Part II, Ch. 2 The Renaissance

Part II, Ch. 2 The Renaissance. Overview: society’s rebirth society shapers visual arts music in society Sacred Music Secular Music Instrumental Music. By 1000 civilization re-organized, especially in Italy. Humanism = ? Renaissance = ?

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Part II, Ch. 2 The Renaissance

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  1. Part II, Ch. 2The Renaissance Overview: society’s rebirth society shapers visual arts music in society Sacred Music Secular Music Instrumental Music

  2. By 1000 civilization re-organized, especially in Italy. Humanism = ? Renaissance = ? Renaissance Italians = 1st people to be conscious of belonging to an era or generation. What does this tell us about their society? Overview

  3. Renaissance Society shapers: ca. 1450 printing with movable type Books! 1517 Protestant Reformation Literacy education + gov't stability more cosmopolitan society (What’s a “cosmopolitan” society?) Overview

  4. Overview Visual Arts: Compare/contrast Madonna and Child paintings Medieval, p. 61; Renaissance, p. 62 Consider: degree of realism portrayal of humanity (personality, spirit) 3-D or perspective relation to iconography & symbolism infant’s head & face

  5. OverviewMusic in Renaissance Society • Educated person = trained in music • More music-making • Church--more participation • Courts--quality music = prestige • Late Renaissance • printed music  more performance • Venice & Rome = cultural centers

  6. What’s in style? Polyphony Word painting a capella performance Renaissance music

  7. Sacred Music

  8. The other? ?? Mass vocal music polyphonic Latin text Text fr/ Ordinary Multi-movement(KGCSA) Sacred Music2 principal genres

  9. Motet vocal music polyphonic Latin text Text NOT fr/ Ordinary “stand-alone” piece Mass vocal music polyphonic Latin text Text fr/ Ordinary Multi-movement(KGCSA) Sacred Music2 principal genres This is MIMP!

  10. Listening Summary • Desprez • Ave Maria • Motet • I= • 4-voice imitative polyphony • paired duets • word painting ConnectKamien

  11. Secular Music

  12. Secular Vocal Music • Music-making = IMP recreation • Madrigal = MIMP and highly developed secular genre • text • often about courtly love • good quality poetry • music • mostly polyphonic w/ some homophony • most are through-composed • word painting AKA “madrigalisms”

  13. Listening Summary • Weelkes • As Vesta was Descending • Madrigal • I= • much word painting • through-composed ConnectKamien

  14. Instrumental Music • early Renaissance late Renaissance instruments played music written specificallyvocal music for instruments • In church (!!!) • worship, celebrations, festivals • wind and string instruments • Outside church • dancing • paired contrasting dances = fashionable • Consorts instrument families

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