Music%20History

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Music History
The Renaissance
1450-1600 (rebirth)
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Music History
D. Renaissance --- 1400 - 1600 AD
1. The definition of Renaissance is REBIRTH
The most important invention during this time
was the printing press this provided an easier
way for writers and composers to work
2. Sacred Music
a. motet
-The most important musical form of the
Renaissance.
-This is the new name for polyphony
-Motets included up to four different vocal
parts, and, sometimes, they each had different
words!!
O Magnum Mysterium Thomas Victoria
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2. Sacred Music (continued)
b. Catholic Mass
-This style of music is sung during the weekly
Catholic religious service known as the mass.
-music uses polyphony like motet, but the
big difference is in the words that are used.
(The mass always uses the same words)
Kyrie
Gloria
Order of the mass
Credo
Sanctus
Agnus Dei
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3. Secular Music

1. Secular music sounded a lot like sacred music

-The most common subject for secular music
was LOVE!!!!
b. Chanson --- French secular songs
c. Madrigal --- Italian secular songs
d. English Madrigal --- English secular songs
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4. The Reformation
a. The Catholic church becomes reformed

• Several religious leaders break away from the
  Catholic
• church to form new denominations

-Martin Luther - believed that all of the singing
should be in the COMMON LANGUAGE (from Germany)
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5. Instrumental Music
a. Mostly music for dancing at parties.
b. two most popular keyboard instruments were
the organ and the harpsichord.
c. most common household instrument was the lute.
d. The violin became an important instrument The
most famous violin builder was Antonio Stradivari
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6. Important Composers
a. Josquin des Prez
-wrote both motets and masses
-from France
b. Giovanni Palestrina
-wrote mostly motets
-from Italy
c. Tomas Luis de Victoria
-wrote mostly motets
-from Spain
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7. One Transitional Composer
a. Claudio Monteverdi
-from Italy
-began by writing secular madrigals
-later in his life, he helped invent OPERA
by adding music to dramatic productions on stage.
-most famous opera LOrfeo