Renaissance

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Renaissance

• 1450-1600

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Historical Events of the Renaissance Time Period

• 1431 Joan of Arc burned at the stake
• 1455 Printing Press was invented
• 1475 Michaelangelo was born
• 1492 Columbus discovers America

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Historical Events of the Renaissance Time Period

• 1500 First pencil
• 1517 Martin Luther posts 95 theses
• 1553 Violin began to develop
• 1564 Shakespeare was born

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Important Facts

• 1435- Gutenberg press invented
• 1465 1st printed music appears
• 1503-1506 Mona Lisa is painted by da Vinci
• 1508-1512 Sistine Chapel is painted by
  Michelangelo

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Important Facts

• 1509 Henry VIII becomes King of England
• 1517 Protestant reformation begins in Germany
• 1519 Cortez conquers Mexico
• 1588 Spanish Armada is defeated

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General Facts

• After the dark ages, the period of enlightenment
• The rebirth of humanism
• More artistic freedom

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Instruments of the Renaissance

• Violin was developed
• Lute was at the height of popularity
• Bagpipes were created and played on Scottish
  battlefields

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Instruments of the Renaissance

• Clavichord was developed (early piano)
• Instruments were used for dance music
• Instrumentalists began to improvise

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Vocal Music

• Chant is still used in church and by monks
• Mass was created (sung part of the Eucharist)
• Motets sacred pieces
• Madrigals Italian secular pieces

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Vocal Music

• Chansons French secular songs
• Secular music began to sing about courtly love
  (new idea)
• Women made music outside of church and were
  gradually allowed to sing in church
• Mens voices imitated women

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Composers

• William Byrd
• Giovanni Gabrielli
• Giovanni Palestrina
• John Dowland

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Ars Nova (New Art)

• Creativity
• Improvisation
• Composers emphasized human emotions
• Music became more lively and up beat
• Polyphony was developed (canon-round)

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Important Vocabulary

• Renaissance period
• A cappella
• Lute
• Sacred music
• Secular music
• Madrigal
• Polyphony
• canzona