Renaissance Period (1450-1600AD)
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 2 problems for renaissance composers | 1. How to write down rhythms 2. Modes weren't very agreeable with harmony |
| Characteristics of Renaissance Art and Music | 1. More secular; interest in human perfection 2. Balance and Clarity 3. Equality between the natural and supernatural 4. Printing press for music |
| renaissance thinkers | thought they were in partnership with God |
| Patrons of Art and Music in the Renaissance period | 1. The Church 2. The Castles and Courts |
| motet | an old form that was a setting of sacred, was NOT a liturgical text |
| Musical Characteristics of "Ave Maria" | Genre: Motet Period: Renaissance Composer: Josquin des Prez Texture: 4part imitative polyphony alternating w./homophony Line: smooth and legato; long, overlapping lines Rhythm: duple w./a very gentle pulse Pitch: modal w./triads Color: vocal; a Capella Form: Strophic |
| a capella | How would Ave Maria be performed? |
| musical demonstration of Renaissance idea of perfect beauty (Ave Maria) | 1. triads (3 notes=pleasant harmony) 2. balance and clarity 3. notes align in some places |
| renaissance clarity of form and balance and symmetry (Ave Maria) | 1. clearly spaced high to low 2. two or even one measure intervals between the entrances 3. enter from the highest to low (evenly spaced) |
| Renaissance concern with technical expertise in "Ave Maria" | 1. more complex rhythms and voice pairings 2. a simple round 3. word painting |
| motet | an older form used in the Renaissance for the Mass |
| secular music changes in the Renaissance | the creation of new forms, such as the Italian Madrigals and the French chanson |
| Intrumental Music changes in the Renaissance | the invention of the printing press encouraged the spread of instrumental music for amateurs, and more specific types emerged |
| Musical Features of: Motet, Italian Madrigal, and French chanson | 1. four-voice choirs or groups of like sounding instruments, called consorts 2. imitative or homophonic textures (often alternating within a single piece) 3. smooth and gentle rhythms 4. melodies with balanced phrases 5. harmonies with full triads 6. vocal forms tied to to the structure of texts and dances based on simple binary forms with 2 part tunes |
| european music | more secular |
| humanism | the movement away from religious teachings |
| hierarchal society | 1. Royalty 2. Nobility (3%) 3. Merchant/Middle Class (7-10%) 4. Peasant Workers (everyone else) |
| Queen Elizabeth I | 1. "maiden queen", supposed virgin 2. Daughter of Henry VIII and Katharine of Aragon 3. Became queen of England in1556 after she beheaded her cousin "Bloody" Mary Queen of England 4. realized that if she got married then she would lose her power so decided not to |
| dianna | the Roman goddess of the hunt |
| Vesta | the Roman goddess of the hearth; used vestal virgins to get the eternal fire going |
| vestal virgins | when girls were about 7 years old, they were chosen by priestesses to tend to the sacred fire in Vesta's temple |
| Latmos Hill | place in ancient Rome where Vesta's temple was located |
| Orianna | the Roman goddess of dawn (rising sun); refers to Elizabeth I because England went through a triumphant time when she was queen |
| Musical Characteristics of "As Vesta was from Latmos Hill Descending" | Genre: Madrigal Period: Renaissance (1450-1600) Composer: Thomas Weelkes Texture: 5-part imitative polyphony alternating with homophony Pitch: modal Color: Vocal Form: Strophic |
| Renaissance interest in classical culture | the use of Roman goddesses; they could not bring back classical (ancient Greece and Rome) music because there was no method for writing down music in classical times |
| roles of women in the Renaissance community | 1. Wives of important men had to organize a large household 2. Peasant women had to cook, clean, and raise children |
| music | the reflection of values in a certain era |
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