Renaissance Means Reborn Roughly 14001600 Cultural Movement Effects Art Music Science Philosophy Religion Starts in Italy Moves through Europe Characterized by Humanism Humanism importance placed on humans their needs and rational thoughts ID: 336163
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Music History: RenaissanceSlide2
Renaissance
Means “Reborn”
Roughly 1400-1600
Cultural Movement
Effects Art, Music, Science, Philosophy, Religion
Starts in Italy, Moves through Europe
Characterized by Humanism
Humanism – importance placed on humans, their needs, and rational thoughts
Moves away from the church and focus more on scienceSlide3
Important Figures
Art
Leonardo
Da
Vinci (Mona Lisa)
Michaelango (Statue of David, Sistine Chapel)RaphaelDonatelloPoliticsNiccolo Machiavelli (The Prince)WritingWilliam Shakespeare (Romeo & Juliet)
Science
Nicholas Copernicus (Sun center of the solar system)
Galileo (Telescope)
Johannes
Kelper
(Planetary Motion)
Religion
Martin Luther (Protestant Religion)
Discovery
Christopher Columbus
Ferdinand Magellan
Invention
Printing PressSlide4
Characteristics
Vocal music > instrumental music
Golden age of
a cappella
Italian for “In the manner of the church” or “In the manner of the chapel”
Means no instruments, voices onlyFuller sound than medieval: bass register createdMusic
enhances
the meaning and emotion of the text
Word painting:
musical representation of specific poetic images
Moderate, balanced way of expression: no extreme contrasts of dynamics, tone color or rhythm
Greater Polyphony: 4, 5 or 6 voice parts with equal melodic interest
Imitation is common
Homophonic texture is also used
Different music lines move togetherSlide5Slide6
Motets
Polyphonic choral work set to sacred Latin text other than the ordinary of the mass
S
acred
choral works performed in worship
servicesJosquin des Prez (c. 1440-1521)Ave Maria – 4 Voice MotetModerate balanced expressionLittle accent or emphasis on
words
Expression in
the music is much more cultured and polite to fit the sacred settings;
Harmonies tend to be very smooth and
predictable
D
ifferent
voices never really overpower each
other
All
singers echo and overlap one another to create more texture, while maintaining the identity of their singular voice in the
musicSlide7
Masses
Mass – polyphonic choral work with 5 sections:
Kyrie
Gloria
Credo
SanctusAgnus Dei20-30 Minutes Long
Very ambitious piece of work
Utilizes the canon
Giovanni
Pierluigi
da
Palestrina
c
. 1525-1594
104 masses and some 450 other sacred works
For centuries, his masses are regarded as models of church music
Guillaume Dufay
c.1400-1474
Composed
Motets &
Madrigals
as
wellSlide8
Madrigals
N
ew
Italian
polyphonic, secular, a capella vocal genre Late Renaissance’s
entertainment
music
Motets & Madrigals are similar
S
ecular
topics of love, humor, and scenery presented at home or social
gatherings
May also depict
topics of hate, grief, fear or
shock
May
actually include
dissonance (if
a musical piece demands negative emotional
expression)Slide9
Madrigals
Word paintings
illustrate, emphasize, and interpret the special meaning of a word to make it clearer and more obvious than the words around it.
A change in the tone, texture, volume, or range
Expressive methods while also utilizing surprising harmony and dissonance
EX: a rising scale of notes would place emphasis on the word "ascending" in a songA more complex word painting could illustrate the idea of spying or sneakiness by lowering the tone and volume of the voice to be soft and discrete. Main difference between Motets & Madrigals
Thomas Morley (c. 1557-1602)
Now
is
the
Month
of
Maying
Thomas
Weelkes
(c. 1575-1623)
As Vesta
was
from
Latmos
Hill
DescendingSlide10
Instruments
F
irst body of
solely
instrumental
Instruments mostly doubled the vocal parts when with voicesInstruments alone used for dancing
In
solely
instrumental music, the instruments
usually
played
together
as
families
Instrumental
Families
String : viol
family
, lute
Woodwind
: transverse flute, recorder
Double Reed :
shawm
(
ancestor
of the
oboe
,
bassoon
, English
horn
);
crumhorn
(
reed
in the
mouthpiece
)
Brass
: cornets (
trumpets
),
sackbutt
(trombone)
Percussion : tambour (hand
drum
),
tamborine
,
finger
cymbals
Keyboard :
organ
,
harpsichord