PPT-Music History: Renaissance

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. To what extent did the Renaissance represent a shift from the medieval to the modern world?. Characteristics of Humanism. Revival, study, and celebration of . antiquity (Greece and Rome) in philosophy, literature and art . CIV 101-02. November 16, 2015. Class 35. Timeline and Backdrop. We took The High Renaissance and Early Mannerism to run, circa 1494–1564. Events in the 15th and 16th centuries set the stage for the Scientific Revolution:. Palestrina’s . Pope Marcellus Mass . (circa 1562). By the end of class you should to know:. Terms. Sacred. Secular. Harmony. Polyphony. Eleison. Music Forms. Mass . Madrigal. Motet. Musicians. Josquin. Renaissance music. The Renaissance period falls roughly between 1450 and 1600.. In Western Europe, there was increasing interest in learning and culture, looking back to the civilisations of ancient Greece and Rome. . By: Fio. MUSIC PERIOD TIMELINE. Each new period has developed great changes in style, function and the form of music.. Music Periods. 1. The Medival Period (800-1400). Music is usualy played and used in religious places, and often doesn’t have harmony but only a single melody.. Warm-Up. 1. Restroom/Water. 2. Copy homework into agenda. 3. Make sure your name is on the Italian Renaissance Art Review…….give to letter B in your group……..6B please collect from every group…..thank you.. 5. . Italian Renaissance Humanism:. - intellectual movement. - focus on secularism and the importance of the individual. - studied Greek and Roman classics. - believed their intellect should be put to the service of the state. Medieval and Renaissance. Classical Music is art music rooted. in the traditions of Western Music. . The Medieval Period. Time: Approximately 500 – 1450 A.D. The Medieval Period. Most of the music at this time was . The Renaissance will see a shift in art - from art purely for the sake of glorifying God and teaching Biblical and Catholic lessons to art for the sake of . also. glorifying human beings and their Earthly emotions, experiences, surroundings. . Though still subordinate to vocal music, instrumental music did become more important during the Renaissance. Instrumental groups performed polyphonic vocal pieces. Soloists used the harpsichord, organ, or lute to play simple arrangements of vocal works. Renaissance Period - 1400 - 1600. Renaissance. means 'rebirth' and denotes a period in history where there was a resurgence of interest in culture and learning based on the ideas of the ancient Greeks and Romans. . Renaissance Secular Instrumental music Though still subordinate to vocal music, instrumental music did become more important during the Renaissance Instrumental groups performed polyphonic vocal pieces Duke Ellington is memorialized in this statue in Harlem, New York. Ellington was a major presence in the Harlem Renaissance and was famous for playing jazz, although he played other genres as well (classical, blues, and gospel). Renaissance Beginnings: Dufay and His Contemporaries . . . there does not exist a single piece of music not composed within the last forty years regarded by the learned as worth hearing . . . Remember for the exam: The Beatles