Transcript The Renaissance Time Period

“Rebirth” of Music
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Music before the Renaissance centered
around the church.
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Sacred Music= music composed or performed
in or for the church.
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Music began to stray away from the church
creating another culture of music
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Important Renaissance Composer
Composed music for the Catholic Church
Composed mainly Masses
Created the “Cantus Firmus Mass”
 Meaning using the same music for all parts of the
mass.
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Was the first composer to introduce
instruments to the church service.
Instruments used were the trumpet,
trombone, and tuba-like instruments.
Wrote exclusively for instruments.
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Secular music= music composed for
performance outside of the church.
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This music was performed on the streets.
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The reformation of the church sent many
people away. Causing less emphasis on
church rules for living.
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Most influential secular composer
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Brittish
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Composed mainly music for voice.
▪ This era saw an end to the absolute authority of the
medieval Church and an explosive growth in secular
art.
▪ The Renaissance era was shaped by several social
and intellectual movements and events.
▪ Humanism was the dominant intellectual
movement of the Renaissance, emphasizing
human life and accomplishments rather than
religious doctrine and the afterlife.
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The Protestant Reformation profoundly shook
the power of the Catholic Church.
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The invention of the printing press made possible
the broader dissemination of knowledge.
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Visual art showed new clarity and perspective.
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Renaissance musical composers sought to
recapture the classical Greek ideal of music: both
secular and religious composers sought to create
more expressive, meaningful music.
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The Renaissance saw much experimentation
with new tunings, harmonic structures, and
notational techniques. Renaissance
composers adopted the Greek view of music
as a sonic manifestation of the "order" of the
cosmos.
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The science of harmony began to evolve
during the Renaissance.
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Composed homophony- “harmonized
melody” -appeared for the first time.
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Polyphony- two or more completely separate
parts being performed at the same time.
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Motet- twelve independent vocal parts being
sung at the same time.
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All music fits into three categories of music.
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Music may fit into more than one category.
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Music created or performed for fun or
relaxation.
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This is the most common type of music we
hear today.
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Ex.- Anything on the radio, dance music,
popular music.
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Music created or performed for the purpose
of a ceremony.
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Ex.- Wedding music, Church Hymns
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Music created or performed to express the
composers or performers feelings.
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Ex.- Jazz Improvisation, “Classical Music”