Transcript I Can: Classify music, people, and events of the Renaissance

Renaissance Music
1450-1600
Life in the Renaissance
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The word renaissance literally means ‘rebirth.’
This was a time of great human creativity.
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Exploration
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Christopher Columbus
Curiosity and Individuality
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Leonardo da Vinci
Galileo
Shakespeare
Timeline of Events
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First printing press (1440)
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First printed book- The Gutenberg Bible (1456)
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Columbus reaches America (1492)
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Leonardo da Vinci paints Mona Lisa (1503)
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Shakespeare writes Romeo and Juliet (1596)
Music in the Renaissance
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Now music is done not just by monks, but
church choirs made up of only males.
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Boys would sing the higher parts and men would
sing the lower parts.
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These boys that would sing in church choirs
were called Boy Sopranos
Viewing
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s6ePmr
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HzJhV
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Music in the Renaissance
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Music in the royal court:
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In middle ages, there was usually only one
musician at each court, now there may be as
many as 60 musicians (singers and
instrumentalist.)
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There was competition here as well to have the
best musicians between kings, princes, and
dukes.
Music in the Renaissance
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Where woman couldn’t sing in church, they
CAN sing in the royal courts.
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Servants based on talent
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A Capella music is vocal music that is
unaccompanied by instruments.
Music in the Renaissance
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Printing press was very important to composers!
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Credit for work
Paid for work
Printing press was very important to all musicians
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Beginners could buy music to learn how to play their
instrument
Music in the Renaissance
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Composers- paying close attention to music with
words
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Word painting is the musical representation of specific
words
• Descending from heaven might be shown with notes
getting gradually lower
• Running might be shown with a series of rapid notes.
Listening
As Vesta Was from Latmos
Hill Descending
HOT Question…
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Create three examples of word
painting
– Think of words or phrases
– Explain how the music would match
those words
Sacred Renaisannce Music
– The mass is a polyphonic choral piece
sung in Latin that is split up into five
sections: Kyrie, Gloria, Credo, Sanctus,
and Agnus Dei
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Masses always use the same words!
– The motet is a polyphonic choral piece
sung in Latin.
Mass
vs.
Motet
Music in the Renaissance
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Many of the composers in the
Renaissance came from an area of
Europe called Flanders
– Flanders was made up of the present
day countries of Netherlands, Belgium
and the northern part of France.
– We call them Flemish composers
Josquin Desprez :
was a Flemish composer
during the Renaissance
that wrote motets,
masses, and secular
vocal music.
•Born in Belgium, but
lived his life in Italy
working for dukes and
the Pope.
Viewing
http://www.youtube.com/watc
h?v=qXMZoKofu7g
Giovanni Palestrina:
was an Italian composer
who wrote more music
than any other
Renaissance composer
• Only wrote sacred
music
•104 masses and 450
sacred vocal songs.
Viewing
http://www.youtube.com/watc
h?v=QhJTMa8iq3I
The Madrigal
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The most important kind of secular
music during this time was the
Madrigal
– A madrigal is a piece of vocal music set to
the words of a poem that is usually about
love.
Instruments in the Renaissance
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Instrumental was still not as popular
as vocal music, but it did become
more important than in the middle
ages.
– Instrument music was used most often for
dancing.
– Many new instruments were invented
during this time.
Lute- a Renaissance guitar
Shawm-
a reed instrument like an oboe.
Recorder – small wind instrument
that sounds closest to the flute
Sackbut- early form of a trombone
Cornett- early form of the trumpet
Viols- bowed
string
instruments
in every size.
Regalssmall
portable
pipe
organs
Harpsichords
- plucked
string
keyboard
instrument
Listening Log
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Back to the Future by Alan Silvestri
Lost by Zoe Keating
Paradise by Coldplay