Transcript RENAISANCE MUSIC PERIOD

By: Fio
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Each new period has developed great changes in style, function and the form of music.
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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.
2. The Renaisance Period (1450-1600)
It is the blossoming of the arts, and when music becomes more complex. Instrumental music
became complex and harmonies are gained in choral music.
3. The Baroque Period (1600-1750)
Composers experiment with tones with an unusual combination. The genre opera was
created in the early seventeenth century in Florence, Italy.
4. The Classical Period (1750-1825)
Textures, melodies, and forms became simpler compared to the Baroque era. Orchestras
became more complex and symphonies became a beloved composition form.
5. The Romantic Period (1825-1900)
Music turns to getting more dramatic. Greater number of instruments were introduced, and
harmonies and dynamics become more extreme.
6. 20th Century / Modern (1900-____)
The music of this period includes movement such as ragtime, serialism, nationalism, jass,
rock and roll, pop, and world music. Composers constantly invent new ways to think about
music.
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The Renaissance : “Rebirth”
Marks the end of the Medieval period, shows the beginning of
change in art, science, and technology.
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Musicians compose music mainly for singing rather than
instrument playing. Some would successfully make the songs
more musical, and able to make the music represent the poetic
words, called word-painting.
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PERSONAL QUESTION = How is the Renaissance Period different
from the previous period (Medievel Period)
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Medieval = seperate strands of music, voices moving against each
other.
Renaissance = different voices blending together to create a
logical and consistent texture. Composers become aware of
harmony in their music.
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1400-1474
Guillaume Dufay, known as the transitional figure to the Renaissance.
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1450-1550
Composers experiment with cantus firmus. Cantus Firmus was commonly used in the middle
ages, and was strongly based on the Gregorian Chant.
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1517
Protestant reformation developed by Martin Luther. Significant changes occurred to church
music such as the chorale, hymns that were meant to be sung by a group of people. The
earliest form was monophonic (consisting of a single musical line, without accompaniment)
then evolved into four part harmony. It was also the period when psalms of the Bible were
translated into French and then set to music.
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1500-1550
During the Renaissance, composers were less restricted to the fixed forms of chansons (French
song) and experimented on new styles.
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1550
Catholic Counter-Reformation. The Council of Trent met from 1545 to 1563 to discuss
complaints about the church including its music.
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1500-1620
Italian Madrigal (a part-song for several voices and without instrumental accompaniment),
polyphonic secular music that were performed in groups of 4 to 6 singers who sang mostly love
songs.
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1500-1540 Known composers were Adrian Willaert and Jacob Arcadelt.
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1525-1594 Giocanni Pierlugi da Palestrina, known as the High
Renaissance composer of Counter-Reformation sacred music.
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1540-1570 Known composers were Adrian Willeart and Orlando Lassus.
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1570-1605 John Farmer, English madrigal composer.
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1570-1610 Known composers were Luca Marenzio, Carlo Gesualdo, and
Claudio Monteverdi.
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1548-1611 Thomas Luis de Victoria, known Spanish composer during
the Renaissance who composed mainly sacred music.
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1554-1612 Giovanni Gabrielli, known composer in Venetian High
Renaissance music who wrote instrumental and church music.
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1543-1623 William Byrd, leading English composer of the late
Renaissance who composed church, secular, consort (a group of
musicians performing together, typically playing instrumental music of
the Renaissance period) and keyboard music.
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1563-1626 John Dowland, known for his lute music in Europe and
composed beautiful melancholic (sad and gloomy) music.
 Sacred
Music
= Religious music
The old style sacred music has created some of
the greatest music pieces of this period.
 Secular Music
= Non-religious music
Form of music = madrigal
Madrigal = text were often repeated. Contains a
lot of imitation and a form which uses separate
melodies, interacting at the same time,
creating a cannon effect. The music would be
resulted as a light and springy music.
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Nationality = England
Religion = Roman Catholic
Occupation = Composer
Mentor = Thomas Tallis
Considered to be the first
“genius” of the keyboard.
Writes keyboard music,
madrigals, church music in
Latin and English, vocal and
consort (group of musicians
playing musical instruments
from the Renaissance Period)
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Genre : Sacred ; Anthem
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Source of text : Psalm 81:1-4
Voices: 6
Voicings: SSAATB or AATTBB
Instruments: A Cappella
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MIDI :
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Lyrics (english translation) :
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Sing joyfully to God our strength; sing loud unto the God of Jacob!
Take the song, bring forth the timbrel, the pleasant harp, and the viol.
Blow the trumpet in the new moon, even in the time appointed, and at our
feast day.
For this is a statute for Israel, and a law of the God of Jacob.
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Song
http://en.scorser.com/S/Sheet+music/sing+joyfully/-1/1.html
http://www1.cpdl.org/wiki/index.php/Sing_joyfully_%28William_Byrd%29
Composer
http://classicalmusic.about.com/od/renaissanceperiod/tp/renaissancecomp
.htm
http://musiced.about.com/od/famousmusicians1/p/byrd.htm
http://www.nndb.com/people/354/000093075/
Sheet music
http://www2.cpdl.org/wiki/images/sheet/byrd-si4.pdf
Timeline
http://michael-young.suite101.com/the-major-periods-of-western-musica199874
http://musiced.about.com/od/famousmusicians1/a/trenaissance.htm
Renaissance Period
http://www.buzzle.com/editorials/4-13-2004-52855.asp
Sacred and Secular
http://library.thinkquest.org/C005356/e-music.htm