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The RenaissanceThe Renaissance1450-16001450-1600

(rebirth)(rebirth)

Music HistoryMusic HistoryD. Renaissance --- 1400 - 1600 AD

1. The definition of Renaissance is “REBIRTH”

2. Sacred Music

a. motet

-The most important musical form of the Renaissance.

-This is the new name for polyphony

-Motets included up to four different vocal parts, and,sometimes, they each had different words!!

“O Magnum Mysterium” Thomas Victoria

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Music HistoryMusic HistoryD. Renaissance --- 1400 - 1600 AD

2. Sacred Music (continued)

b. Catholic Mass

-This style of music is sung during the weekly Catholicreligious service known as the mass.

-music uses polyphony like motet, but the bigdifference is in the words that are used. (The mass always uses the same words)

Order of the mass:

Kyrie

Gloria

Credo

Sanctus

Agnus Dei

Music HistoryMusic HistoryD. Renaissance --- 1400 - 1600 AD

3. Secular Music

a. Secular music sounded a lot like sacred music

-The most common subject for secular music wasLOVE!!!!

b. Chanson --- French secular songs

c. Madrigal --- Italian secular songs

d. English Madrigal --- English secular songs

Music HistoryMusic HistoryD. Renaissance --- 1400 - 1600 AD

4. The Reformation

a. The Catholic church becomes “reformed”

b. Several religious leaders break away from the Catholicchurch to form new “denominations”

-Martin Luther - believed that all of the singing shouldbe in the COMMON LANGUAGE (from Germany)

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5. Instrumental Music

a. Mostly music for dancing at parties.

b. two most popular keyboard instruments were theorganorgan and the harpsichordharpsichord.

c. most common household instrument was the lute.

d. The violin became an important instrument; The mostThe mostfamous violin builder was Antonio Stradivarifamous violin builder was Antonio Stradivari

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6. Important Composers

a. Josquin des Prez

-wrote both motets and masses-from France

b. Giovanni Palestrina

-wrote mostly motets-from Italy

c. Tomas Luis de Victoria

-wrote mostly motets-from Spain

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7. One Transitional Composer

a. Claudio Monteverdi

-from Italy

-began by writing secular madrigals

-later in his life, he helped invent OPERA byadding music to dramatic productions on stage.

-most famous opera: L’Orfeo