Facts
The Renaissance era of music took place during these dates.
1450-1600
The spreading of new music notation and ideas flourished during the Renaissance because of this invention.
Printing press
Non-religious music
Secular music
He was typically classified as one of the greatest composers of the Renaissance. Composed Ave Maria
Josquin Des Prez
A string instrument introduced in the Middle Ages, but became popular in the Renaissance with a pear shaped body.
Lute
What forms of music received greater emphasis during the renaissance?
(Vocal or instrumental)
Instrument Music
This is a piece for several solo voices set to a short poem
Madrigal
Most important type of secular vocal music in the Renaissance
Madrigal
An example of a keyboard instrument during the Renaissance
Organ
These type of people were expected to be trained in music
Educated
The Middle Ages took place during these dates
450-1450
Unlike Medieval music, most Renaissance music featured this topic.
Love
Sacred music played in a Catholic church service
Mass
3 examples of wind instruments used during the Renaissance
Recorder, shawm, crumhorn, trumpet, sackbut, cornamuse
A piece with 1 line and no accompaniment
Monophonic
This style of music became more popular during the Renaissance.
Secular Music
When singers sing without instruments
A capella
Term used to describe two or more separate melodies within a common harmonic structure
Polyphony
The first name of composers Palestrina and Gabrieli
Giovanni
This register was used for the first time in vocal music of the Renaissance era
Bass
Name 3 Church Modes
Dorian
Hypodorian
Phrygian
Hypophrygian
Lydian
Mixolydian
Hypolydian
Hypomixolydian
Combination of multiple notes played simultaneously
Harmony
A composition for three or four voices used in both secular and sacred settings
Motet
This piece, composed by desPrez, was named after a Catholic prayer. It became one of the most influential and benchmark choral selections
Ave Maria
The modern version of this instrument uses 3 valves and is a member of the brass family.
Slide Trumpet