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
Josquin Des Prez
Musical Activity gradually shifted from the ________ to the court
Church
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
2 Examples of keyboard instruments during the Renaissance
Organ, harpsichord
These type of people were expected to be trained in music
Educated
This person was the leader is reforming music for the Catholic Church during the Renaissance
Palestrina
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
______ and the upper middle class considered education a status symbol
Aristocrats
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
This is another word for Renaissance
Rebirth
During the Renaissance era, composers began paying more attention to this aspect of music
Harmony
A composition for three or four voices used in both secular and sacred settings
Motet
This piece was named after a Catholic prayer. It became one of the most influential and benchmark choral selections
Ave Maria
Musical depiction of specific words
Word painting