Mass Ordinary
The third text in the Mass Ordinary.
What is the Credo?
In the 16th century, this country became the cultural center of Europe.
What is Italy?
Composers of the Villancico.
Who are Juan del Encina, Luis Milan, and Miguel de Fuellana?
These pieces were written for voice and lute.
What are lute songs?
These madrigals were generally lighter and more comical than their Italian counterparts.
What is British?
The first text in the Mass Ordinary, and the only one written in Greek.
What is the Kyrie?
A polyphonic sacred work made up of five sections.
What is a mass?
Composers of the Frottola.
Who are Marchetto Cara and Bartolomeo Tromonvino?
A polyphonic sacred work, using text other than the mass ordinary.
What is a motet?
The system of which composers found employment either with the church or working with a wealthy citizen.
What is patronage?
The last text in the Mass Ordinary.
What is the Agnus Dei?
A piece for several solo voices set to a short poem, usually about love.
What is a madrigal?
Composers of the Madrigal.
Who are Luca Marenzio, Carlo Gesualdo, and Claudio Monteverdi?
The use of these help create a stronger sense of tonality in Renaissance music than had previously existed.
What are triads?
A philosophy that focuses on the value of people, as opposed to gods and deities.
What is Humanism?
The second text in the Mass Ordinary, and the longest text.
What is the Gloria?
The manuscripts for this music was not as carefully preserved therefore few survived.
What is instrumental music?
Composers of the Chanson.
Who are des Prez, Guillaume Du Fay, and Gilles Binchois?
This wealthy Italian family became important patrons of the arts, literature, and architecture
Who are the Medicis?
This is the texture of lute songs.
What is homophonic?
The fourth text in the Mass Ordinary.
What is the Sanctus?
Enabled books and music to be mass-produced and accessible to the general public.
What is the printing press?
Spell the Era.
Renaissance.
This musical device in which composers reflect the text of a piece using musical elements, became widely used during this time
What is word painting?
This is the texture of most Renaissance music, however homophonic textures were also used.
What is polyphony?