Sacred Music
a polyphonic choral work set to a sacred latin text other than the ordinary of the mass
Motet
Name 2 "indoor" instruments used in Renaissance instrumental music.
Lute and Recorder
The man responsible for starting the Protestant Reformation by nailing his 95 theses (complaints) on the door of the church.
Martin Luther
What does Renaissance mean?
Rebirth
What invention changed the way information was shared in the Renaissance period?
Print Press
a polyphonic choral composition made up of Five sections: Kyrie, Gloria ,Credo, Sactus, and Agnus Dei.
Mass
Name 2 "Outdoor" instruments used in Renaissance Instrumental music.
Trumpet and Shawm (old oboe)
Well known Flemish Composer of Motets with an international career.
Josquin De Prez
What years were the renaissance period in music?
1450-1600
The illustration of the text in the way the music is actually written.
Word Painting
a motet for two or more choirs, often including instruments. Noted specifically for large numbers of performers and written contrasts of vocal register, instrumentation, AND dynamics
Polychoral Motet
A simpler type of Secular music, Dancelike song for several voices that is primarily homophonic and regularly contains "fa-la" in the text.
Ballatt (Fa-La)
Italian composer, known for his contributions to sacred music and specifically for composing the first mass following the Council of Trent in 1563 demonstrating the churches new rules regarding music in service.
Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina
Name 3 Famous individuals from the Renaissance period noted for their contributions to humanity...
Christopher Columbus
Leonardo Da Vinci
Magellan
Vocal music without accompaniment.
A Capella
DOUBLE JEOPARDY!!!
When the music is physically separated around the performance space. [Hint: think Venetian School]
Antiphonal
a SECULAR piece for several solo voices set to a short poem, usually about love. Similar to the motet, it combines homophonic and polyphonic textures and contains word painting as well as unusual harmonies.
Madrigal
Venetian Composer known for his Poly Choral Motets
Giovanni Gabrieli
The Church, located in Venice, Italy, that became the "hot spot" for sacred composers and was the home of the Venetian School.
St. Marks Cathedral
DOUBLE JEOPARDY!!!!
The group that organized the churches response to the protestant reformation between 1545-1563
Council of Trent
What 6 rules for music in church that came from the Council of Trent (1563).
Not complex
No instruments, too “noisey”
No theatrical singing
Polyphony should not mess with the words...
Only monophonic Gregorian Chant
Should not “give empty pleasure to the ear” but to inspire religious contemplation
What 3 types of secular music were played on instruments in the Renaissance period?
1) Vocal Arrangements
2) Accompaniment to a vocal part
2) Dances
What was unique about the construction of St. Marks Cathedral that inspired composers of the Venetian School in the late Renaissance period?
The two massive choir stands that had two separate organs.
What is "Humanism"?
Intellectual movement which focused on human life and its accomplishments.
Describe the difference between the Italian and English Madrigal (2 things)
1) language
2) Italian is more serious, English is lighter