Historical Context
What enabled books and music to be mass-produced and accessible to the general public?
printing press
Define Word Painting
This musical device, in which composers reflect the text of a piece using musical elements, became widely used during this time.
mass
What type of pieces were written for voice and lute?
Lute Songs
What movement caused a separation from the Catholic Church?
The Protestant Reformation
What system allowed composers to find employment either with a church or a wealthy citizen
Patronage/patrons
Define homophonic
The texture of lute songs/ meaning all singing together/at the same time
Who was allowed to participate in the worship and singing of the Catholic church?
Only men and clurgy
What is a piece for several solo voices set to a short poem, usually about love?
Madrigal
Who allowed instruments to be allowed in worship? Protestants or Catholics?
Protestants
Who were the Medici's?
A wealthy Italian family who were important patrons of the arts, literature, and architecture.
What is polyphony?
The texture of most Renaissance music and means seperate voices.
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What madrigals were generally lighter and more comical than their Italian counterparts?
British
How did the economic boost help society?
It led to the development of a large middle class
Where was the cultural center of Europe?
Italy
What is a triad?
a chord of 3 notes, often intervals 1,3,5. They helped create a stronger sense of tonality in music than had previously existed.
A polyphonic sacred work using texts other than the mass ordinary (5 sections of mass)
motet
How did instrument use in the era change?
At the start of the era, instruments merely accompanied voices, but by the end they were often played on their own and in protestant church.
What was the middle class allowed to do?
They could read, compose, and perform music. They were excepted to be learned and accomplished in music.
What is humanism?
A philosophy that focuses on the value of people, opposed to gods and deities
Why did fewer instrumental works survive?
This music was not carefully preserved.
How did the catholic church respond to the reformation?
They became more restrained, blaming the reformations increase in polyphony and instrumentation as being too theatrical and not focused on text.
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How did composers view anonymity in this era?