Agenda
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Today – Finish movie & Music notes
Wednesday – Finish Notes/Review music
samples
Thursday – Renaissance Dance and Drama
Friday – Binder checks/DEAR
Monday – Test
Tuesday – Make-up Tests/DEAR
Renaissance Music
Music Before the
Renaissance
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Music was strictly regulated by the
church.
Instruments were very rare.
Most songs were Gregorian Chant.
Polyphony
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A musical texture consisting of two or
more independent melodic voices.
Two Thoughts on Polyphony
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Pope (Rome)
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Obstructs words
Frivolous
Associated with
pagan rites
Clashing notes
labeled as evil
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Antipope
(Avignon)
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Musical Innovation
Pleasing Sound
Renaissance Instruments
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Very different from those we use
today.
Same four families
Renaissance Brass
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Cornetto
Trumpet
Sackbut
Renaissance Strings
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Viola da gamba
Lute
Hurdy Gurdy
Theorbo
Renaissance Percussion
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Tambourine
Jew’s Harp
Renaissance Woodwinds
(Aerophones)
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Shawm
Bagpipe
Recorders
Counterpoint
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the relationship between two or more
voices that are independent in contour
and rhythm, and interdependent in
harmony
Basically, it is how notes work together.
Johann Joseph Fux – Renaissance
Counterpoint
Palestrina
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One of the most famous composers of
the 16th century.
Used as perfect example of
Renaissance Counterpoint.
“Sicut Cervus” – “As the Heart”
Secular Music!
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Music performed outside of the
church.
Most popular – Madrigals.
English: Thomas Morley & John
Farmer
Fa, la, la!
Chant vs. Palestrina
Chant (Schola
Gregoriana)
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Introitus: Adorate Deum
Palestrina
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Sicut Cervus
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Missa Ave Maria: Kyrie
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Missa Hodie Christus
natus est: Agnus Dei
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Motet: Canite tuba
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Motet: Ave Maria
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Motet: Tui sunt caeli
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Motet: Jubilate Deo
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Missa Brevis: Credo
In addition to your summary…
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Describe as best you can how chant
and the music of Palestrina are
different