2.1 - Renaissance Song Background

Question 1

Ave Maria

Answer 1

composer: Josquin des Prez(greatest comp. of his time)
genre: motet
date: 1470-80
text: rhymed, strophic poem
lang: Latin
texture: polyphonic

Question 2

Missa Papae Marcelli

Answer 2

composer: Giovanni da Palestrina
genre: mass
date 1567
text: from Mass ordinary
lang: Latin
texture: polyphonic
perf forces: six a cappella voices

Question 3

Moro,lasso, al mio duolo

Answer 3

composer: Carlo Gesualdo
genre: Italian Madrigal
date: 1611
lang: ITALIAN
texture: polyphonic
perf forces: a cappella for 5 voices

Question 4

Fair Phyllis

Answer 4

composer: John Farmer
genre: English Madrigal
date: 1599
lang: English
texture: polyphonic
perf force: a cappella for 4 voices

Question 5

Mille Regretz

Answer 5

composer: Tielman Susato
genre: dance (Pavane)
date: 1551
form: aa bb cc
meter: duple
mode: E Phyrgian
source: chanson by Josquin de Prez
texture: polyphonic for 4 voices
instruments not specified