England - Renaissance Flashcards
To become familiar with the salient characteristics and notable composers of English Renaissance music.
Which composers’ work appears in these listening examples?
Thomas Tallis
William Byrd
John Taverner
John Dowland
Orlando Gibbons
Thomas Morley
Which masses appear in full in these listening examples?
Byrd, Mass a 4
Byrd, Mass a 5
Taverner, Western Wynde
Which aspects of composition were unique to English composers?
Voice exchange
Cross/false relation
What is cross/false relation?
Two voices dissonant a half-step apart
What is voice exchange?
Scoring two voice parts in the same range/tessitura
Which Catholic genres did English composers write?
Mass, Magnificat, & motet
Which Anglican genres did English composers write?
Service & anthem
Describe the attributes of sacred works by English composers.
Usually scored for SSATB
Choir divided into decani and cantoris
Which secular genres were popular in England in the early and later Renaissance?
Early: part songs
Later: madrigal, canzonet, and ballet
What are the attributes of the two types of anthem?
Full: unaccompanied chorus; homophonic or imitative
Verse: soloists, chorus, & instruments
What led to the development of the English madrigal?
Alfonso Ferrabosco
Musica Transalpina
Developments in English poetry
What are the attributes of the English Madrigal?
Most popular 1588-1627
Imitative polyphony
Word painting
Very tonal
Rhythmically simple
