Grade 10 Semester 1 Flashcards
What kind of text and melodies did Madrigal use?
Upper class poetry that focused on clarity of the text and union of melody and text.
When was The Madrigal most popular secular music?
1567-1643
Where did Madrigal flourish?
The Italian courts
Who perfected Madrigal?
Palestrina
What was the significance of instrumental music?
Dancing and Nationalism came. Music Literacy also spread.
Allmande
German Dance Form
Saltarello
Italian Dance Form
La Ronde
French Dance Form
What was the most popular type of instrument?
Lute
What was the significance of the New Merchant Class?
More goods to be sold, made enough money to buy instruments and tickets for shows, new money system and brought printing press to help spread music literacy.
What kind of technological advancements came with the renaissance period?
Compass
-helped discover that he world was round, not flat
Advanced Ship Building
-helped people go out and explore the world and other cultures and their music
Transport Vessle
-move poop away resulting in less disease
Printing Press
-helped spread music literacy
What was the New Merchant Class?
The very first middle class between the nobles and peasants.
What changes significantly about the art of the renaissance period?
- More Perspective = more musical texture
- realism = secular modern music and lyrics
- more colours = more voices
- nudes and landscape = appreciate the human body resulted in appreciating the human voice
What cool stuff did Palestrina do?
- Perfected The Madrigal
- Wrote over 100 settings of mass
- Often 6+ parts
What cool stuff did Deprez do?
- He was the master of Renaissance motet
- Followed Du Fay
- 1st to create form and focus on homophony
- Anticipated classical era
What cool stuff did Du Fay do?
He abandoned complicated rhythms for simpler ones while expanding from three voices to four
When was the Shakespeare Era?
1564-1616
Who was John Cabot?
Landed in Canada in 1497
Who was Christopher Colombus?
In search if trade route to China
Who was Galileo?
Italian Scientist
What painters thrived in the renaissance period?
- Veronese
- Bottecelli
- Tintorentto
- Michelangelo (“David”)
Who composed Tant que Vivray?
Claudin de Sermisy
Who compass Fair Phyllis?
John Farmer
Who composed Missa de la Face - Gloria?
Du Fay
Who composed Ave Maria?
Deprez
Who composed Tu Solus qui Facis?
Deprez
Who composed Pavane Mille Regretz?
Du Fay
