Music Renaissance Baroque Classical and Medieval Flashcards
When music was an important leisure activity, members of the upper class were expected to have received musical training.
Renaissance Period
The word “renaitre means
rebirth
Period of looking back to the Golden age of Greece and Rome
Renaissance Period
What instrument was prominently used during the Renaissance Period
Lute
What period is known as the golden age of acapella choral music
Renaissance Period
Mostly polyphonic
Imitation among voices
Use of word painting in texts and music
Melodic lines move in a flowing manner
Melodies are easier to perform because these move along a scale
Renaissance Music
Who are the famous composers of the Renaissance Period
Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina and Thomas Morley
Said to be the greatest master of Roman Catholic Church Music
Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina
He was an organist and choir master at both the Sistine Chapel and at St. Peter’s which may have influenced his distinctively pure and restrained style in musical composition.
Giovanni Pierluigi de Palestriana
Was a singer in the local Cathedral and became master of choristers and is a composer of secular music
Thomas Morley
Characterized by grand and elaborate ornamentation of theaters, arts and music
Baroque Period
Genres that flourished were Concerto, Fugue, Oratorio, and the Chorale/Cantata that flourished in this period
Baroque
Known as the Middle Ages or Dark Ages and the Church had influence over everything
Medieval Period
Is a monophonic plainchant was named after Pope Gregory 1
Gregorian Chant
Monophonic
Free meter
Modal
Usually based on Latin liturgy
Use of Neume notation
Gregorian Chant
A group of musicians who performed Secular music and usually play monophonic music
Troubadour
Who are the famous composers of the Medieval Period
Adam de la Halle and Pope Gregory 1
Nicknamed as Adam the Hunchback and is one of the oldest secular composers
Adam de la Halle
Known for instigating the first recorded large-scaled mission from Rome to cover the Anglo-Saxons in England
Pope Gregory 1
Is a form of sacred musical composition that sets texts of the Eucharistic liturgy into music
Mass
Usually monophonic (sung in a melody)
With improvised accompaniment
About chivalry and courtly love
From France
Written in French
Troubadour Music
Polyphonic
May be sung in acapella or with orchestral accompaniment
Text may be syllabic (one note set to each syllable)
neumatic (a few notes set to one syllable)
melismatic (many notes to one syllable)
Mass
Secular vocal polyphonic music composition which originated from Italy. Written in poetic text and sung during courtly social gatherings
Madrigal
Polyphonic
Sung acapella
Through-composed
Frequently 3-6 voices
Madrigal
