Rennaissance Period Flashcards
When was the Rennaissance Period?
1400-1600
they are the one who can provide significant support for arts, who then ruled Florence
Medici family
The Renaissance was considered an intellectual awakening
Rebirth
This was brought about by a renewed interest in Greek and Roman philosophies.
Renaissance period
This cultural movement promoted the thought of man being the center of the universe- therefore celebrating its achievements in the arts, education, science, and literature
Humanism
became a tool that communicated the ideals of humanism very easily
Printing press
also made notated music available to those who could afford it and brought about amateur musicians
Printing
Are most amateur musicians in Renaissance period from middle-class families?
Yes
Why did they buy music?
To learn and perform music for self-entertainment
This development inspired composers to create music in vernacular languages, and even to create music for instruments
Printing/Printing Press
Greatests artists, literary writers, scientists of all time developed who?
Leonardo da Vinci William Shakespheare Michelangelo Raphael Galileo
Why did science play a part in art in Medieval Period?
Because artists wanted to make their art as true to life as they possibly could.
Examples of Paintings
Mona Lisa
The Creation
Who created Mona Lisa?
Leonardo Da Vinci
Who created The Creation?
Michaelangelo
Why did they voyage the seas?
To learn more about the rest of the world
It was during this time that Ferdinand Magellan, Christopher Columbus, and other explorers took to the sea to find and discover new trade routes. So what is the other name of Renaissance Period?
Age of Voyage
What genres received an overhaul?
motet and chanson
What new genres emerged?
Polyphonic mass cycles, Sonata
What happened after musicians held posts outside their hometowns?
It would result in a more mixed and international style which accommodated writing styles from French, Italian and English traditions.
where one melodic line is sung by one voice, then re-stated by another, whether in the same or a different key
counter-point
a texture which entails a single voice holding the melody is accompanied by other voices that establish its harmony with very little rhythmic differentiation
Homophony
a mainly vocal musical composition, of highly diverse form and style, from the late medieval era to the present
Motet
one of the pre-eminent polyphonic forms of Renaissance music
Motet
French word for “song”
Chanson
is often used in music to mean any song with French words, but it is more often used when talking about songs in which lyrics have been set to music by French classical composers
Chanson
any lyric-driven French song, usually polyphonic and secular
Chanson
singer specializing in chansons
Chanteur or (girl)Chanteuse
a collection of chansons
Chansonniers
relationship between two or more musical lines which are harmonically interdependent yet independent in rhythm and melodic contour
Counterpoint
a texture in which a primary part is supported by one or more additional strands that flesh out the harmony
Homophony
a musical texture of several parts in which one melody predominates; the other parts may be either simple chords or a more elaborate accompaniment pattern
Homophony
second-largest form of Christianity with a total of 800 million to 1 billion adherents worldwide
Protestantism
originated with the 16th century Reformation
Protestanism
momentous posting of the 95 theses
Reformation
What did Luther call out on the Roman Catholic Church?
practices of indulgences
