The Renaissance Flashcards
Reasons for Renaissance
the rebirth of art, learning, attitudes, ideals
Humanism
- dominant, intellectual movement
- Human life, dignity, accomplishment
- rejected tradition
Best artists from…
Flanders, Netherlands, Germany, Italy
Centers of art..
England, Spain, Germany, Italy
Characteristics of Ren. Music
- music and words
- texture
- rhythm and melody
Word Painting
a musical depiction of specific words
Motet
polyphonic choral work set to a sacred Latin text other than the ordinary of the mass
Josquin Desprez
- Flemish
- wrote Ave Maria
Pervading Imitation
- all voices sing same thing at different times
- all voices equal-homogeneous texture
Reformation Music
- Luther’s 97 theses inspired music
- chorales
- Luther like polyphony
Counter-Reformation Music
- worried about words
- sacred music sounding like secular = they are pissed
Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina
- centered in Rome
- wrote Kyrie
- music director for St. Peters Basilica
The Venetian School
- St. Marks Cathedral- Venice
- Polychoral motet
- double loft/double choirs
Giovanni Gabrielli
-organist for St. Marks
-had dynamics
Plaudite-latin text, stereophonic
Madrigal
renaissance piece for 3+ a capella voices
usually about love
word painting
