renaissance music

RENAISSANCE MUSICAH-HS-1.1.1AH-HS-2.1.1AH-HS-3.1.1

COUNTERPOINT Twoormoremelodiclinesoccuringatthesam

etime Eachvoice,orpart,isindependent

SacredMusic GermanChorale

ResultofMartinLuther’sdesiretobringpeopleintomoredirectcontactwithGod

Hymnswerecreatedsotheentirecongregationwouldsing,notjustthechoir

Sunginthevernacular,language,ofthecommonpeople

SecularMusic

Madrigals Onesingerperpart(counterpoint) 3typesofmadrigals

Madirgalproper TheBallett TheAyre

MarigalProper Newtuneforeachnewlineoftest Wordsandmusiccloselymatched

TheBallett Lighterinstylethanthemadirgalproper Sometimesdancedaswellassung

TheAyre “ayre”meanssong Canbeperformedbysolovoiceaccompanied

byaninstrument(s)orallpartssungwithoutinstrumentalaccompaniment

Printedon2pagesofabook Themelodyisontheleftpage Thelowerparts(harmony)isontherightpage

St.Mark’sCathedral

Venice,Italy Twoorganlofts Twochoirlofts Allowedforpolychoralcompositions Phrasefromleftsideofthechurchwasechoed

oransweredbytherightside

Aerial view of St.Mark’s CathedralArtifice Inc.(2012).St. Marks. Retrieved

September15,2012 from http://www.greatbuildings.com/buildings/St_Marks.html

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Exterior View

Historical Photo

Inside-Historical

Giovanni Gabrieli

1557-1612 Born and lived in Venice,Italy 1584 became principal organist of

St. Mark’s Most of his works are sacred

choral and instrumental Used the setup of St. Mark’s to

write polychoral music Cori spezzati (separate choirs) Sonata Pian e Forte

• 1st piece of music to have markings to distinguish between piano and forte (loud and soft)

Giovanni Pierluigi Da Palestrina

1525-159 Age 19, appointed organist

of the cathedral in Palestrina Italy

1550 Pope Julius III appointed him maestro of Capella Giulia

Wrote motets and masses

Palestrina “Prince of Music” “Saved music” by proving counterpoint

and clarity of text could live together Complete works number about 1,000

The Growth of Music Printing press allowed more widespread

distribution of music First score was printed with bars and lines

in 1557 Music was now less expensive