renaissance music
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Renaissance Music. AH-HS-1.1.1 AH-HS-2.1.1 AH-HS-3.1.1. COUNTERPOINT. Twoormoremelodiclinesoccuringatthesametime Eachvoice,orpart,isindependent. SacredMusic. GermanChorale ResultofMartinLuther’sdesiretobringpeopleintomoredirectcontactwithGod - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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