England and Burgundy * Renaissance: (French‚ “rebirth”) PERIOD of art‚ cultural‚ and music history between the Middle Ages and the BAROQUE PERIOD‚ marked by HUMANISM‚ a revival of ancient culture and ideas‚ and a new focus on the individual‚ the world‚ and the senses. * Burgundy: * Martin le Franc: * Contenance angloise: (French‚ "English guise") Characteristic quality of early-fifteenth-century English music‚ marked by pervasive CONSONANCE with frequent use of HARMONIC thirds and
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The Comparison of Music from the Middle Ages and Renaissance Period The Middle Ages and Renaissance periods saw a dramatic evolution of music and the development of the notation system that has continued to evolve through our present day. Both eras of music had baselines that were the same‚ while they each had their own quality that makes them unique. Composers from both eras were very successful and their music is still heard today. Two types of music developed during the Middle Ages were sacred
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about their music throughout time. Using instruments like Brian Boru’s harp during the Renaissance‚ to the band U2 using guitars and electric keyboards. There’s still people that perform in Irish pubs to this day. Irish music has a variety of tempos‚ some that are fast‚ and there are some that are slow. The Irish have been expressing their culture through music throughout the Renaissance‚ going to the Irish potato famine‚ hopping to the 1900s‚ and ending with Irish modern day music. One of the popular
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Social Context of 16th-century Italian Madrigals In the 16th-century‚ Italy influenced the Renaissance music throughout Western Europe. The most influential musical genre was the Italian madrigal‚ and “about 1‚200 madrigal volumes. . . were printed between 1520 and 1630”.1 of the madrigal‚ but the genre contains elements of the frottola‚ ballata‚ chanson‚ and Musicologists debate about the exact origins Madrigals were mostly secular songs that were primarily intended to be
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Lingua is Josquin’s greatest achievement in the art of paraphrase in polyphonic music. Set in the ridged structure of a Catholic Mass‚ Josquin uses the numerous short passages to highlight his variation on a folk theme. This piece took polyphonic music to its limits‚ and harmony soon evolved among his countrymen as the only option to continue western music’s evolution. Josquin was born in the Netherlands. He received early musical training in the Church‚ and as soon as it was possible headed for Italy
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The music from the Middle ages was very worship based. Most of the music seemed to be created to help people of that time grow closer to the churches. I could hear in the pieces I listened to the connection the music had to prayer and worship. The music form was strophic in nature and repeated itself. Even though I could not understand the words in most of the songs‚ the melody created an expression of calmness and meditation. Very relaxing and calming to make a connecting to what they were
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of Western music Josquin Desprez became one of the most influential composers. Not much was known about this great composer’s time on earth. A lot of what people know about his life is expressed through his music. Josquin’s estimated date of birth is said to be 1440. Recent research shows that his birth date could have been later sometime in the 1450’s. Before he died in 1521 Desprez made a huge impact on the music during the Renaissance. Years after Josquin Desprez’s death‚ his music was distributed
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The music of the Renaissance and Medieval periods was shaped by its culture in the way that the music expresses what is going on around them. For example in the medieval period people lives were shaped around the church and therefore their music was also. You have the Gregorian chant‚ which was named after the Pope St. Gregory the Great and then you have all of the songs‚ which follow the order of mass. You also have the Christmas carol There is no Rose Today that came out of this era also. The
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aFranco-Flemish composer of the Renaissance. He is also known as Josquin Desprez and Latinized as Josquinus Pratensis‚ alternatively Jodocus Pratensis. He himself spelled his name "Josquin des Prez" in an acrostic in his motet Illibata Dei virgo nutrix.[2][3] He was the most famous European composer between Guillaume Dufay and Palestrina‚ and is usually considered to be the central figure of the Franco-Flemish School. Josquin is widely considered by music scholars to be the first master of the high Renaissance style of polyphonic vocal
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1. What were the three forms of English madrigals? Describe each type. Madrigal Proper: In this form‚ the madrigal was through-composed. It used quite a bit of word-painting‚ which is the matching of music to the words in the text. The Ballet: This form of madrigal was lighter in style than the madrigal proper and it was often danced to as well as sung. The Ayre: This form of madrigal is performed in a number of different ways‚ including with or without accompaniment. 2. What
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