1. 1300 – 1600

2. Renaissance Renaissance means rebirth or revival. Strong influence of the ancient Greek and Roman styles.

3. Renaissance Vocal music was more important than instrumental music. Sacred music was more important than secular music.

4. Music continued to develop in a polyphonic style. Two vocal parts were more likely to sing independently of each other. Two melodies completely independent of each other is called counterpoint.

5. Composers began to write for three or more voice parts. Each voice sang its own melody. No voice was more or less important than the others.

6. Vocal Forms “The golden age of the a cappella style” A cappella – vocal music without instrumental accompaniment Smoothly gliding melodies Polyphony – multiple voices Continuous imitation Motives are exchanged between vocal lines – imitating each other

7. Renaissance The sequence of events in a Catholic church service is called the Mass. Composers began to focus on the Mass as a main form for vocal music. They also wrote motets, an unaccompanied vocal work based on a sacred Latin text.

8. Gregorian Chant Organized and “approved” melodies for use at Mass and other liturgical celebrations Monophonic Driven by the text No implied meter Conjunct motion

9. Renaissance Instruments of the Renaissance were essentially the same as the Medieval era. Some instruments were introduced in the mass. Usually, instruments would double the voice, meaning they would play the same thing the voice part was singing.

10. Renaissance The written notation of neumes developed into today’s musical staff, clefs, and notes. This system allowed composers to write music that was more complicated.

11. Renaissance Great cathedrals were built in Europe, and organs were built in them. The organ became the primary keyboard instrument.

12. Renaissance Another primary keyboard instrument was the harpsichord. This instrument is like a piano, but has strings that are plucked, and it does not have the dynamic range of a piano.

13. Virginal

14. Clavichord

16. Strings Lute Viol de braccia

17. Viola de gamba

18. European royalty hired musicians to entertain at special events. Traveling musicians continued to perform secular music for average citizens.

19. Rise of the Merchant Class New group of music patrons Emergence of the amateur musician Printed music books become available Musical literacy spread dramatically

20. Both professionals and amateurs took part in music making. Music was considered part of a proper upbringing for a young girl.

21. Renaissance The primary secular music from the Renaissance was the madrigal. This was a type of secular vocal music set to a poem. Sacred music, however, was still the dominant type of music during this era.

22. Josquin des Prez FAMOUS COMPOSERS Palestrina

23. Thomas Morley FAMOUS COMPOSERS John Dowland