1. Renaisance
1450 ~ 1600

2. Medieval
Pre 1450
Renaissance
1450 ~ 1600
Baroque
1600 ~ 1750

3. Renaissance
Re-birth
People began to seek out information and questioned things rather than taking them at face value.
An increased interest in learning and culture.
Age of exploration and discovery.
Important era for the ‘arts’.

4. Renaissance
Michelangelo
Art
Leonardo Da Vinci
David
The Last Supper

5. Mona Lisa

6. Renaissance Music Instrumental Music Secular Choral Music
Sacred Choral Music
Secular Choral Music

7. Sacred Choral Music Sacred ~ Religious music for church Choral ~
For Singers
Three types of Sacred Choral Music:
Mass
Motet
Anthem

8. Mass Sacred ~ Roman Catholic
It uses the 5 main sections of the Roman Catholic
Liturgy:
Kyrie
Gloria
Credo
Santus
Amen
It is sung in Latin and has polyphonic texture.
It is usually sung a capella.
Listen to an example of a Mass

9. Motet Anthem Sacred ~ Roman Catholic
It is sung in Latin and has polyphonic texture.
It is usually sung a capella.
Listen to an example of a Motet
Anthem
Sacred ~
Protestant (the Motet equivalent)
It is sung in English and has polyphonic texture.
Sometimes sung by a choir unaccompanied
(a cappella) and sometimes accompanied by an organ and features a solo part.
Listen to an example of an Anthem

10. Secular Choral Music Secular ~ Non-religious music Choral ~
For Singers
Three types of Secular Choral Music:
Madrigal
Ballet
Ayre

11. Madrigal Non-Sacred vocal music.
It is sung in English and has polyphonic texture.
It is through composed and often features both imitation and word painting.
It is usually sung a capella.
Listen to an example of a Madrigal

12. Ballett Ayre A type of madrigal that was danced to. It is strophic.
It is features a Fa-La-La refrain at the end of each verse.
Listen to an example of a Ballett
Ayre
An ayre (air or song) is also a type of madrigal.
It is a piece performed by a solo voice with lute accompaniment.
Listen to an example of an Ayre

13. Instrumental Music Two main types of Instrumental Renaissance music:
Keyboard ~
Played on a keyboard instrument, e.g. harpsichord.
2. Consort ~ ~
Whole-consort ~ A small group of instruments from the same family.
Broken-consort ~ instruments from different families.
Listen to an example of a Consort
Renaissance Instrumental music often played dances.
2 dances of this era were the Pavan and Galliard:
Pavan ~ A courtly dance. Slow and stately with 2 beats in the bar.
Galliard ~ Follows a Pavan. Quick and lively with 3 beats in the bar.
Listen to an example of a Pavan
Listen to an example of a Galliard

14. Renaissance Instruments
Some medieval instruments remained popular e.g. shawms and cornetts.
Others were altered and improved e.g. the lute.
New instruments were also invented e.g. viols, sackbut, trumpet and percussion instruments.

15. Renaissance Instruments

16. Composer Timeline

17. organ & solo instrument
Keyboard
Dances
Consort
Pavan & Galliard
Instrumental Music
Whole or Broken
Renaissance
Music
Secular Choral Music
Sacred Choral Music
Madrigal
Ballet
Mass
Anthem
Ayre
Motet
Polyphonic
Latin
Homophonic
Latin
English
Solo Voice
Through Composed
Strophic
Polyphonic
Polyphonic
Polyphonic
Word Painting
Instrument
Accompaniment
A capella
Fa-la-la
A capella
A capella Or
organ & solo instrument
Imitation
A capella
A capella