1. “Rebirth” of Music

2.  Music before the Renaissance centered around the church.  Sacred Music= music composed or performed in or for the church.  Music began to stray away from the church creating another culture of music

3.  Important Renaissance Composer  Composed music for the Catholic Church  Composed mainly Masses  Created the “Cantus Firmus Mass”  Meaning using the same music for all parts of the mass.

4.  Was the first composer to introduce instruments to the church service.  Instruments used were the trumpet, trombone, and tuba-like instruments.  Wrote exclusively for instruments.

5.  Secular music= music composed for performance outside of the church.  This music was performed on the streets.  The reformation of the church sent many people away. Causing less emphasis on church rules for living.

6.  Most influential secular composer  Brittish  Composed mainly music for voice.

7. ▪ This era saw an end to the absolute authority of the medieval Church and an explosive growth in secular art. ▪ The Renaissance era was shaped by several social and intellectual movements and events. ▪ Humanism was the dominant intellectual movement of the Renaissance, emphasizing human life and accomplishments rather than religious doctrine and the afterlife.

8. ▪ The Protestant Reformation profoundly shook the power of the Catholic Church. ▪ The invention of the printing press made possible the broader dissemination of knowledge. ▪ Visual art showed new clarity and perspective. ▪ Renaissance musical composers sought to recapture the classical Greek ideal of music: both secular and religious composers sought to create more expressive, meaningful music.

9.  The Renaissance saw much experimentation with new tunings, harmonic structures, and notational techniques. Renaissance composers adopted the Greek view of music as a sonic manifestation of the "order" of the cosmos.  The science of harmony began to evolve during the Renaissance.  Composed homophony- “harmonized melody” -appeared for the first time.

10.  Polyphony- two or more completely separate parts being performed at the same time.  Motet- twelve independent vocal parts being sung at the same time.

11.  All music fits into three categories of music.  Music may fit into more than one category.

12.  Music created or performed for fun or relaxation.  This is the most common type of music we hear today.  Ex.- Anything on the radio, dance music, popular music.

13.  Music created or performed for the purpose of a ceremony.  Ex.- Wedding music, Church Hymns

14.  Music created or performed to express the composers or performers feelings.  Ex.- Jazz Improvisation, “Classical Music”