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French Chanson and Italian Madrigal
Two Secular genres of Musical Poetry
Italian Madrigal
Written for small groups, In the vernacular language, Faster, Regular rhythms, Word Painting, Mainly depictions of love, also humor, politics, and satire
English Madrigal
Modeled after the Italian Madrigal, lighter texts used more often
Renaissance Motet
Latin text, a cappella, Smooth melodies, Sung by boys and men, Use of imitation, Consonant (pleasant) intervals
John Famer
Helped shape madrigals into a truly native English artform
Martin Luther
Started the Protestant Revolution with his 95 Theses
John Calvin
Believed polyphony distracted from the sacred texts
Humanism
Focusing on the person or the individual rather than religion
Madrigal, motet, mass
3 vocal composition styles of Ren.
Palestrina
Composer who wrote the most amount of masses
A cappella singing
Singing (individual or group) without any instrumental accompaniment
Word Painting
Music imitates and directly reflects the text
Renaissance Dance Music
Often added improvisational embellishments
Recorder, Lute, Rebec
Soft/Indoor Instruments
Shawm, Sackbut, Cornetto, Tabor, Nakers
Loud/Outdoor Instruments
Tielman Susato
Well known printer and musician (multi-instrumentalist). Composed and arranged various secular and sacred pieces
Printing Press
Allowed for sharing of music that could be played at home
