The Reformation and Counter-Reformation

Palestrina

was the most influential composer of the counter- reformationthe music of the reformation in germany.

Willaert

was the best known composer of the time- carefully molded his music to the pronunciation of the words by matching long notes to accented syllables.

Style

was the first in western music to be preserved and imitated as a model of sacred polyphony.

martin luther

Reformation was started by in 1517.

Goudimel

and le jeune were the primary composers of french psalm settings.

Chorales

became the foundation for lutheran church music until bach and beyond.

Ein feste burg

became the anthem of the reformation.

Contrafacta

- luther used many well- known secular tunes for chorales but substituted religious words.

henry viii

King persuaded parliament to separate from rome and name him head of the church of england so he could marry anne boleyn.

council of trent

Saved polyphony from being condemned by the by composing a six- voice mass that was both reverent in spirit and attentive to the words- pope marcellus mass.

Elizabeth i

created a middle ground to make the church of england hospitable to protestants and catholics (anglican church)

Calvin

stripped churches of everything that might distract worshippers with worldly pleasures.

Chorale

originally consisted of only two elements- a text and a tune, easily memorizable.