Music in the Renaissance

Martin Luther

________, besides being a professor of theology and a monk, was also a composer.

Catherine de Medici

________ had an important role in the arts in France and created the first ballets.

Instrumental music

________ continued to be of secondary importance to composers, whose approach to writing for instruments was usually the same as that for voices.

de gambas

In the late 15th century, European musicians came up with the idea of taking a bow of stretched horse hair to play on their lutes and vilhuelas (guitar) producing what we called the viola ________ and the viols.

Renaissance dates

The ________ from the 18th century and reflects the revival of interest in the classical civilizations of Greece and Rome that profoundly influenced the culture and thinking of the century and a half following the Middle Ages in Europe.

violins

At first, ________ were mostly used just for instrumental music and to accompany a singer but eventually it also got used to accompany dances.

Luther

________ collected many popular folk tunes to which he inserted holy texts.

Roman Catholic Church

The ________ remained an important institution during the Renaissance, but it was diminished in influence in consequence of the wealth and power of families such as the Medici of Florence or the Estes of Ferrara.

Renaissance art

________, sculpture, and architecture embody the ideals of balance, clarity, and emotional restraint that characterized the classicism of the Greeks.

Martin Luthers

The Reformation, which began with ________ criticisms of the Catholic Church abuses, had its greatest impact in Germany.

Gradually, between 900

1500 when two voice parts became 3 and more, the main melody was just left behind inside the texture

The Renaissance

the revival of interest in the classical civilizations of Greece and Rome that profoundly influenced the culture and thinking of the century and a half following the Middle Ages in Europe.

Polyphony

became less and less used in singing

the evolution of the Suite and its successors, the Sonata, Concerto, and Symphony

The part of the choreographed dances and steps created in this ballet accompanied by strings will play an important role in ________________________________________________________________________________.

the wealth and power of families such as the Medici of Florence or the Estes of Ferrara.

The Roman Catholic Church remained an important institution during the Renaissance, but it was diminished in influence in consequence of _______________________________________________________________________________________.