renaissance period

grade 9

RENAISSANCE PERIOD dated around __________

1450-1600

comes from the word “renaitre” which means “rebirth, revival, and rediscovery.

renaissance

also known as the “Golden Age of Polyphony. ” The invention of printing in the 15th century paved the way for a wide distribution of renaissance compositions. With the emergence of the bourgeois class, renaissance music became popular as entertainment and activity for amateurs and the educated.

renaissance period

-the style of simultaneously combining a number of parts, each forming an individual melody and harmonizing with each other:

polyphony

Where the same melody is sung or played in different layers where each layers in coming at different times.

round

where two different melodies are sung or played at the time

partner songs

this era is also known as ________

“Golden Age of acapella Choral Music.”

The philosophy of _________ was rooted in the ___________society which emphasized the virtues of the living man giving rise to the development of more secular music than sacred music.

Humanism,Renaissance

this period makes _________ less important than vocal music

instruments

was the prominent instrument of the Renaissance era.

lute

Identify the music piece by there characteristics
• Mostly polyphonic in texture; • Imitation among the voices is common; • Use of word painting in texts and music; • Melodic lines move in a flowing manner; and • Melodies are easier to perform because these move along a scale with a few large leaps

Renaissance music