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Music of the Renaissance
Dr. Gesualdo
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9th Grade
04/27/2007

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Term
Dufay
Definition
-from the North of France
-worked in Italy for 25 years
-Ave maris stella
-homophonic Gregorian hymn
-addressed the Virgin Mary
-paraphrased or embellished with extra notes and extensions of notes
Term
polyphony
Definition
music musical composition that uses simultaneous, largely independent, melodic parts, lines, or voices
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homophony
Definition
music of a largely chordal style in which there is no independence of voice parts, but rather a simple harmonization of a melody
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Mass
Definition
-New version of polyphony called chansons: more gentle, simple, and supple
-Consists of 5 polyphonic settings for the Mass
-Kyrie
-Gloria
-Credo
-Sanctus
-Agnus Dei
-Used to unify the Mass
Term
Josquin
Definition
-born in North of France
-he brought the new techniques of chanson and motet to the Mass
-Pange Lingua Mass
-Gregorian hymn
-Mass that consisted of four sections
-In the Kyrie of his Mass he includes a point of imitation or the repetition of a short passage of the compositions text
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Palestrina
Definition
-church or choir master
-Pope Marcellus Mass
-same words as Josquin’s Pange Lingua
-much more homophonic texture
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Madrigal
Definition
-example of secular music of the time
-homophony
-Imitative polyphony
-Word painting- illustration of the text or using the voice to describe the text
- music followed the meaning of the words
-declamation- words sung to rhythms and melodies that approximated normal speech patterns--setting the text to the music almost as if you were speaking it
Term
Instrumental Music
Definition
-Normally A Cappella
-Instruments weren’t sophisticated and were out of tune
-Timbre- tone color
-Much of the music was transcribed for instruments
-Music was written more for singing than for playing
-Some music however were made instruments to play and these were most commonly “dances”
-Choreographed by the meter
-Galliard “Daphne”- triple meter
-A new rhythm comes and is repeated and they another and it is repeated and so on
-Aa, bb ,cc , dd , etc.
-Anonymous “Kemp’s Jig”
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strophic
Definition
same music with different text
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