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Renaissance
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Music
Undergraduate 1
12/04/2008

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Term
Renaissance Musical Style
Definition

A Cappella- is the ideal sound

Polyphony based on continuous imitation

Move of the Cantus Firmus to the uppermost voice

Term
The Motet in the High Renaissance
Definition

-Non-Liturgical sacred latin text

-Marian Motets (Virgin Mary)

-Composed for three, four, or more voices

-Cantus Firmus could be used as principal melody

Term
Jozquin des Prez
Definition
Ave Maria
Term

-Renaissance sacred, polyphonic motet

Definition

 

-attention to grammatical structure of the text

-combinations of voices and textures-top voice gets the cantus firmus

-quotation of chant at beginning, rest of work is newly composed

-imitative v homorhythmic

-final couplet; simple homorhythmic texture

Term

Renaissance Secular Music

Definition

Popular Dance Types

 

Bassadanza

saltarello

pavave

galliad

allemande

ronde

Term
Bassadanza
Definition
smooth, gliding dance for couples in triple simple meter
Term
saltarello
Definition
quicker Italian jumping dance
Term

Pavave

Definition
Slow stately french court dance
Term
Galliad
Definition
More vigorous french version of the salterrello
Term
Allemande
Definition
German dance in moderate duple simple meter
Term
Ronde
Definition
less courtly round dance, danced in a circle outdoors
Term
Instruments
Definition

Haut, Bas

 

Haut- High, loud for the outdoors

Bas- Low and soft, for the indoors

 

NEVER MIX

Term
Haut
Definition

Woodwind instruments

-recorders

-double-reed instruments (shawm)

-crumhorn

-schreirpfeife-screaming pipe

-Kortholts

 _Dulcian Racket

Brass and lip vibrator

sackbut-trombone

cornett

Term
Bas
Definition

Bowed String instrumets

-viol (da gamba=between the legs)

Plucked string instruments

lute-used tableture

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