Download the renaissance “rebirth” 1450-1600

THE RENAISSANCE
“REBIRTH”
1450-1600
THE ARTS
FLURISHED
DURING
THIS TIME.
THE ARTS WERE
FUNDED BY
ROYALTY.
A developed interest in
Ancient Greece and Rome
Increased interest in human
learning
Increased patronage of music and the arts.
A change in the view of Earth and
Space
Christopher Columbus (1451?-1506) and
Ferdinand Magellan (c.1480-1521)
expanded Europe's view of the world.
Columbus’s Trade Route
Magellan’s Trade Route
The astronomical studies of Nicolaus Copernicus (1473-1543) Galileo
Galilei (1564-1642) -- called into question the old earth-centered view of
the universe.
MUSICAL CONTEXT
Increased Interest in Humanist Learning
The arts became an important measure of
learning and culture.
The rise and rapid spread of music printing
increased access to music and books about
music.
Why was the invention of the printing press
important to education and music?
Increased Patronage of Music
The rich courts and civic
governments of the Renaissance
supported music to a degree not
previously seen.
This level of musical support was
also provided by the religious
institutions of the day.
MUSICAL STYLE
The composers of the Renaissance
concerned themselves with three
different areas of music:
Sacred music
Secular music
Instrumental music
Sacred music:
Composers continued to work with the
older forms such as the motet and
Mass.The motet was a song with moral
or religious lyrics.
Secular music:
Composers created new forms.
The Italian madrigal expressed great
emotion through word painting and the
French chanson which was about love
or customs of knights performed in the
royal courts.
Instrumental music:
The rise of music printing encouraged
the spread of instrumental music for
amateur musicians. The Lute became
the most popular instrument of the
Renaissance.
LUTE
COMPOSERS INCLUDED:
JOSQUIN DES PREZ
GIOVANNI PIERLUIGI DA
PALESTRINA
ANOTHER MUSIC
FORM STARTED
DURING THIS TIME
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