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Music of the
Renaissance
The birth of polyphony
& the era of melancholy
Addition of Parts
 Read
pg. 293-294
 Movement from monophony
to polyphony
 Polyphony: many sounds
 Multiple
musical lines together
 2 or more separate voices or parts
Josquin des Prez
 One
of the greatest composers
of the Renaissance
 Compositions:
Masses
 Motets
 Chansons
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 Profound
in expression
 Listen to samples
In Josquin’s Music
 Harmonies,
suspense, imitation,
meter change
 Close relationship between music
& text
Giovanni Pierluigi
da Palestrina
 1525-1594
 Italian
Renaissance Composer
 Renaissance polyphony (used as
model in college classes)
 “Prima prattica” - 1st practice
 Pope Marcellus Mass
 Well-known
work
Pope Marcellus Mass
5
movements
Kyrie, Gloria, Credo, Sanctus, Agnus
Dei
 5 movements of the Mass Ordinary
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 Written
for Pope Marcellus
 Only reigned for 22 days - death
 Displays Palestrina’s Perfect
Polyphony
Sound
Harmony
Melody
Rhythm
Growth
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Council of Trent
Reformation in church
 Changes in music & mass
 Away from polyphony - back to
chant
 Said, “It distracted from text.”
 Fortunately, it didn’t last!!
Secular Music
 Madrigals
Setting for four, five, or six voices
 Word painting
 Lyric poetry
 Love theme
 Claudio Monteverdi
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Famous Italian madrigalist
Read pg. 294
Cruda Amarilli
Cruel Amaryllis, who with your very name,
Alas, bitterly teach me to love.
Amaryllis, whiter and lovelier
than the white jasmine
but deafer, fiercer and more evasive
than the deaf asp;
Since I offend you by speaking,
I shall die in silence.
John Dowland
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Lute player
Renaissance “Pop” artist
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