The Ridged Plainchant Of Sacred Music During The Renaissance
The Renaissance period spanned from the fourth to the sixteenth century. A historian called the Renaissance “The discovery of world and man”. Some people of the Renaissance Era, were greats such as Leonardo De Vinci and Shakespeare. The book states that the artist that were popular at the time were focused on giving the public what they needed and desired. Painters, painted the things that were of the time, and artist sang about things that were going on at the time. Sacred music was split into different genres, the motet and the mass Composer’s during the Renaissance time began to change traditional plainchant by adding extra notes and developing paraphrases. My understanding to that, is that composer took a ridged plainchant that you can
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It was known as the period of exaggerated motion, interpreted detail to drama and grandeur in the arts. The word Baroque means “a pearl of irregular shape”. The baroque style encompasses sound with action and movement. A major difference in this era of music that we rarely see is that the middle class influenced the Baroque style. In Europe music was composed for text assigning emotion, and the words governed the music. Baroque composers liked homophonic over polyphonic, typical of the renaissance. Composers felt that the things around them could be projected clearer by using one main melody. Some characteristics of Baroque music is that it usually expresses one mood or affections. Rhythms were linked to a mood, the exception to this was through vocal music. Changes of emotion in the work, changes the composition of the music. Rhythm patterns are usually heard throughout the piece giving off a sense of drive and passion. Another distinguishing thing about the Baroque period, is the emergence of the opera. The earliest opera observed is called Euridice by Jacopo Peri: it was based on the Greek myth of Orpheus’s. Operas became a huge thing for many years after that. Operas were a time for composers to show off their creativity. The first public Opera house opened in Venice in 1637. Anyone who could pay for a ticket could get inside and watch a grand performance. The opera brought to light the virtuoso singer, the virtuoso singer is someone with superb musical skills. In 1689 Henry Purcell composed an opera called Dido and Aeneas. This opera was rare because it was in
It was known as the period of exaggerated motion, interpreted detail to drama and grandeur in the arts. The word Baroque means “a pearl of irregular shape”. The baroque style encompasses sound with action and movement. A major difference in this era of music that we rarely see is that the middle class influenced the Baroque style. In Europe music was composed for text assigning emotion, and the words governed the music. Baroque composers liked homophonic over polyphonic, typical of the renaissance. Composers felt that the things around them could be projected clearer by using one main melody. Some characteristics of Baroque music is that it usually expresses one mood or affections. Rhythms were linked to a mood, the exception to this was through vocal music. Changes of emotion in the work, changes the composition of the music. Rhythm patterns are usually heard throughout the piece giving off a sense of drive and passion. Another distinguishing thing about the Baroque period, is the emergence of the opera. The earliest opera observed is called Euridice by Jacopo Peri: it was based on the Greek myth of Orpheus’s. Operas became a huge thing for many years after that. Operas were a time for composers to show off their creativity. The first public Opera house opened in Venice in 1637. Anyone who could pay for a ticket could get inside and watch a grand performance. The opera brought to light the virtuoso singer, the virtuoso singer is someone with superb musical skills. In 1689 Henry Purcell composed an opera called Dido and Aeneas. This opera was rare because it was in