The similarities between the music of the Middle Ages and the Renaissance were content‚ expressive‚ and the constant change of development of new genres/sounds and new things being added. The differences were pieces not including every single characteristic into them. In addition‚ the renaissance included composers who were risk takers and innovation. In the middle ages‚ there was nothing but music composed for the church. Composers did want to expand and create pieces with instruments‚ however clergy
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Doo - wop After the huge popularity of swing music and the big bands that were associated with this genre‚ America’s economics changed meaning the artists could no longer afford to support the large amount of musicians they had in their bands. This led many swing bands to simplify their sound. Until this point the band and bandleader had been the focus point to the audience‚ and although the singer was still important‚ they were not considered to be the ‘title’ of the artist itself. As bands
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Minda~Quenn Yeary Saint Thomas Aquinas Philosopher and theologian St. Thomas Aquinas was born circa 1225 in Italy. Combining the theological principles of faith with the philosophical principles of reason‚ he ranked among the most influential thinkers of medieval Scholasticism. People were at odds as to how to unite the knowledge they obtained through revelation with the information they observed naturally using their mind and their senses. Based on Averroes’s "theory of the double truth‚"
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In medieval times women were blamed for the sinking of ships‚ they brought famine‚ disease‚ murdered and maimed. They were known as Satan’s handmaidens. Hundreds of people were persecuted‚ tortured‚ and were put to death in a hysterical effort. You could be accused and tortured on the basis of nothing more than the gossip and superstition of others. Witchcraft had all the reason to exist during medieval times when the human knowledge was still at an unsophisticated stage. Since there seemed to be
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Everyone in medieval times was expected to go to church‚ and to confess their sins to a priest. If a person was considered to have committed a really serious sin‚ they could be excommunicated‚ that is denied the right to attend church or take communion. People were expected to pay a tenth of their income (a tithe) to the church. Heretical sects (those which did not support Catholic doctrine) would be suppressed. This question seems designed to paint a negative picture of the church. People
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The institution that controlled education in western Europe during the middle ages was the church. It changed in the late Middle Ages when universities began to gain more independence‚ the students had control. 2.) Students were expected to study the trivium and the quadrivium‚ which consisted of subjects such as grammar‚ rhetoric‚ and logic. It also focuses on showing appreciation for Latin classics‚ elegance in writing Latin verse and prose‚ as well as the systematic conduct of reasoning and thought
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From the Middle Ages to the Renaissance‚ Europe underwent a great deal of changes in culture‚ most notably art and religion. In the Middle Ages‚ people were more focused on the religion and spirituality‚ whereas during the Renaissance‚ the focus was more secular: right here and now as humans on Earth. Although these periods differ in many ways‚ three of the most notable changes were in architecture‚ art‚ and philosophy. Architecture shifted from religious admiration to classic inspiration between
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Homework 3: Middle Childhood Development Middle childhood is the period of life between the years of 6 to 12‚ were children are going to school‚ making friends outside their family mastering new physical and mental abilities and also becoming more and more independent. During these years the child also faces new challenges that it can be both stressful for the parents and child leading to having an effect on the child’s development. While looking back to my childhood pictures I was able to
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Instrumental Conditioning Introduction Instrumental conditioning was introduced by B.F. Skinner as a learning process with an rewards and punishment system. This type of system is set up to enforce or reinforce the punishment system that is in place to decrease the possibility that a behavior will happen again later in the future. In instrumental conditioning there are some components that will be discussed like positive reinforcers which means‚ if a person is good they will be awarded after
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During the Middle Ages‚ almost every aspect of life was largely influenced by God‚ those that were not influenced by religion were influenced by current rulers. This influence of religion throughout the Middle Ages can be seen in architecture‚ writings‚ and music. Most buildings of this time were erected to show the power of God and the small unimportance of man. The buildings encompassed the power of God by having huge towers that pointed to the heavens. The music of this time was influenced
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