"Motets and madrigals" Essays and Research Papers

Sort By:
Satisfactory Essays
Good Essays
Better Essays
Powerful Essays
Best Essays
Page 3 of 37 - About 369 Essays
  • Good Essays

    Music Notes

    • 380 Words
    • 2 Pages

    the chanson and the motet. false Tielman Susato was well known for his work as:  a music printer.  b)  a composer.  c)  an. instrumentalist  d)  all of the above The madrigal flourished principally in France.   b)  False The Susato dances are examples of which kind of instrumental dance?   ronde Specific instruments to be used were often identified in the musical scores for Renaissance dance music. false Arcadelt emphasizes the last line of the poem in the madrigal by not repeating it

    Premium Renaissance music Music

    • 380 Words
    • 2 Pages
    Good Essays
  • Good Essays

    Unit 4 Text Questions

    • 378 Words
    • 2 Pages

    1. What were the three forms of English madrigals? Describe each type. Madrigal Proper: In this form‚ the madrigal was through-composed. It used quite a bit of word-painting‚ which is the matching of music to the words in the text. The Ballet: This form of madrigal was lighter in style than the madrigal proper and it was often danced to as well as sung. The Ayre: This form of madrigal is performed in a number of different ways‚ including with or without accompaniment. 2. What

    Premium Printing press Renaissance Renaissance music

    • 378 Words
    • 2 Pages
    Good Essays
  • Good Essays

    Machaut (1300-1377/Ars Nova) Songs Composed Polyphonic Progression: Dame‚ de qui toute ma joie vient Quant en moi About: -Medieval French poet and composer -part of the musical movement known as Ars Nova -helped developed the motet and secular song forms -survived the black death/plague -composed 400 poems‚ 235 ballades‚ 76 rondeux‚ 39 virelais‚ 24 lais‚ 10 complaintes and 7 chansons royales. -majority of his poems reflect on the conventions of courtly love. Chapter

    Premium Baroque music Renaissance music Middle Ages

    • 1302 Words
    • 6 Pages
    Good Essays
  • Good Essays

    William Byrd Essay

    • 636 Words
    • 3 Pages

    era who is best known for his collection of masses‚ motets‚ anthems‚ services‚ fantasias‚ and secular works and is considered a master of all genres during his time. He was the son of Thomas and Margery Byrd. Records do not indicate the real date of his birth‚ but researchers believe he was born between the years of 1539 and 1540 in London‚ England. He was mostly known for sacred music written in Latin and secular music specifically his madrigals. The beginning of his musical training started at the

    Premium Music England Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    • 636 Words
    • 3 Pages
    Good Essays
  • Satisfactory Essays

    The answers to the Text questions are worth 75 points. 75-70=A 69-64=B 63-56=C 55-50=D 49 or less = F Review Questions (5 points each) 1. What were the three forms of English madrigals? Describe each type. Madrigal Proper- through composed‚ used quite a bit of word-painting. The Ballet- Lighter in style than the Madrigal Proper and it was often danced to as well as sung. It is considered strophic music. The Ayre- Performed in many different ways‚

    Premium Music Musical notation Mathematics

    • 657 Words
    • 3 Pages
    Satisfactory Essays
  • Powerful Essays

    History of Western Music

    • 2730 Words
    • 11 Pages

    History Of Western Music Chapter #1  Direct unison-everyone in an ensemble sings the music together  Antiphony-alternations of groups of singers  Responsorial-alteration of soloist and group of singers  Contrafactum-take a set melody and replace existing lyrics with new ones  Gregorian chant- also known as : “Carolinian chant”‚ monophonic‚ limited melodic range‚ unmeasured rhythm‚ based on modes :  Syllabic-one note per syllable  Neumatic-2-6 notes per syllable  Melismatic-many notes per

    Premium Gregorian chant Music

    • 2730 Words
    • 11 Pages
    Powerful Essays
  • Good Essays

    palestrina music

    • 558 Words
    • 2 Pages

    Giovanni Palestrina‚ an Italian composer of the Renaissance‚ was born in February 3rd 1525/26 in Palestrina and died in February 2nd 1594 in Rome. As a child he moved Rome. By the age of 12 he was one of the choirboys at the basilica of Sta. Maria Maggiore‚ where he studied music between 1537 and 1539. In 1544‚ when he was 19 years old‚ he went back to his native town where he was made the organist of the cathedral‚ St. Agapito. Three years(1547) later he got married and had three boys. In 1551

    Premium Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina

    • 558 Words
    • 2 Pages
    Good Essays
  • Good Essays

    Claudio Monteverdi

    • 468 Words
    • 2 Pages

    singer and violist‚ then rose to the post of Maestro Di Cappella. He worked at the court of Vincenzo I of Gonzaga in Mantua as a vocalist and viol player and later as the court conductor in 1602. Between 1587 and 1605 he published five volumes of Madrigals; First opera was Orfeo; 1608 he completed a second opera‚ Arianna; in 1632; He became a priest in the San Marco Cathedral in Venice- where he wrote both religious music and operas; Final opera L’ Incoronazione di Poppea.; Financial Situation-

    Premium Baroque music

    • 468 Words
    • 2 Pages
    Good Essays
  • Good Essays

    wrote three volumes of the Masses‚ over 100 motets and an English dance. He often used point of imitation‚ which is a musical passage that has a tiny musical phrase imitated among many voices. He also used overlapping cadences‚ where the imitations begin before or at same time a previous statement ends. This allows the motion to continue. The predominant texture in Josquin’s motet Ave Maria...virgo serena is imitative polyphony. The text of Josquin’s motet Ave Maria...virgo serena‚ praises the virtues

    Premium Music Baroque music Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    • 971 Words
    • 4 Pages
    Good Essays
  • Good Essays

    joint monopoly between the two to import‚ print‚ publish‚ and sell music‚ as well as printing music paper. In that same year‚ the two made their first work: Cantiones sacrae (sacred songs)‚ which included 34 motets (vocal music). They split the work between them‚ having Byrd write 18 of the motets and Tallis write 16. Two years later‚ Byrd moved his family to Harlington‚ Middlesex.

    Premium Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Ludwig van Beethoven Music

    • 334 Words
    • 2 Pages
    Good Essays
Page 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 37