late madrigals were presented. Monteverdi’s Cruda Amarilli highlighted how the harmonic language of seconda practica broke existing harmonic rules to express the text. Most of the expression presents itself through dissonances on words such as "amaramente" and "l’aspido‚" all relating to the feelings of discord or distress. The second piece was Caccini’s Vedrò ’l mio sol‚ classified as a solo madrigal because of its monody. This piece highlights the change from having multi-voice madrigals to one
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smooth style of 16th century polyphony. It speaks of a deer longing for spring‚ a soul longing for you‚ and God. He had written three sections of music‚ with parts taken out then added in. Palestrina wrote this piece as the first part of a double motet. Musical Content In this piece‚ Palestrina is using metaphoric context to describe how an individual longing for God is exactly how a deer longs for springs of water. It starts out with the tenor part singing “ As the deer longs for springs of
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Everyone knows what music is and that different instruments make many sounds‚ but do people know how preceding generations formed and influenced their descendants’ music? Not a lot of people know the changes that music went through during certain time periods. The Renaissance was a rebirth of creativity and a change in many areas. There were political‚ economic‚ and religious events in the periods around 1400-1600 that led to many changes. During the Renaissance‚ music was used for religious reasons
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Dunstable: * Guillaume Dufay: * Gilles Binchois: * Chapel: A group of salaried musicians and clerics employed by a ruler‚ nobleman‚ church official‚ or other patron‚ who officiate at and furnish music for religious services. * Cantilena (motet) : (Latin‚ "song") POLYPHONIC song not based on a CANTUS FIRMUS; used especially for polyphonic songs by English composers of the late thirteenth through early fifteenth centuries. * Paraphrase: Technique in which a CHANT or other MELODY is reworked
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The English Renaissance One of the many reasons I like this period in history is because towards the end of the Middle Ages‚ various changes had occurred in society throughout Europe‚ which had led to the development of arts. The beginning of the English Renaissance is often taken‚ as a convenience‚ as 1485‚ when the Battle of Bosworth Field ended the Wars of the Roses and inaugurated the Tudor Dynasty. But Renaissance style and ideas were slow in penetrating England‚ and
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Music has evolved too many different forms that we recognize today. We trace this development throughout time. Beginning in the middle ages‚ we have seen advancement from the Gregorian chant all the way to the Jazz of the 20th century. The current events‚ politics‚ religion‚ technology and composers can shape musical eras during time. Here I will look at the middle ages‚ renaissance‚ baroque‚ classical‚ romantic and twentieth century periods. I hope that a better understanding can be reached
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Listening Exam - Music History 1 Epitaph of Seikilos Song (epigram) First Century C.E. * sung in Greek Brief song inscribed on a tombstone dating from the 1st century C.E. The singer is accompanied by a lyre or other plucked string instrument The music follows the rhythms of the text (melody) The poem sung is an ‘epigram’ (a short verse that makes a pointed remark) Uses vocal notes of the diatonic Iastian tonos There are major 3rds that begin or end the last 3 phrases (bright sounding)
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referred to him as the first master of high renaissance music. (His impact on music). Over the course of his life Josquin may have produced over one hundred and fifty works; made up of nineteen masses‚ nine possible mass fragments‚ sixty one motets‚ three motet-chansons‚ sixty one chansons‚ and three frottole. Because of his wide array of styles and the shear volume of his work it has been difficult for historians to actually attribute and confirm that all of the works mention before actually belong
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Ostinatos- sections of music that are repeated several times throughout the song. Pavane and galliard- a set of dances‚ the 1st is a slow dance‚ the 2nd is a variation of the first dance. A favorite in several countries in the 16th century. Polychoral motets- pieces of music set for 2 or more choirs Prelude- used to introduce a piece of music‚ often improvised Ricercare‚ ricercar- a type of prelude‚ originally short and improvised Sackbut- the Renaissance instrument that evolved into what we now call
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Tomás Luis de Victoria was born in Avila Spain in 1548‚ he was the seventh of 11 children. At a young age‚ he became a choirboy and studied under many Spanish composers. In 1562 Victoria went to Rome to study music at Jesuit Collegio Germanico. While in Rome many believed‚ Victoria studied under the maestro di cappella Palestrina. In September 1571 Victoria began teaching music at Jesuit Collegio Germanico‚ and shortly after became the maestro di cappella. In 1583 Victoria expressed his wishes of
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