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    The music from the Middle ages was very worship based. Most of the music seemed to be created to help people of that time grow closer to the churches. I could hear in the pieces I listened to the connection the music had to prayer and worship. The music form was strophic in nature and repeated itself. Even though I could not understand the words in most of the songs‚ the melody created an expression of calmness and meditation. Very relaxing and calming to make a connecting to what they were

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    The Comparison of Music from the Middle Ages and Renaissance Period The Middle Ages and Renaissance periods saw a dramatic evolution of music and the development of the notation system that has continued to evolve through our present day. Both eras of music had baselines that were the same‚ while they each had their own quality that makes them unique. Composers from both eras were very successful and their music is still heard today. Two types of music developed during the Middle Ages were sacred

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    Music History 1st year midterm notes Chapter V: The Middle Ages and the Evolution of Polyphony Early Middle Ages (5th-10th century) High Middle Ages (11th-13th century) Late Middle Ages (14th-15th century) Composers: Hildegard of Bingen (1098-1179) Songs composed Plainchant Sequence: Comlumba Aspexit About: -german writer‚ composer‚ philosopher‚ christian‚ and visionary -had visions and later recognized as a gift from god. -was sent to the church in god’s service‚ due to her

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    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

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    Life during the Harlem Renaissance was full of music‚ dancing‚ and different art forms. The Harlem Renaissance was an exciting era for African Americans. From music to writing‚ African American culture was spreading in the north‚ the mecca being Harlem in New York. This movement could not have happened without the Great Migration. The Great Migration was an emigration of 6 million African Americans from the south to the north. This move occurred because of a boll weevil epidemic that caused

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    Select 3 musical examples of Renaissance music‚ and describe their musical form. How do these pieces differ in texture from the Medieval period? In “Greensleves”‚ the musical form would be binary with two parts that both relate to each other such as a statement and a counterstatement also known as the AB form. “Country jig” also has a binary musical form with part A being repeated after part B. “ La girometta” has a ternary form with a statement‚ contrast‚ and return or ABA’. These pieces each

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    Renaissance ------------------------------------------------- Top of Form 1. The frottola and the lauda were both strophic songs set syllabically to music in four parts. The frottola was secular and the lauda was sacred. A True B False | 2. The most important secular form in France in the 16th century was the___________. Pierre Attaingnant published about 1500 of these pieces. A chanson B madrigal C lute song D frottola | 3. Secular songs in 16th c. France often used sounds that were descriptive

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    Renaissance is the term used to describe the period of European history that saw a renewed interest in the arts. The Renaissance began in 14th¬century Italy and spread to the rest of Europe in the 16th and 17th centuries. In this period‚ the fragmented feudal society of the Middle Ages‚ with its agricultural economy and church¬dominated intellectual and cultural life‚ was transformed into a society increasingly dominated by central political institutions‚ with an urban‚ commercial economy and lay

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    The Renaissance From the fall of the Holy Roman Empire to there was a dark age in Europe where all technology and thinking stopped. Europe was a battleground for feudal lords and their knights trying to control the surrounding territories. The dark ages started to end when Pope Urban the 2nd called for the crusades of the holy lands and the city of Jerusalem. The renaissance began in Italy‚ and spreading to the rest of Europe by the 16th century‚ its influence was felt in literature‚ philosophy

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    | The Renaissance has been described as consisting of "a rebirth of the human spirit‚ a realization of the human potential for development." It occurred during the 14th -17th centuries in Europe. During the 1400s and 1500s in mostly Italy there was a major change that took place in all aspects of life. This was called the Renaissance and was a movement that helped gives rebirth to culture and the arts. This movement went away from the medieval times that had forced a feudalist system on its

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