Renaissance Flashcards
(16 cards)
What years was the renaissance from?
1400-1600
What is contenance angloise?
The “English guise” which is characterized as a “new way of composing with lively consonances. Dominated by 3rds, 5ths, and 6ths.
What is Cantus Firmus?
A fixed melody that served as the basis of a composition.
What is Pervading imitation?
A series of musical ideas are stated imitatively in all voices throughout an entire work or section of a work. All voices more or less equal.
What type of texture did renaissance music use?
A direct connection between words and music.
What is a tactus?
A steady pulse throughout a piece rather than stressed downbeats.
How did the mass change in the renaissance?
Cyclic and movements linked together by a cantos firms or shared thematic ideas.
What are the movements of the cyclic mass?
Kyrie, Gloria, Credo, Sanctus, Angus Dei
What were the four styles Josquin preferred?
Cantus firmus, Canon, Paraphrase, Imitation - changed textures often
What is paraphrase?
involves borrowing an existing melodic idea from a different work but elaborating it freely in all voices of a new work.
What is a renaissance motet?
Polyphonic latin text. Sacred writing. Any setting of a chant. Early instances of word painting.
What is music ficta?
The practice of sharpening or flattening certain notes even though they aren’t notated as such.
What is a madrigal?
a secular vocal composition for three or more voices all playing an equal role. Available for amateurs. 4 voices earlier, 5 voices later.
What does through-composed mean?
Setting each line of text to essentially new music. Allowed for explicit word painting. Stylistic of madrigal.
Composers of Madrigals?
Early: Arcadelt, Mid: de Rore, Late: Marenzio - Solo e pensoso
Who was an english madrigal composer?
Thomas Morley - Now is the Month of Maying.
