The Age Of Huminism/Renaissance Flashcards
(8 cards)
What was the age of huminism
The church began to lose their power as science became more of a viable thought thus changing the churches authority over most things including the music.
A time where people gained more freedom and individuality
What is ars antiqua and ars nova
Ars Antiqua is the old ways of thinking
Ars Nova is the new ideas of thinking
What was music like in the beginning of the renaissance
Drones: single accompaniment
establishes tonal centre
Cantus firmus: additional voices singing melodies pitch higher than the original
Canon or round: Melody lines repeated at different times and sequences
When did the renaissance start
1450-1600
What was the council of Trent
The council of trans main goal was trying to bring people back to church. Their solution was through music that would entertain rather than pray and proclaim to God.
What was religious music like in the renaissance?
Renaissance Moutet: always religious based more morphed from traditional masses, imitative, polyphony word, painting
Corral: written in strophic form, which is same melody, different words mostly in German religious based off scriptures and poems normally sung with four separate voices, Bach contributed to this
Requiem: pieces wrote for the dead structured similarly to older traditional masses often in Latin a direct translation is give them rest
What was secular music of the Renaissance like?
One. Not much existed.
Two. Idea of Motets can be secular or sacred mostly in Latin for a church purposes. It is always sacred.
Three. Magic golfs: mostly secular, written in vernacular language, meaning everybody understood, text describes pastoral scenes affairs of the heart word painting is used to identify the expression, hidden sexual meetings with the most of the songs sang and small groups.
What were the secular renaissance music instruments?
– Loot – harpsichord – clavichord–viol–shawm – trumpet
