The Evolution of the Motet The Evolution of the Motet Throughout the history of music‚ there have been few styles that not only have opened doors to masterwork compositions in their own genres‚ but have also led the way to other musical techniques over the musical eras and one of these magical music styles is the motet. The motet can easily be confused with other musical structures but what separates the motet from other types of group-performance based styles of music is "a piece of music
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The motet was one of the most important forms of polyphonic music from 1250 to 1750. The Italian mottetto was originally a profane polyphonic species of music‚ the air‚ or melody‚ being in the Tenor clef‚ taking the then acknowledged place of the canto fermo or plainchant‚ theme. It originated in the 13th century resulting from the practice of Pérotin and his contemporaries in Paris. The term "motet" can be translated as "the word of movement". Sometimes two upper voices had different words. In the
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A motet can be defined as an unaccompanied choral or composition based on a sacred Latin text. There are some exceptions‚ such as motets that have secular text or instrumental accompaniment. In general‚ motets normally used religious texts that were not used in the mass. Motets were often polyphonic‚ meaning that there were multiple vocal parts sung simultaneously. Motets started to be written during the medieval period and then developed throughout time and was most known throughout the Renaissance
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Ancient to Baroque‚ USA: Norton & Co‚ 1990 Kennedy‚ Michael. Concise Dictionary of Music‚ Oxford: Oxford University Press‚ 1996. Naumann‚ Emil. The History of Music. London‚ Paris‚ New York‚ Melbourne: Cassel & Company‚ 1900. Pesce‚ Dolores‚ Hearing the Motet‚ (New York: Oxford University Press)‚ 1997. Reese‚ Gustave. Music in the Renaissance‚ (USA: Vail-Ballou Press‚ 1954‚ USA Richolson Sollitt‚ Edna Russano Hanning‚ Barbra. A Concise History of Western Music. New York: Norton & Co‚ 1998. Fallows‚ David
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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
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Table of Contents BACKGROUND OF THE RENAISSANCE ERA 1 THE ‘REBIRTH’ OF RENAISSANCE MUSIC 3 THE FAMOUS COMPOSERS 4 SACRED AND SECULAR VOCAL GENRES IN THE RENAISSANCE 10 SACRED VOCAL GENRES: 10 SECULAR VOCAL GENRES: 10 INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC: 11 CHARACTERISTICS OF RENAISSANCE MUSIC 14 Words and Music 14 Texture 14 Rhythm and Melody 15 RENAISSANCE MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS 16 Recorders and flutes 17 Shawm 17 Dulcian 17 References 18 BACKGROUND OF THE
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The development of vocal music is a wide spread journey‚ filled with many changes and branching off of core ideals. In order to understand the origins of the music we listen to today‚ we must understand the past‚ and how music has developed. Three periods vital to the development of vocal music includes the Middle Ages‚ the Renaissance‚ and the Baroque era. The music of the Middle ages was very religious. According to Music: The Art of Listening‚ the only type of music that was even recognized that
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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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make to Renaissance music? A Franco-Flemish composer who was born in Brussels‚ he was a prolific composer and one of the most influential of the fifteenth century. He wrote music in almost every musical form available at the time‚ including chants‚ motets‚ chorales‚ and Masses. 5. Who was William Byrd? What contributions did he make to Renaissance music? An Englishman born in 1543; was one composer who created consort music. He is sometimes considered one of the first "geniuses" of the keyboard and
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FACULTY OF MUSIC Western Art Music ( MUF106 ) LECTURER : Prof. Madya Hanizah Hj. Musib STUDENT NAME : NUMBER ID : COURSE : MUF106 - Western art music TITLE : Secular Music in the Middle Ages Secular music is non-religious music. Secular means worldly. Secular music developed in the Medieval period and was used in the Renaissance. Secular music in the Middle Ages included love songs‚ dances‚ and dramatic works. This music was not bound by the traditions of the Church
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