One of Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina’s most famous pieces from the Renaissance was Sicut Cervus‚ a motet that bases itself off the first two phrases from Psalm 42 (41). The piece was scored for four voices‚ presumably for a soprano‚ alto‚ base‚ and tenor‚ and all four voices seemed to act almost independent of each other. Obviously the existence of various voices means the piece has a polyphonic texture‚ but interestingly it is actually imitative polyphony‚ meaning that all voices have are reading
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many outstanding composers comes out during this period. Such as Hilegard von Bingen‚ Guillaume de Machaut‚ and Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina. And Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina was the most 2 important composer during this period. He was an Italian Renaissance composer of sacred music and the best-known 16th-century representative of the Roman School of musical composition. Palestrina ranks with Lassus and Byrd as one of the greatest Renaissance masters. As a prolific composer of masses‚ motets
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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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Analysis 5 Sicut Cervus Intro: Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina was an Italian Renaissance composer of spiritual music and the bestknown 16thcentury representative of the Roman School of musical composition. He has had a marvelous influence on the development of church music‚ and his work has often been seen as the culmination of Renaissance polyphony. Palestrina’s masses show how his compositional style developed over time. One of the symbols of Palestrina’s music is that dissonances are
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pages 62 and 63 about Hildegard of Bingen. Know the term humanism (75) and the effects it had on the composition of liturgical music. More terms: motet (76) a cappella (77) imitation (76) madrigal (82) word painting (83) Read up on Palestrina (78-81)‚ the Counter-Reformation and the Missa Papae Marcelli (Mass for Pope Marcellus). Read about Josquin Desprez (75-77) and Thomas Weelkes (83). Begin listening to the following
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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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The Renaissance spanned across over two centuries‚ beginning in the opening years of the 15th century and extending through to the 16th century‚ into the early years of the 17th century.[1] The duchy of Burgundy was a center of “French culture and civilisation”[2] and cultivated music with much vigour. The immense wealth enabled dukes to maintain at Dijon one of the most magnificent courts in Europe. The influence of the Dukes of Burgundy was great during the Renaissance‚ ruling much of northern
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Middle Ages Dates: 1. What was going historically during this era? What was life like? 2. Who or what had the power? 3. Who were learned or literate? 4. Who were allowed to sing in church? 5. Most of the music that was notated during the middle ages was sacred or secular? 6. Was most medieval music vocal? 7. What is Gregorian Chant? Discuss its origin‚ texture‚ melody‚ rhythm‚ text. How did it receive its name? What is its purpose? 8. When chant was notated‚ was the rhythm notated or
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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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music became so popular and it says‚ “The clear textures and text declamation which Josquin employed set the stage not only for the next developments of technical harmony‚ but for the clarity and conciseness demanded by the Counter-Reformation of Palestrina et al. as well. Josquin’s output displays a rare combination of innovation and accomplished technical mastery‚ and has retained for him a position as the most prominent composer of the early sixteenth century‚ perhaps the high point of Western music
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