Music has evolved too many different forms that we recognize today. We trace this development throughout time. Beginning in the middle ages‚ we have seen advancement from the Gregorian chant all the way to the Jazz of the 20th century. The current events‚ politics‚ religion‚ technology and composers can shape musical eras during time. Here I will look at the middle ages‚ renaissance‚ baroque‚ classical‚ romantic and twentieth century periods. I hope that a better understanding can be reached
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Listening Exam - Music History 1 Epitaph of Seikilos Song (epigram) First Century C.E. * sung in Greek Brief song inscribed on a tombstone dating from the 1st century C.E. The singer is accompanied by a lyre or other plucked string instrument The music follows the rhythms of the text (melody) The poem sung is an ‘epigram’ (a short verse that makes a pointed remark) Uses vocal notes of the diatonic Iastian tonos There are major 3rds that begin or end the last 3 phrases (bright sounding)
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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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referred to him as the first master of high renaissance music. (His impact on music). Over the course of his life Josquin may have produced over one hundred and fifty works; made up of nineteen masses‚ nine possible mass fragments‚ sixty one motets‚ three motet-chansons‚ sixty one chansons‚ and three frottole. Because of his wide array of styles and the shear volume of his work it has been difficult for historians to actually attribute and confirm that all of the works mention before actually belong
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The English Renaissance One of the many reasons I like this period in history is because towards the end of the Middle Ages‚ various changes had occurred in society throughout Europe‚ which had led to the development of arts. The beginning of the English Renaissance is often taken‚ as a convenience‚ as 1485‚ when the Battle of Bosworth Field ended the Wars of the Roses and inaugurated the Tudor Dynasty. But Renaissance style and ideas were slow in penetrating England‚ and
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Tomás Luis de Victoria was born in Avila Spain in 1548‚ he was the seventh of 11 children. At a young age‚ he became a choirboy and studied under many Spanish composers. In 1562 Victoria went to Rome to study music at Jesuit Collegio Germanico. While in Rome many believed‚ Victoria studied under the maestro di cappella Palestrina. In September 1571 Victoria began teaching music at Jesuit Collegio Germanico‚ and shortly after became the maestro di cappella. In 1583 Victoria expressed his wishes of
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improved the techniques other composer had been using for years. This statement by McCobb sums up the reasons Desprez was honored so much for his music. His style allowed him to compose over a hundred motets and many other works while he was alive. Polyphonic imitation was a common technique in motets. Polyphonic imitation is where one musical line shares or imitates the same musical theme as the proceeding line. One song by Desprez‚ titled Ave Maria- Virgo Serena‚ uses polyphonic imitation all throughout
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French Music: The Past French Music‚ Musicians‚ and composers have both influenced and been influenced by the world with mass quantities of styles of genres. Among the earliest of these styles are those of the Church. The earliest French influence on western music is found in the plainsong of the Christian Church. It is believed that Gregorian chant as it is known today is an 8th- or 9th-century Gallican interpretation of Roman chant‚ but it is difficult to distinguish the Gallican work from
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religious to secular music. Two important composers through this musical change were Machaut and De Vitry. Philippe De Vitry‚ In Arborist demonstrates a polyphonic style that is similar to Leonins Viderunt Omnes. This new style of music was called a motet. A motet is a polyphonic vocal composition. In Arborist takes a new approach of adding
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Good afternoon‚ my name Thomas Tallis. I am considered as one of England’s greatest composers of medieval church music. Today I shall be giving a small overview of my past living life and musical career. I was born around 1505‚ in Kent‚ maybe. Your historians deem me as a shadowy character‚ and so they don’t know for sure. Frankly‚ I don’t remember either‚ but that’s besides the point. Anyways‚ moving on‚ I was a choirboy of the Chapel Royal when I was young‚ and that’s where I gained most of
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