Renaissance Music

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Renaissance Music
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Renaissance Music
rebirth

• Renaissance means ________
• Occurred from the middle 15th c. to end of 16th
  c.
• Originated in Italy

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Renaissance - Artists
Rafael

• Which artist painted this painting?
• Leonardo da Vinci, Raphael, or Michelangelo

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Renaissance - Artists
Da Vinci

• Which artist painted this painting?
• Leonardo da Vinci, Raphael, or Michelangelo

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Renaissance - Artists

• Which artist painted this painting?
• Leonardo da Vinci, Raphael, or Michelangelo

Michelangelo
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Renaissance - Artists
Da Vinci

• Which artist painted this painting?
• Leonardo da Vinci, Raphael, or Michelangelo

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Reformation

• The Reformation was an attempt to rid the
  Catholic church of corruption abuse and to make
  religious practices available to every man
  woman by making music in the common language.
• Led by Martin Luther, who wanted people to
  participate in the service rather than
  listen to chants by clergy or choir.
• Luther wrote hymns or chorales

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Counter-Reformation

• Counter-Reformation was led by the Catholic
  Church to revive Catholic principles
• Polyphonic music was further developed

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Printing

• Music began to be printed around 1473 using
  carved woodblocks
• 1501 1st printing of polyphonic music, using
  movable type.
• As printed music was more accessible, people
  learned to read music, to sing to play
  instruments.

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Josquin Desprez (c1440 - 1521)

• Name pronounced (zhoz'ka? da-pra')
• Frenchman who spent most of adult life in Italy
• 1459-72 - Singer Milan Cathedral
• 1474 Singer at Sforza family private chapel,
  Milan
• 1476-79 Served Cardinal Sforza, Rome
• 1486-99 Singer in papal choir, Rome
• 1499 Returned to France

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Josquin Desprez (c1440 - 1521)

• Living in Italy brought him into contact with
  music that was more fluent flexible.
• His music was free from the formula of the chant
• Used varied rhythms rich harmonies
• Brought emotion into music

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Palestrina (c1525 - 1594)

• Born as Giovanni Pierluigi in Palestrina
  (small town near Rome)
• Known by hometown instead of his name
• Spent his entire life devoted to service in Rome
• Served in various positions in Catholic churches
  in Rome included organist, choir director music
  teacher

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Palestrina (c1525 - 1594)

• Living at the center of the Catholic Church
  caused his music to be in line with the
  Counter-Reformation
• He was less free to experiment
• Mastered imitative style, which was the main
  characteristic of Renaissance music
• His phrases tend to overlap
• Regarded as model of Renaissance polyphony

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Missa brevis Kyrie (1570)
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