The Middle Ages and The Renaissance
Music Notation: Gregorian Chant
dance music played by instruments
Late Middle Ages: secular music notated
organized rhythm
beginnings of polyphony (combining melodies)
monophonic music
The Middle Ages
two traditions
Sacred music and secular music
Music of the folk tradition
Gregorian Chant
Late Renaissance (late 16th century):polyphony begins to lose its grip on music
instrumental music at St. Mark's, Venice
Dance music
Renaissance Instruments
the recorder
The harpsichord
the viol
The Lute
Secular Renaissance Music: In local languages: English, French, Sanish, etc.
Dowland: FLow My Tears- a lute song
Thomas Weelkes: As Vesta Was Descending
Sacred Renaissance Music: Latin language
Palestrina: Pope Marcellus Mass
Josquin: Ave Maria
The Renaissance
invention of choral polyphony- early 15th century
beginnings of imatative polyphony
polyphony and rhythm further organized
