A Cappella
Religious Music• Religious music was still very
important. • Choral music of the
Renaissance was an extension of the Gregorian chant. It was sung a cappella and sung in Latin.
• Motets were popular during this time.
• A motet is a polyphonic work with four or five voice parts singing one religious text.
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Giovanni Palestrina• Giovanni Palestrina was
one the Renaissance period's most important composers.
• He was Italian. He wrote mostly religious works.
• He is considered one of the great masters of Renaissance music. He wrote motets, madrigals, and masses.
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Musical Mass• The musical mass was an
important part of the Catholic Church's religious service. Each part of the celebration would have a different musical number. The mass would be sung in Latin. Here is the order in which the music would be performed:
• Kyrie means God. This is the first piece in a musical mass.
• Gloria means Glory and follows the Kyrie.
• Credo means Creed of Belief. It follows the Gloria.
• Sanctus means Holy. It follows credo.
• Benedicts means Blessed. It follows Sanctus.
• Dei Angus Dei means Lamb of God. It follows Benedict.
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Dances• Dancing was a favorite
pastime during the Renaissance.
• Educated people were expected to know how to dance.
• There were simple dances that were usually danced in chains or circles.
• There were also more difficult dances that required lots of practice.
• Dancing encouraged new forms of instrumental compositions. Many songs were written just for dancing.
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Popular Dance moves• Here are some popular
Renaissance dances:• Branle: In this quick French
dance the performers swing from side to side. It's preformed in a circle or a chain.
• Pavane: This was a slow dance in an even meter where couples would walk in pairs.
• Galliard: This dance follows the Pavane. It's in an odd meter and is lively and complicated. It can also be danced in couples.
• Allemande :This is a simple dance in an even meter that can be danced in a group moving forward or backward. Daily life in The Renaissance
By: Jeffrey l. Singman
Dancing• Dancing was important in the
Renaissance. • Dancing was an elegant form
of exercise and an expected social skill for the noble.
• There were basically two types of social dances in the Renaissance.
The Middle Ages
By: H.R. Loyn
Dance of Renaissance• Dancing in the Renaissance
also brought about some new instrumental compositions written primarily for dancing.
• The dance music of the Renaissance was written for instruments such as the sackbut, lute, viol, pipe and the tabor.
• Some of the music was still improvised, but a good portion of the dance pieces were published in collections by Pierre Attaingnant.
• Encyclopedia of the Renaissance By: David Rundle
instruments• There was a growth in
instrumental music, especially the lute and keyboard.
• The most popular instrument of the Renaissance was the lute.
• It was during this period that families of instruments started to develop.
• These families were called consorts. This is where we get the word concert comes from.
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Work Citied Page• Loyn, h r. The middle ages. N.p.: n.p., n.d. Print• rundle, David. Encyclopedia of the renaissance. N.p.: n.p., n.d.
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