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GreensleevesGreensleevesGreensleevesGreensleeves
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Famous tune written during the Renaissance era
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Said to have been written by King Henry VIII
Gregorian ChantGregorian ChantGregorian ChantGregorian Chant
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Sung in a cappella
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Religious music was very important in the Renaissance era
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Choral music was an extension of the Gregorian Chant
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L LL LuteuteuteuteGiovanni PalestrinaGiovanni PalestrinaGiovanni PalestrinaGiovanni Palestrina
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Wrote motets, madrigals, and masses
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One the Renaissance period's most importantcomposers
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Italian composer
Madrigal Madrigal Madrigal Madrigal
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PPPPolyphonicolyphonicolyphonicolyphonicwork, which means it has many musical lines of equal importance
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Performed in groups of four, five or six
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Usually love songs
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MM Motetotetotetotet
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Work of four or five voice parts singing one religious text
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Similar to Madrigal, except these are religious works
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