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PUERTILLANO, SYDNEY G.
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Learning Task 4:
Performance Settings:
1. Medieval:
- Medieval music was both sacred and secular. During the earlier medieval period,
the liturgical genre, predominantly Gregorian chant, was monophonic. Polyphonic
genres began to develop during the high medieval era, becoming prevalent by
the later thirteenth and early fourteenth century.
2. Renaissance:
- Renaissance music is vocal and instrumental music written and performed in
Europe during the Renaissance era. Secular music absorbed techniques from
sacred music, and vice versa. Popular secular forms such as the chanson and
madrigal spread throughout Europe.
3. Baroque:
- The Baroque period is divided into three major phases: early, middle, and late.
Overlapping in time, they are conventionally dated from 1580 to 1650, from 1630
to 1700, and from 1680 to 1750. Baroque music forms a major portion of the
"classical music" canon, and is now widely studied, performed, and listened to.
The term "baroque" comes from the Portuguese word barroco, meaning
"misshapen pearl".