MUSIC OF RENAISSANCE

PERIOD (1400-1600)
VOCAL MUSIC
OBJECTIVES:
Listen perceptively to selected vocal
and instrumental music of
Renaissance period
Describe musical elements of given
renaissance period
 GUIDE QUESTIONS:
1. What are the vocal music of the
Renaissance period?
2. What is mass and its characteristics?
3. What is madrigal music and its
characteristics?
MASS
A form of sacred musical
composition that set texts of the
Eucharistic liturgy into music
CHARACTERISTICS OF THE MASS
Polyphonic
May be sung in a capella or with
orchestral accompaniment
Text may be syllabic, neumatic,
melismatic
 FIVE MAIN SECTIONS OF MASS
1. Kyrie
2. Gloria
3. Credo
4. Sanctus and benedictus
5. Agnus Dei
 MASS
Video/audio presentation of a mass
MADRIGAL
Secular vocal polyphonic music
composition
Written and expressed in peotic text
Sung during courtly gatherings
CHARACTERICTICS OF MADRIGAL
MUSIC
Polyphonic
Sung a capella
Through-composed
Frequently in 3 to 6 voices
MADRIGAL
Video/audio presentation of
madrigal music
EXERCISE
Video/audio presentation of
madrigal music
REFERENCE
WORDS TO PONDER
Video/audio presentation of
madrigal music