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Renaissance Music by Beatriz
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The Renaissance was a cultural movement developed from the 15th to the 17th century. It started in Italy in the late Middle Ages and later spread to the rest of Europe. Renaissance music is European music written during the period. It usually divided into three periods. -Early Renaissance music. -Middle Renaissance music. -Late Renaissance music. Sacred music was still in a dominant position, secular music was becoming more common and its forms more cultivated than in the previous era. In comparison with medieval music, Renaissance harmony is more expressive, this period is known as ''the golden age of polyphony''.
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Texture, in music, describes the melodic and harmonic relationships and the density of the simultaneous different musical components.
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| Monophonic music:
It is the simplest texture. There is no harmony and there is only one line of tune.
Medieval music is always monophonic. |
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| Polyphonic music:
It is a more complex texture. There is more than one tune played at the same time.
It was developed during the Renaissance period. |
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| Homophonic:
Is is a texture where the lines of music move at the same time.
Melodies and chords are good examples of this. |
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Renaissance instruments
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| Harpsicord:
Its has vertical strings that are plucked by a metal quill. The number of strings played at one time is regulated by stops, similar to those on an organ. |
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| Sackbut:
I was an early kind of trombone. The bell was much smaller than the present-day instrument. The tone was quite round and mellow tone. |
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| Lute:
I usually had 12 strings tuned in pairs stretched over a fretted fingerboard like a present-day guitar. The body a pear-shaped box with the neck bent back. |
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| Crumhorn:
Is a double reed instrument with a cap over the reed. The player blows into this cap to produce a very soft tone. |
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Renaissance Composers
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03/21/10 - Beatriz García
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