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    The Renaissance period saw a rebirth and revival of interest in ancient Greek and Roman culture. This led to developments in music such as the rise of secular music alongside continued sacred music. Polyphonic a cappella choral music flourished during this era. Important musical forms that developed include the mass, motet, madrigal, and lute songs. Significant Renaissance composers mentioned include Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina, known as the greatest master of Catholic church music, and Thomas Morley, the most famous composer of secular music in his time.

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    The Renaissance period saw a rebirth and revival of interest in ancient Greek and Roman culture. This led to developments in music such as the rise of secular music alongside continued sacred music. Polyphonic a cappella choral music flourished during this era. Important musical forms that developed include the mass, motet, madrigal, and lute songs. Significant Renaissance composers mentioned include Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina, known as the greatest master of Catholic church music, and Thomas Morley, the most famous composer of secular music in his time.

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    The Renaissance period saw a rebirth and revival of interest in ancient Greek and Roman culture. This led to developments in music such as the rise of secular music alongside continued sacred music. Polyphonic a cappella choral music flourished during this era. Important musical forms that developed include the mass, motet, madrigal, and lute songs. Significant Renaissance composers mentioned include Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina, known as the greatest master of Catholic church music, and Thomas Morley, the most famous composer of secular music in his time.

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     The term “Renaissance” come from the word

    “renaitre” which means “rebirth”, “revival”,


    and “rediscovery”.
     It is the period of looking back to the Golden
    Age of Greece and Rome.
     The invention of printing in the 1400’s paved
    the way for wide distribution of renaissance
    compositions.
     With the emergence of the bourgeois class,
    renaissance music became popular as
    entertainment and activity for amateurs and
    the educated.
     Lute was the prominent instrument of the
    renaissance era.
     The influence of the Roman Catholic Church

    started to decline as the new music genre


    arose.
     Sacred music was still of great importance,

    secular music became more prominent in the


    renaissance period.
     This era was also known as the “Golden Age”

    of a capella choral music.


     Mostly polyphonic
     Imitation among the voices is common
     Use of word painting in texts and

    music
     Melodic lines move in a flowing

    manner
     Melodies are easier to perform

    because these move along a scale with


    a few large leaps
    Is a form of sacred musical
    composition that sets texts
    of the Eucharistic liturgy
    into the music.
     Polyphonic
     May be sung a cappella or with
    orchestral accompaniment
     Text may be syllabic,

    neumatic, or melismatic
     Kyrie ( Lord Have Mercy)
     Gloria ( Glory to God in the

    Highest)
     Credo (I Believe in One God)
     Sanctus and Benedictus (Holy,

    Holy and Blessed is He)


     Agnus Dei (Lamb of God)
    A secular vocal polyphonic music
    composition which originated from
    Italy.
     It is written and expressed in a poetic

    text and sung during courtly social


    gatherings.
     It is the most important secular form

    during the Renaissance period.


    Polyphonic
    Sung a cappella
    Through – composed
    Frequently in 3 to 6

    voices
     The Greatest Master of
    Catholic Church Music
    during the Renaissance
    period.
     He was committed to sacred
    music.
     He has two sons but lost
    them both during the plague
    epidemic that struck Rome
    in 1570’s. he planned to
    become a priest but
    eventually changed his mind
    and married a wealthy
    widow.

    Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina


     He was the most
    famous composer of
    secular music in his
    time.
     He was born in
    Norwich, East England,
    the son of brewer.
     He was a singer in the
    local cathedral from his
    boyhood and became
    master of choristers in
    1583.

    Thomas Morley
     Fire,Fire, My Heart
     Sing and Chant It
     Fantasie
     April is in My Mistress’ Face
     It was a lover and His Lass

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