Music Appreciation 215 Chapter 16: Singing in Friendship- The Renaissance Madrigal

Italian Madrigal

-Secular vocal composition for three to eight voices -Aristocratic form, poetry and music clearly linked -Flourished at Italian courts -Favorite diversion of cultivated amateurs -Text: short poems, lyric or reflective character emotional words for weeping, sighing, trembling, dying; set suggestively -Topics: love, unrequited love, humor and satire, politics, scenes of city and country life

Madrigalism

A striking effect designed to depict the meaning of the text in vocal music; found in many madrigals and other genres of the sixteenth through eighteenth centuries. See also word-painting

Notation

Defined the development of Western music and allowed for its astonishing variety, diffusion, and staying power; sound to paper

Roman Catholic Church

During the Middle Ages, which religious organization wielded the most power in regions formerly under the rule of the Roman Empire?

The Americas

During the Renaissance, which lands did the Europeans explore that were new to them?

The Madrigal

Most important secular genre of the era

Word-painting

Musical pictorialization of words as an expressive device; a prominent feature of the Renaissance madrigal

Madrigal

Renaissance secular work originating in Italy for voices, with or without instruments, set to a short, lyric love poem; also popular in England

True

T or F: Trade flourished in the later Middle Ages when a merchant class arose outside of feudal society

The Fall of the Roman Empire

The beginning of the Middle Ages is marked by what event?

French Chanson; Italian Madrigal

Two important secular genres arose from the union of poetry and music: ____________________ and the ______________________

Venice

Which of the following was the main European port for cultural exchange of Eastern luxuries?

C

Which was not a development of the later Middle Ages? A. Early polyphony B. Universities C. Movable type printing music D. Large Cathedrals

Bred; fame; court

Women who were musicians were well- ___________ and often achieved ______________ through music as _______________ singers

Amateurs

____________________ : Music-making in the home

Chansons; Madrigals

____________________ and ___________________ sang secular music and played dances on instruments

Professional; Musicians

_______________________ ___________________: court and civic festivities

Lute; keyboard

Prosperous homes had instruments such as a _____________ or _____________________ instrument

Secular Music

Social-making for entertainment and personal expression; type of music that becomes both a social activity and a commodity item