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