Music appreciation: Renaissance Composers

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What are attributes of the piece Io Parto?

Secular Italian text 5 voices a capella homo + polyphonic chromaticism unresolved dissonance

What Kind of text was Flow My Tears?

Secular lute (Dowland)

Josquin Nationality?

Franco-Flemish

Who composed the Pope Marcellus Mass?

Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina

What are attributes of the piece as vesta was from latmos hill?

Secular English texts 6 voices a capella poly + homophonic word painting

Thomas Weelkes (1575-1623)

- Among the finest English madrigalists, an organist and church composer. - Composed "As Vesta was from Latmos Hill..." - Contributed to Triumphs of Oriana

Carlo Gesualdo (1561-1613)

- Count of Conza, Noble, composer, lutenist, murderer - Music characterized by dissonance; chromatics; microtuning - Composed madrigals - Composed the composition "Io Parto"

Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina (1525-1594)

- Italian Composer who saved polyphony in the catholic church with his "Pope Marcellus Mass"

Josquin des Prez (1440-1521)

-Franco-Flemish composer from the Renaissance period. -Composed at the Sistine chapel. -Wrote the "Ave Maria."

Flow My Tears

C: Dowland G: Lute Piece N: England P: Renaissance SF: Secular english; elevated poetry; voice w/ lute; homophonic texture; word painting

Io Parto

C: Gesualdo G: Madrigal N: Italy P: Renaissance SF: Secular italian text; 5 voices; a capella; homo + polyphonic; chromaticism; unresolved dissonance

Ave Maria

C: Josquin G: Motet N: Franco-Flemish P: Renaissance SF: Sacred latin text; polyphonic; 4-voice; imitation; meter change 2 --> 3

Pope Marcellus Mass, Kyrie

C: Palestrina O: Mass N: Italy P: Renaissance SF: Sacred; poly+homophonic; 6 voices; careful use of dissonance

As Vesta Was from Latmos Hill Descending

C: Weelkes G: Madrigal N: England P: Renaissance SF: Secular English texts; 6 voices; a capella; poly + homophonic; word painting

Who Composed Io Parto

Carlo Gesualdo

Dowland Nationality

English

Weelkes Nationality?

English

Musical composition which includes Lute playing

Flow My Tears

Gesualdo Nationality?

Italian

Palestrina Nationality?

Italian

Who composed Flow My Tears?

John Dowland

Who composed Ave Maria?

Josquin des Prez

What genre was "Flow My Tears"?

Lute music

What genre was "Io parto"?

Madrigal (Gesualdo)

What genre was "as vesta was from latmos hill"?

Madrigal (Weelkes)

What genre was "Pope Marcellus Mass, Kyrie"?

Mass (Palestrina)

What Kind of text was Ave Maria?

Sacred

What are attributes of the piece Pope Marcellus Mass, Kyrie?

Sacred poly+homophonic 6 voices careful use of dissonance

What kind of text was the Pope Marcellus Mass, Kyrie?

Sacred (Palestrina)

What are attributes of the piece Ave Maria?

Sacred Latin text polyphonic 4-voice imitation meter change 2 --> 3

What genre was the Ave Maria?

Sacred Motet

What kind of text was Io Parto?

Secular (Gesualdo)

What Kind of text was As vesta was from Latmos Hill?

Secular (Weelkes)

What are attributes of the piece Flow My Tears?

Secular English elevated poetry voice w/ lute homophonic texture word painting

John Dowland (1563-1626)

This English late-Renaissance composer, singer and lutenist is best known for his melancholy lute. Composed "Flow My Tears" (1600). Favorite of the Queen. English Spy.

Who composed "As Vesta Was From Latmos Hill Descending"?

Thomas Weelkes


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