Exam #2

Understand as the “rebirth” of art and culture from the 14th to the 17th century, emphasizing innovation and secularism.

The curriculum of advanced study in arithmetic, geometry, music, and astronomy

A Renaissance intellectual movement that promoted the value of human experience, influencing music’s emotional expression.

An early music printer who developed techniques for printing polyphonic music

A notable French music printer whose works made Paris a music-printing center

A secular French song genre characterized by simple melodies and harmonies

An ensemble of similar or varied instruments

Acknowledging the role of non-professional musicians in spreading Renaissance music.

A sacred polyphonic vocal composition

Secular vocal music form emphasizing poetic expression, popular in Italy and England.

Bowed string instruments in a variety of sizes, central to Renaissance ensemble music.

Vocal music accompanied by lute, often expressive and personal

A plucked string instrument essential in Renaissance music

Variations or ornamentations on a melody, often for lute or viol

A Spanish plucked string instrument resembling the lute

Word painting techniques in madrigals to emphasize text

Composer of madrigals

Altered pitches for harmonic or melodic reasons not written in the score, crucial for Renaissance performance practice.

Period associated with stylistic developments like smooth polyphony and expressive text settings.

Religious reform movements influencing sacred music, notably through Martin Luther’s Lutheran chorales.

Monteverdi’s term for a new style of composition with freer dissonance treatment, contrasting with older practices.

Focus on simplicity, homophony, and imitation.

More complex polyphony, greater text expression, smoother voice leading.

Emphasis on text painting, expressive harmonies, often through word setting.

Light hearted, often simpler textures compared to Italian madrigals, with expressive harmonies.

Solo voice with lute accompaniment, personal and introspective, with clear text articulation.

Instrumental ensemble music, often imitative

German hymns introduced by Martin Luther, intended for congregational singing.

c. 1390_1453, known for introducing English harmonic style in Europe.

c. 1397_1474, bridged medieval and Renaissance styles, important in sacred and secular music.

1517_1590, theorist who codified Renaissance harmony and counterpoint.

c. 1435_1511, early music theorist with critical treatises on polyphony.

c. 1540_1623, significant English composer of both sacred and secular music.

c. 1505_1585, known for sacred compositions in both Catholic and Anglican traditions.

c. 1450_1521, master of polyphony, pivotal in developing Renaissance vocal music.

1567_1643, introduced Secunda Practica, bridging Renaissance and Baroque styles.

1566_1613, known for intense, chromatic madrigals.

c. 1507_1568, early madrigal composer.

c. 1500_1560, Spanish vihuelist and composer.

c. 1500_1561, known for vihuela music and lute songs.

c. 1510_1570, influential music publisher and composer.

1532_1594, prolific composer blending sacred and secular styles.

c. 1548–1611, significant Spanish composer of sacred music.

1483_1546, leader of the Reformation, developed the Lutheran chorale.

1488_1563, theorist who expanded musical modes.

c. 1540_1613, music theorist known for criticizing Monteverdi's Secunda Practica.