Evolution of vocal forms

1. EVOLUTION OF VOCAL FORMS
MIDDLE AGE
RENAISSANCE
BAROQUE
CLASSICISM
ROMANTICISM
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2. MIDDLE AGE
•MONOPHONIC
•RELIGIOUS: GREGORIAN CHANT
“Kyrie”:
•PROFANE: TROUBADORS AND JUGLARS
“Kalenda Maya”. Raimbaut de Vaqueiras.
•POLIPHONIC
•RELIGIOUS: ORGANUM, CONDUCTUS, MOTET
Organum duplum. Leonin.
•PROFANE: RONDEAU, BALLADA, VIRELAI
Virelai “Dulce dame Jolie”. Guillaume de Machaut.

3. Activity: Look at this video.
GREGORIAN is a german group that sings popular music in style of
gregorian chant.

4. RENAISSANCE
RELIGIOUS
-Mass: It´s a choral
composition about the
main prayers of eucharistic
liturgy
- Chorale: A hymn of the
lutheran church, usually
written for four voice
harmony.
- Anthem: It´s a choral
composition to an English
religious text sung in church
services.
PROFANE
-Madrigal: It´s a composition
where the number of voices
varies from two to eight. It´s
written in italian and normally
the lyrics are about love.
-Villancico: It`s a four part work
, written mostly in chordal style
.This is based on a three stanza
poem and is musically structured
according to the formula ABBA.