The document summarizes music of the medieval and Renaissance periods. It describes Gregorian chant as monophonic, free meter, modal, and based on Latin liturgy. Troubadour music was also monophonic with occasional accompaniment focused on chivalry and courtly love. During the Renaissance, music became more popular for entertainment. Polyphony became common, with imitation among voices and word painting. Vocal music included the Mass, with its five sections (Kyrie, Gloria, Credo, Sanctus/Benedictus, Agnus Dei) and the madrigal, a secular polyphonic form. Famous composers included Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina and Thomas Morley.

1. MUSIC OF THE MEDIEVAL
PERIOD
Composers, Characteristics, etc.

2. GREGORIAN CHANT
GREGORIAN CHANT
 Monophonic
 Free meter
 Modal
 Usually based in Latin Liturgy
 Use of Neume notation

4. TROUBADOR MUSIC
• CHARACTERISTICS
Monophonic
Sometimes with Improvised accompaniment
Chivalry and courtly love
Originatedin France
French Language

5. MUSIC OF THE RENAISSANCE PERIOD
1400-1600
• Rebirth, revival, rediscovery, looking back to the golden age of
Greece and Rome
• Music became popular for entertainment and activity for
amateurs and the educated.
• Sacred music started to decline but it was still of great
importance
• Secular music became more prominent
• “Golden Age” of A Capella choral music

6. Characteristics of Rennaisance
• Mostly polyphonic
• Imitation among the voices is common
• Use of word painting in texts and music
• Melodic lines move in a flowing manner
• Melodies are easier to perform because these move along a
scale with a few large leaps

8. Vocal Music of the Renaissance period
• MASS
• A form of sacred musical composition that sets texts of the Eucharistic
liturgy into music

9. Characteristics of the Mass
• Polyphonic
• May be sung a capella or with Orchestral Accompaniment
• Text may be syllabic (One note set to each syllable), neumatic
(a few notes to set one syllable), or melismatic (many notes to
one syllable)

10. Five Main Sections of Mass
• Kyrie- “LORD HAVE MERCY”

11. Five Main Sections of Mass
• Gloria “Glory to
God in the Highest”

12. Five Main Sections of Mass
• Credo “Apostle’s Creed” or “Nicean Creed”

13. Five Main Sections of Mass
• “Sanctus and Benedictus”- “Holy, Holy,” and
“Blessed is He”

14. Five Main Sections of Mass
• Agnus Dei “Lamb of God”

15. Vocal Music of the Renaissance period
• MADRIGAL
• A Secular vocal polyphonic music composition which originated from
Italy.
• Written and expressed in a poetic text and sung during courtly social
gatherings
• Most important secular form during the Renaissance period
• CHARACTERISTICS
• Polyphonic
• Sung in a capella
• Through-composed
• 3-6 voices

16. FAMOUS COMPOSERS DURING THE TIME
• Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina, Rome, 1525, Feb. 2, 1594
-Greatest master o f roman Catholic Church-sacred music
-He has keen interest in satisfying the desires of church
-organist and choir master
• Thomas Morley, 1557-1602
-Singer in the local cathedral
-from boyhood, he became master of choristers (1583)
-he was believed to be a graduate in Bachelor of Music with Mr.
William Byrd, an Elizabethan composer.