2. • c.1450-1600
• Composers included William Byrd,
Orlando Gibbons, Thomas Tallis,
Thomas Weelkes,
Giovanni da Palestrina
3. Plainchant
• Also known as Plainsong
and Gregorian Chant
• A cappella,
most often Unison
• Modal
• No regular metre
4. Mass
• Sacred: sets the five main sections
of Roman Catholic liturgy, in Latin...
• ... Kyrie, Gloria, Credo, Sanctus,
Benedictus, Agnus Dei
• In Renaissance Era, Often
polyphonic, usually sung a cappella
5. Motet
• Religious, sung in Latin
• In Renaissance Era,
often polyphonic and usually
a cappella
7. Madrigal
• Secular (non-religious)
• Often polyphonic
• Commonly includes Word-painting
(listen to “As Vesta Was..” on
Spotify playlist and follow the
words on following slide for
examples)
8. As Vesta was from Latmos hill descending,
she spied a maiden Queen the same
ascending,
Attended on by all the shepherds' swain,
to whom Diana's darlings came running
down amain,
First two by two, then three by three
together, Leaving their goddess all alone
hasted thither...
9. Madrigal - Ballett
• Strophic
• ‘Fa la la’ refrain
• Originally written to be danced to
10. Madrigal - Air
• Performed by a solo voice,
accompanied by lute
or a consort of instruments
11. Consort
• Small group of instruments of the
same family playing together
• Eg. Consort of Viols
• A Broken Consort would include
instruments from more than one
family
