This document provides an overview of music from the Renaissance period. It discusses how Renaissance music looked back to ancient Greece and Rome, used polyphonic structure and imitation between voices. It also summarizes the key characteristics of masses and madrigals, the major religious and secular forms of the time. Masses set the liturgy of the Catholic mass to music, while madrigals were secular vocal works for social gatherings. The document concludes by thanking the listener.

8. - “renaitre”
- “rebirth “
- “revival”
- “rediscovery”

9. - The Renaissance Period is a
period of “looking back “ to the
Golden Age of Greece and Rome

10. • Polyphonic
• Imitation among the voice is common
• Use of word painting in texts and music
• Melodic lines move in the flowing
manner
• Melodies are easier to perform because
these move along a scale with a few
large leaps

11. • Polyphonic
• Maybe sung a cappella or with
orchestral accompaniment
• Text may be syllabic, neumatic,
or melismatic.

12. 1.Mass
- is a form of sacred
musical composition that
sets texts of the
Eucharistic liturgy into music

13. 1. Kyrie “ Lord Have Mercy”
2. Gloria “Glory to God in the
Highest”

14. 3.Credo “Apostle’s Creed” or
“Nicean Creed”
4. Sanctus and Benedictus “Holy,
holy”, and “Blessed Is He”

15. 5. Agnus Dei “Lamb of God”

16. 2.Madrigal
- A secular vocal polyphonic music
composition which is originated from
Italy. It was written and expressed in a
poetic text and sung during courtly
social gatherings. It is the most
important secular form during the
Renaissance period.

17. • Polyphonic
• Sung a cappella
• Through-composed
• frequently in 3 to 6 voices

18. 1. Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina

19. 2. Thomas Morley

20. Thank you for Listening

21. Prepared by:
Jaye Bug-os