Renaissance Era Word Wall

Renaissance 14501450-1600

Greensleeves • •

Famous tune written during the Renaissance era Said to have been written by King Henry VIII

Gregorian Chant • Sung in a cappella • Religious music was very important in the Renaissance era • Choral music was an extension of the Gregorian Chant

a cappella • Vocal music without instrumental accompaniment • Modern usage, a cappella often refers to an allall-vocal performance of any style • Originally was, and still often is, used in religious music

Lute Giovanni Palestrina • • •

Wrote motets, madrigals, and masses One the Renaissance period's most important composers Italian composer

Madrigal • Polyphonic work, which means it has many musical lines of equal importance • Performed in groups of four, five or six • Usually love songs

Motet • Work of four or five voice parts singing one religious text • Similar to Madrigal, except these are religious works

Masses • Like a Motet only longer • Followed religious order of Catholic Church • Sung in specific order: sung Kyrie, Gloria, Credo, Sanctus, Benedictus, and Agnus Dei

• Performed in Latin

Masses • Like a Motet only longer • Followed religious order of Catholic Church • Sung in specific order: sung Kyrie, Gloria, Credo, Sanctus, Benedictus, and Agnus Dei

• Performed in Latin