MUSIC 1A03 Lecture Notes - Lecture 13: Edmund Spenser, Thomas Weelkes, Thomas Campion
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Announcements: note that the midterm has been moved to october 29! Renaissance polyphony two or more continuous melodies (or voices ) moving: polyphony: independently. Imitative polyphony: each melody (or voice) is of relatively equal importance; when a voice enters, it copies what the other voice has done: ranges of voices from highest to lowest: soprano, alto, tenor, bass o. Imitative polyphony often presents motives (characteristic phrases) in staggered entries, a process called a point of imitation that might or might cadence end not a in. Important figures: queen elizabeth i, drama: william shakespeare and christopher marlowe, poetry: edmund spenser and thomas campion, music: william byrd, john dowland, and thomas morley. Harleyford manor: owned by richard bold and located in the county of buckinghamshire, northwest of london, byrd attended a gathering of recusants (underground catholics in protestant. England) there in july 1586: also in attendance were father henry garnet (musician and singer) and.
