Music 1102A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Ternary Form, Equal Voice, Word Painting

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Recovery of knowledge lose during the middle ages. Humanism: movement that explored human interests and values through science, philosophy, and the arts. Renaissance composers united words and music more than ever before. Monarchs determined faith and politics of their realm. Protestant composers wrote liturgical music in languages other than latin. Catholic composers wrote music to inspire the faithful. First contact with new world in fifteenth century. Ideal renaissance man cultivated knowledge in full range of arts and sciences. Castiglione"s the book of the courtier recommends learning to sing and play an instrument. Growing confidence in human reason and distinctiveness of individuals. Invention of the moveable metal type around 1450 changed the way information was transmitted. Print allowed information to spread quickly and cheaply. Some composers achieved international renown, even as publishers. By 1500, printing was a major enterprise throughout europe. Listen for pasaged in which voices sing in the same or different rhythms.

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