MUS 1751 Lecture : Lecture 5
Document Summary
Originated in italy, a rebirth of interest in the fine arts . Secular music rises in importance and starts to be placed alongside sacred music. Humanism, people have the capacity to shape and create their own world, rather than just being conduits of divine inspiration. Artists start to view themselves as important for being creative and start signing and taking credit for their art work. Time of great artists such as: da vinci. Worked in italy for various dukes in milan and ferrara and for the pope in. He demanded high pay and only wrote when he wanted to. Composers of the renaissance still wrote masses but they turned their attentions to a new form called the motet. A motet is a composition for choir, in latin on a sacred subject. These were to be sung in the church or chapel or in the home for private devotionals.
