| Selected Musical Works to Enjoy
with Your Family and Friends:
| Missa Papae Marcelli (Church
music), Palestrina |
| Spem in alium, Tallis |
| La Messe de Notre Dame, de Machaut |
| Canzonas (16th C. instrumental
composition form), Gabrieli |
| Motets and Masses, des Prez |
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| Keywords:
| rebirth |
| artistic regeneration |
| humanistic revitalization |
| music noted for clarity, balance and
pleasant sounds |
| period between ancient and modern times |
| new ideas |
| musical notation technique perfected |
| beginning of widespread music printing and
publication |
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| Standard Music Forms:
| motets |
| acapella choral music |
| vocal music most important |
| polyphonic - many melodies |
| madrigals |
| orchestral groups - balance and contrast of
instrumental tones |
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| Audience:
| Courts of wealthy rulers |
| Church Music |
| Noted Composers:
| Palestrina, Janequin, Tallis, Wm. Byrd,
Morley, J. Bull |
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