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Music - Place in History 3, 1450-1600: Renaissance



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The third in a 14-part series on the history of music. What is the Renaissance? Why did it happen, and where did it happen? The fall of Constantinople, conquests in the New World, extensive Mediterranean trade, and the printing press all came together to fuel humanistic interests and the arts. Discussed: rondeau, frottola, chanson, antiphon, Mass Ordinary, Reformation, Counter-Reformation.
Music examples:
Ghizeghem: rondeau
Dufay: “O gemma/Sacer pastor” (motet)
Dunstable: “Alma Redemptoris Mater I” (motet)
des Prez: Credo super ‘de tous biens’
des Prez: “El grillo e buon cantore”
Janequin: “Le chant de l’alouette”
Victoria: Requiem: Kyrie
Byrd: Galliard
Dowland: “Behold a wonder here”
Gabrieli: Regina coeli a 12
Palestrina: Pope Marcellus Mass: Gloria (excerpt)
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