The Classical Music Book

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T he cultural movement known as the Renaissance emerged in Italy as early as the 14th century. However, a distinctively Renaissa ...

with the complex polyphony that had become fashionable, as so many voices singing different lines of melody made the words unint ...

42 See also: Micrologus 24–25 ■ Magnus liber organi 28–31 ■ Missa Pange lingua 43 ■ Canticum Canticorum 46–51 ■ St. Matthew Pass ...

43 See also: Messe de Notre Dame 36–37 ■ Missa l’homme armé 42 ■ Canticum Canticorum 46–51 ■ St. Matthew Passion 98–105 RENAISSA ...

44 HEARE THE VOYCE AND PRAYER SPEM IN ALIUM (c. 1570), THOMAS TALLIS T he composition of the great 40-voice motet Spem in alium ...

45 See also: Messe de Notre Dame 36–37 ■ Missa l’homme armé 42 ■ Missa Pange lingua 43 ■ Canticum Canticorum 46–51 ■ Great Servi ...

THE ETERNAL FATHER OF ITALIAN MUSIC CANTICUM CANTICORUM (1584), GIOVANNI DA PALESTRINA US_046-051_Giovanni_da_Palestrina.indd 46 ...

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48 T he Protestant reformer Martin Luther influenced sacred music not only in the new Protestant churches, but also, as a result ...

49 bellowing, and stammering, they more closely resemble cats in January than flowers in May.” The reform of notation in the 14t ...

50 harder by writing canonic voices that moved at different speeds from the original. The tour de force here is Johannes Ockeghe ...

51 Palestrina’s work fulfils much of what was expected of polyphony in the era after the Council of Trent, with his targeted app ...

52 A lthough William Byrd is believed to have been a Catholic for most, if not all, of his life, he composed music for the Angli ...

53 See also: Missa l’homme armé 42 ■ Missa Pange lingua 43 ■ Canticum Canticorum 46–51 ■ Ein feste Burg ist unser Gott 78–79 REN ...

54 See also: Le jeu de Robin et de Marion 32–35 ■ Musique de table 106 ■ Die schöne Müllerin 150–155 I n 1544, at a time when En ...

55 See also: Canticum Canticorum 46–51 ■ Water Music 84–89 ■ The Four Seasons 92–97 ■ St. Matthew Passion 98–105 ■ Elijah 170 –1 ...

56 MY LUTE, AWAKE! LACHRIMAE ( 1604 ), JOHN DOWLAND M usical instruments developed rapidly from the late 14th century onward, as ...

57 Renaissance consort instruments, including the lute and strings, are shown in Hearing (c.1617–1618), a collaboration between ...

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