Music and the Type of Music Genre that was Used during Renaissance

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ABSTRACT OF TERM PAPER OF MUSIC HISTORY.
The following term paper talks about the the ancient period in music and the type of music genre that was used. Music act as one of the universal cultural form of all human society. There are common elements in music that include pitch, dynamics, and rhythm. The arrangement of instrumental sound put together to produce melody, rhythm, or harmony is called music. The element to be used depends on the type of style and the different types of music. Creation works in music help in describing music as a cultural activity. Definition of music constantly changes according to culture and its social context. Music is classified into different ancient periods. Renaissance is one of the periods in music.[Gabrielsson, Alf. "The performance of music." In The psychology of music, pp. 501-602. Academic Press, 1999.]
The Renaissance music period brought a lot of harmony and polyphony in music. Most composers focused on choral music. During this period, religious music such as the psalms, anthems, and motets continued to thrive. Towards the end of these periods, some music composers who composed sacred music changed course and started composing secular music. Secular music such as jazz and rock music were highly adopted. People used this ...