Renaissance Music History

Renaissance Music History
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Table of Contents Introduction. 3 Renaissance Music. 3 Sacred Music. 4 Renaissance Instruments. 6 Music Notation. 7 Characteristics of Renaissance Music. 8 Discovery of Music. 9 Social Change. 9 Church and Secular Music. 10 Harmony and Style. 11 Conclusion. 11   Introduction
None of the cultural expressions has been so long and systematically ignored by Western culture historians as music. The music could be attributed to the inaccessibility of early music to the lay audience on the one hand and to the historiography of music's cultural obsession with the prompt and monumental task of translation, scripting, and evaluating the vast body of music that has come down to us from the early Medieval Period on the other. The arrival of old music archives and the beginnings of a musical history-oriented on the period's cultural life was slowly launching a transition that, one hopes, will be mirrored in the work of future civilization historians. The understanding of the Renaissance, in particular, has been subjected to such enormously diverse viewpoints; the study will focus on two music works: imitative counterpoint (motet Absalom) and Ars Subtilior.[Ward, Tom R. "Music and music theory in the universities of central Europe during the fifteenth century." pp. 563-571]
Renaissance Music
Music was considered a crucial part of civic, religious, and courtly life during the Renaissance. For two centuries, between the 1400s and 1600s, considerable advances in skills composition, modes of broadcasting music, new musical styles, and the production of musical instruments arose from the constructive flow of ideas in Europe and ideological, socioeconomic, and religious developments. Music was primarily composed for churches usage, and they were the most influential music of the early Renaissance. Such music included polyphonic (many rhythms and tunes at once) masses and motets in Latin for large churches and royal chapels. In the late sixteenth century, musicians were supported by Catholics, Evangelical churches and courts, wealthier amateurs, and music labels.
A style known as the Ars Subtilior was one such change in music. It was more complex and challenging to accomplish than previous works. Not only did composers use more complicated rhythms and unique harmonies in this music, but they also occasionally notated it in the shape of a heart, circle, or anything else their imaginations inspired. Composers began to create more complex works, some of which were riddles or incorporated musical humor. Using musical notation, some composers were able to write their names. The overarching thread running across all of this is that music has begun to take on a far more significant role in society. Instruments were becoming more popular, church music was becoming more ritualized, and music theorists were making more progress than ever. The virtues of beauty, inventiveness, form, and the never-ending search of information had begun to seep into the music and thoughts of the day, paving the way for the Renaissance, one of the m...