Questions tagged [renaissance-music]
Style-period of Western music written between the years of approximately 1400 and 1600
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Are there stylistic problems with this Renaissance canon study?
I came across this article about a historically informed method to teach canon.
https://symposium.music.org/48/item/2248-so-you-want-to-write-a-canon-an-historically-informed-new-approach-for-the-...
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Which musical form is a Trez(z)a?
Consider the Intrada con Trezza in D minor by J.H. Schmelzer. The score has two movements: Intrada followed by Treza.
I wondered whether a Trez(z)a is some kind of musical form (like Menuet etc.).
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Number of subject/answer entries in 16th/18th Century fugal counterexpositions
I'm studying the difference between 16th and 18th Century fugues. I've noticed something and wonder whether it is a notable trend, or just a coincidence.
First, consider this fugue from Missa Dies ...
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Is this an example of musica ficta?
I'm looking at the score of Carlo Gesualdo's "Io parto" e non più dissi from one of his madrigals. I listened to a few performances online (for example -
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Did Renaissance composers work from a full score?
When I look at manuscripts and original publications from composers of Renaissance polyphony, I tend to find part-books, not scores. So I would see a soprano book, an alto book, and so on. When I ...
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Original manuscripts of 16th century composers [closed]
TL;DR - Where can I find manuscripts by Renaissance composers?
I'm studying 16th Century counterpoint and the shift in rhythmic notation from "longer" note values to "shorter" ...
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What makes this song sound so medieval? [closed]
This is a song I've been listening for about a year:
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A year ago, I didn't really know any music theory. I was baffled by it: why does it sound medieval? As I knew ...
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Questions about Renaissance music notation
I see that in Renaissance music printings, the noteheads are diamond and square shaped as opposed to circular, and the stem for each note comes up or down from the middle instead of from one side (I'...
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Chants in Renaissance vocal music
In notice that in some vocal works composed during the Renaissance, especially masses, long chunks of music (sometimes the whole piece) are preceded by a monophonic, often short chant which is ...
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Trouble listening to polyphonic music
I heard that Mozart heard Gregorio Allegri's Misere Mei Deus once at a concert and copied it down note for note from his head. I can copy down a piece note for note if I have it in my head, but I'm ...
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Confusion about Zarlino and his assertions about the diatessaron (perfect fourth)
In Part Three of Gioseffo Zarlino's "Le Istitutioni Harmoniche", "The Art of Counterpoint", Zarlino argues that the diatessaron (or perfect fourth) is not a dissonance, as the ...
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Latin voice denotations in Renaissance vocal music
I see that in the original printings of renaissance vocal music, the voices are labeled with Latin words like cantus, triplex, medius, etc... Assuming that these words denote the ranges of their ...
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Did Nicolas Gombert compose a clean change of note or slides as endings in his motets?
A member of the Facebook group Barbershop Harmony said that in live performances of Gombert motets, the Bass will randomly drop an octave on the last chord, within one syllable, whilst the other ...
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Why did baroque music use percussion abundantly, but classical stopped?
Classical music evolved from baroque music, which in turn evolved from Renaissance music. Both baroque and even more so Renaissance make extensive use of percussion. It is certainly not new to ...
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What is the meaning of these letters above the soprano part in Monteverdi's SV 332?
Consider following score of Monteverdi's Sì dolce è 'l tormento for soprano and continuo (SV 332) from IMSLP. What is the meaning of the capital letters above the soprano part? They do not seem to ...
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