LESSON 2

• MUSIC OF THE RENAISSANCE PERIOD - Composers began to increase in number, and they became interested in giving more emphasis on emotion to the words of their songs
• Renaissance Period - This era is also known as the golden age of A Cappella or choir music.
• A CAPPELLA - “in the style of the chapel, ” means unaccompanied by any musical instrument.
• All sacred music was in Latin language and sung as a cappella. There were two types of sacred music prominent during this period: the Motet and the Mass.
• (SACRED) MOTET: is a polyphonic music set to a sacred Latin text other than the Ordinary of the Mass.
• (SACRED) MOTET: A choral musical composition that is typically sung in Latin and is often based on a sacred text, such as a psalm or hymn.
• (SACRED) MASS: is a musical setting of the Catholic Eucharistic liturgy, consisting of five sections: Kyrie, Gloria, Credo, Sanctus, and Agnus Dei.'
• FIVE SECTIONS OF MASS:

  1. Kyrie
  2. Gloria
  3. Credo
  4. Sanctus
  5. Agnus Dei
• KYRIE - is a short liturgical prayer that begins with or consists of the words, “Lord, have mercy”
• GLORIA - is a Latin doxology that is the second item in the Order of Mass that begins with the words, “Gloria in Excelsis Deo”.
• CREDO - is the Nicene Constantinopolitan Creed – or its shorter version, the Apostles' Creed.
• SANCTUS - is a hymn of adoration sung or said immediately before the prayer of consecration.
• AGNUS DEI - means “Lamb of God” , is a liturgical prayer to Jesus
• (SECULAR) MADRIGAL - was a poetry set into music and arranged into multiple parts without accompaniment.
• (SECULAR) MADRIGAL - It was a popular form of entertainment that talked about love, pastoral themes, or any secular topic.
• WORD PAINTING - and imitated melody were often used in madrigals. It was a musical technique in which the melody reflects the literal meaning of the text.
• Gutenberg Bible - the first bible