1. Palestrina, kyrie from pope marcellus mass, weelkes, as vesta was descending, morley, now is the month of maying, gabrieli, plaudite, compare and contrast these two forms from the renaissance. Motets and madrigals. estampie (medieval dance). Polyphony: organum. alleluia: nativitas 14th century music the "new art" in italy and france. Listen to landini, ecco la primaera listen to music selections. Tell how this new system was able to benefit both composers and performers. Listen to alleluia: vidimus stellam. Listen to hildegard of bingen, o successors.

2. Why was music mostly if not all vocal during this period in history?

3. Explain why only men were singing and later boys being added to the choir. Why were instruments frowned on? When did women begin singing in the choirs?

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1 Motels and Madrigals The Motels and Madrigals of the Renaissance developed out of the polyphonic music of the medieval period The term polyphonic means that the songs were sung by groups of people a... View the full answer