LASC Renaissance vs Medieval Music Discussion
Description
Listen to the audio and video links of Medieval and Renaissance music under this week’s module. Reflect upon and contrast your personal listening experience with both Renaissance music and Medieval Gregorian chant. What do you feel makes Renaissance music different in style and emotion from the Gregorian chant? What emotions were aroused in each recording? Describe and contrast in detail the differences between the music of the two eras. How do the changes in music reflect the changes of the time period of the Renaissance (namely humanism, growing interest in individual and polyphony)?
Links to recordings of Medieval Gregorian Chant:
Gregorian chantLinks to an external site.
Links to recordings of Renaissance Music:
Renaissance Choral PolyphonyLinks to an external site.
Renaissance Instrumental MusicLinks to an external site.
In order to discuss how the transition in musical styles from the end of the Middle Ages and Renaissance Period reflect humanism, please review this week’s module lecture content as well as the article 7 Ways that Gutenberg’s Printing Press Changed the World. Links to an external site.
Link to Lecture:
Link to Article:
Links to an external site.“>7 Ways the Printing Press Changed the WorldLinks to an external site.
(1) Who invented the printing press? How did this invention create a major change for music and for society during the Renaissance period?
(2) The Renaissance period was a time of striking changes compared to the Middle Ages: humanism and the growing interest in the individual spread throughout Europe. Explain the ideas behind humanism and the individual.
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