Renaissence Period

History •The term renaissance is a French word meaning “rebirth”

It refers particularly to a renewed interest in classical learning – the writings of ancient Greece and Rome.•During the Renaissance educated people began to

embrace an intellectual movement known as humanism.•Humanists looked not only to the Bible but also to the

Latin and Greek classics for wisdom and knowledge.

Early Renaissance music (1400–1467)

•This group gradually dropped the late Medieval period's complex devices of isorhythm and extreme syncopation, resulting in a more limpid and flowing style.

•What their music "lost" in rhythmic complexity, however, it gained in rhythmic vitality, as a "drive to the cadence" became a prominent feature around mid-century.

Middle Renaissance music (1467–1534)

• Music started to be printed using a printing press.

•Music printing had a major effect on how music spread.

1611 woodcut of Josquin des Prez, copied from a now-lost oil painting done during his lifetime

Late Renaissance music (1534–1600)

San Marco in the evening. The spacious, resonant interior was one of the inspirations for the music of the Venetian School.

• The Roman School was a group of composers of predominantly church music in Rome, spanning the late Renaissance and early Baroque eras.

Overview

!!! MEMBERS !!!*CANE, Kristian Dominic *REYES, John

Joseph

*DUGURAN, Gian Paolo*ROBLE, Marion

Karlo

*SANCHEZ, Louise Andrei *TANJI, Don

Hikari

*JARAPLASAN, Dan Gabriel *CABRERA,

Jessica Nicole

*QUIMNO, Robert Jay

*GALLENTES, Harriet Sheen

*GEMPESAW, Carl Vincent

*AGUSTIN, Edward Benedict

Ateneo de Davao UniversityHigh School Unit 2014 – 2015

Grade IX - St. John De Britogroup 3

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