Medieval and Renaissance

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1 First Name: Last Name: Class Period: Medieval and Renaissance Middle Ages: c Renaissance: c Life in the Medieval: (please match) Clothing Peasant Male, Peasant Female, Noble-Woman, Nobleman, Monk, Nun Homes o Most homes were, damp and. o Windows were very, to only allow a small amount of light. o Most homes only had or rooms. o Wealthy homes were generally and highly decorated. Feudal Life o Small communities were ruled by a or a. 1

2 Medieval and Renaissance War This was the name for the Holy Wars that took place between the 11 th and 13 th Centuries. (Europeans against Moslem countries) A system of hierarchy during the Middle Ages. The king lent land to noblemen. In return, the noblemen supplied knights for battle. The knights, servants, and peasants gave loyalty to the lords. Exploration This man traveled from Europe to China and opened up trade for silk, spices, and new ideas. This man traveled to the New World in Churches and Universities This place was the center for learning. Later in this time, these were founded to teach religion, law, medicine and the arts. Art and Literature Who painted the following? The Creation of Adam Two Cherubs Mona Lisa Authors This man wrote the Canterbury Tales. This man wrote Romeo and Juliet. 2

3 Medieval Period Music What are the following? 1. Sacred Music: 2. Secular Music: Match the style of music with its definition. Gregorian Chant Polyphony Motet Canon/Round A. Musicians began singing different parts instead of everyone singing the same notes. It led to the development of harmony. B. Two or more singers perform the same music but come in at different times. C. Also known as Plainchant. They had a single melody line with no accompaniment. Words were in Latin and were sung by men s choirs or soloists. D. A short religious piece that might have plainchant for one line, a love song in another part and a hymn for a third. The different parts can even be sung in different languages. Fill in the Missing Information 1. : Members of nobility, many were knights. They composed musical poems about courtly love, knightly adventures, and chivalry but often left the performance of their works to less aristocratic musicians. 2. : Working musicians. They wandered from town to town. They sang, played instruments, danced, juggled, and performed magic tricks. (The word Juggler came from this term. 3

4 Medieval Composers Fill in the missing information. Medieval Period Composer s Name Date of Birth and Death Information He was choirmaster of the Cathedral of Notre Dame in the 1100 s. Song He composed important choral works for the entire church year. He was a choirmaster at the Cathedral of Notre Dame. He held the position of choirmaster after Leonin. He is credited with inventing the motet. She was elected a Magistra by her fellow nuns in She founded monasteries, wrote theological, botanical and medicinal texts, as well as letters, liturgical songs, and poems. She wrote over 100 letters, 70 poems, and 9 books. She composed 72 songs. He was a French composer who worked at the age of twenty for a warrior king. He traveled much of his life around Europe, accompanying the king to military battles. At the time of his death, he was considered one of the most important religious leaders of his time. In fact, he composed one of the oldest surviving masses written in four parts. He is best-known for his secular music. 4

5 Renaissance Period Renaissance Period Fill in the missing information. What are the beginning and the end dates of the Renaissance Period? The word Renaissance means. Merchants and professionals began to gather wealth. With their leisure time, they began to broaden their interests beyond music and art. This resulted in the rebirth of interest in the values of and cultures. Changes in the Renaissance Period 1. Composers began writing both and music. 2. and began employing court musicians. 3. began being printed. In, books of began being printed. Anyone who could read them could now play the music. 4. Because of the improvements to, composers began writing music for only. New Music in the Renaissance Period : vocal works about great emotions such as love and despair. They were usually unaccompanied vocal works with four or five parts. 5

6 Renaissance Composers Fill in the missing information. Renaissance Period Composer s Name Date of Birth and Death Information A French composer who began his career as a singer in a cathedral when he was 19 years old. Song He was considered one of the best composers of the time. He composed music that used chords and harmonies that made it sound more like the music of today. An Italian composer who spent his entire career in Rome, working for the Catholic Church. He is considered one of the great masters of the Renaissance style. He composed 104 masses, 373 motets, and many religious madrigals. He also composed almost 100 secular madrigals. He was an English composer. He composed many madrigals about love and nature. He was an English composer of the late Renaissance. He is considered to be one of the great masters of the Renaissance. Some consider him the greatest English composer of all time. He worked in the Royal Chapel of Queen Elizabeth. 6

7 Medieval and Renaissance Medieval and Renaissance Instruments Label the following instruments. 7

8 Medieval and Renaissance History of Music Notation Fill in the missing information. Name Dates Information Church worried that music would be lost because there was no method of music notation. They were the first form of notation. They told the singer that the music went up or down. They were meant to help the musician remember the melody but they did not give exact information. The singer needed to know the music first. They were marks at particular heights over the words of the song. They told the singer which pitch to sing. However, they were not written on a staff so they did not give exact pitch. By 1200 s He was an Italian monk and music teacher. He invented the music staff, which showed the specific pitches of notes. He created the symbols for flats and natural notes. By about s By 1750 (End of the Baroque Period) 8