Discussion/Response #3: Mid Ages & Ren.
Question Description
Discussion/Response #3: Mid Ages & Ren.
- Choose one of the pieces from this unit’s listening.
- Pick one that stands out to you and briefly (1-2 sentences) explain why this particular piece “caught your ear.”
- What are the piece’s unique characteristics? BE SPECIFIC and use your textbook as your reference! This should be the main part of your mini-essay. This is not opinion – these are facts that you have researched.
- Cite your sources (Links to an external site.) – including your textbook. Points deducted for not citing references. You may use MLA format. (Links to an external site.)
- Response should be one-two paragraphs. Use full sentences, no abbreviations, and check your spelling for full credit.
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Listing Units:
Gregorian Chant (Links to an external site.) Example of Gregorian Chant, a type of plainsong. |
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Listening Guide 2, p. 67 in your textbook. Hildegard von Bingen, composer Alleluia, O virga mediatrix, the music hear here, is an example of Medieval plainchant. Composed in the late 12th Century. |
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Josquin Desprez: Ave Maria (Motet) (Links to an external site.) Listening Guide 5, p.80 in your textbook. Josquin Des Prez, composer Ave maria, motet from late 15th century. |
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Listening Guide 6, p. 85 in your textbook. Palestrina, composer “Pope Marcellus” Mass: Gloria Example of a Renaissance Mass. Setting of the Gloria. Published 1567. |
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Sumer is Icumen in (sung by The Hilliard Ensemble) (Links to an external site.) Traditional English medieval round. |
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John Farmer: Fair Phyllis I saw sitting all alone (Links to an external site.) Listening Guide 4, p. 75 in your textbook. Example of a Renaissance madrigal by John Farmer from 1599. |
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