Vocabulary Farce – A type of low comedy characterized by slapstick Sottie – A bawdy burlesque type of theatrical performance Commedia dell’arte – Theatre type performed by troupes of actors wearing masks and employing improvised plots and stock characters
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Farce – A type of low comedy characterized by slapstick Sottie – A bawdy burlesque type of theatrical performance Commedia dell’arte – Theatre type.
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Vocabulary
Farce – A type of low comedy characterized by slapstick
Sottie – A bawdy burlesque type of theatrical performance
Commedia dell’arte – Theatre type performed by troupes of actors wearing masks and employing improvised plots and stock characters
Theatre Renaissance drama was
predominately comedic Early Renaissance theatre
was a feature of annual festivals
Plays were often performed for the wealthy in courtso Occasionally courts would
sponsor public performances No theatre buildings
existed at firsto Remains of Roman theatres
were in such bad shape they were unusable
Theatre One form of drama during the early Renaissance
was the sottie The sottie was a lewd kind of performance that
was part of the “Feast of the Fools”o Often times these would be some kind of deranged
parody of a Catholic Mass led by the “pope of fools” Sotties featured characters with strange
costumes jumping around making noise and acting silly
They might’ve looked like this familiar Disney scene
Music (Vocabulary) Word Painting – Music attempts to emulate the
emotions or movement of words Madrigal – A setting of lyric poetry for several
voices A Cappella – Without accompaniment Ballett – Dancelike song for several voices
Music Music during the High
Renaissance differed from Medieval music in a number of wayso The most significant of which was
the use of polyphony to create texture• What is polyphony? We’ve discussed
this before!
Vocal music was highly emphasized during the Renaissance
New techniques in vocal music were being appliedo Word Painting/Text Paintingo Imitationo Polyphony
Music The greatest composer of sacred music during
the Renaissance was Palestrina Palestrina’s works are exclusively vocal
o Several vocalists sing a cappella (without accompaniment, or instruments)
o Examine Palestrina’s Kyrie from the Pope Marcellus Masso Listen for the use of imitation and polyphony
Music One of the new secular forms that were
developed during the Renaissance is the madrigalo A madrigal is lyric poetry that is set to music for multiple
voiceso The music of a madrigal emphasizes the mood and
meaning of the words Madrigals often used word painting to emphasize
the emotions of the words in the music Thomas Weelkes’ “As Vesta was from Latmos hill
descending” uses word painting. See if you can tell what words in particular get “painted”. What kind of mood do you feel while listening to this piece?
Music Perhaps the greatest composer of the
Renaissance was Josquin des Prezo His talent was compared to Michelangelo and he was
called the “father of musicians” Josquin’s greatest contribution to music was his
development of polyphony (multiple sounds) His music often featured imitation
o One musical line would be imitated by another creating a theme that repeated throughout the piece
Josquin also uses text painting in his pieceso The music will try to imitate the emotions of the words
being used in the song
Music Listen to La Déploration sur la Mort d'Ockeghem Read the lyrics and see if you think the music
emulates the emotions that the words are conveying.
Music Another secular form that was developed during
the Renaissance is the ballett Balletts are simple songs that feel like a dance
o Balletts are typically homophonic (one sound) with sections of polyphony
Thomas Morley’s “Now is the Month of Maying” is a widely performed ballett describing flirtation during the springo Identify where you hear homophony and polyphony