MUSIC OF MEDIEVAL,

RENAISSANCE AND
BAROQUE PERIOD
Grade 9 Quarter 1 Music
 ACTIVITY 1: GUESS WHO?

Name the following composers

during Medieval, Renaissance, and
Barouque Period listed below .
1. ANTONIO VIVALDI

2.GEORGE FRIEDRICH HANDEL

3. JOVANNI PIERLUIGI

4. JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH

 ACTIVITY 2

GUESS WHEN?
 • Classify the items in the box according to historical
period to which they belong. Write the words in the
column below

Gregorian Chants Medieval Period Renaissance Baroque Period

Period
Mass
Fugue
Concerto Grosso
Troubadour Music
Oratorio
Madrigal
chorale
 3. JOVANNI PIERLUIGI
4. JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH

2.GEORGE FRIEDRICH HANDEL 1. ANTONIO VIVALDI

 • Classify the items in the box according to historical
period to which they belong. Write the words in the
column below

Gregorian Chants Medieval Period Renaissance Baroque Period

Period
Mass GREGORIAN CHANT MADRIGAL COCERTO GROSSO
Fugue
TROUBADOR MUSIC MASS ORATORIO
Concerto Grosso
Troubadour Music CHORALE
Oratorio FUGUE
Madrigal
chorale
 MEDIEVAL PERIOD RENAISSANCE PERIOD BAROQUE PERIOD

Cultural Background/ • Gregorian Chant Vocal music are • Elaborate and

Characteristics • Secular Music • Mass ornamental
• Troubadour Music • Madrigal • Melodies not easy
• Christian Music to sing
• Harpsichord and
organ are common
instruments
Famous Composers Adam de la Halle • Giovanni Pierluigi Johann S. Bach
da Palestrina Antonio Vivaldi
• Thomas Morley George Friedrich
HAndel
Compositions • Le Jeu de Robin et • Fire, fire my Heart • Four Seasons
de Marion • Sing and Chant (Vivaldi)
• La Chanson du roi • Fantasie • Toccata and Fugue
de Sicile • April is in My in D minor (Bach)
Mistress Face • The Messiah
• It was a Lover and (Handel)
His Lass
 MUSIC OF THE MEDIEVAL
PERIOD(700-1400)
The Medieval period is also known as the
“Middle Ages or Dark Ages” that started
with fall of the Roman Empire. During this
time, the Christian Church influenced
Europe’s culture and political affairs.
 THE GREGORIAN CHANTS
• It is the central tradition
of western plainchant,
a form of monophonic,
unaccompanied
sacred song of the
western Roman
Catholic Church.
 CHARACTERISTICS OF THE
GREGORIAN CHANTS
•Monophonic- consisting of single musical
line, without accompaniment.
•Free meter- is NO regular repeating
rhythm.
•Usually based on Latin liturgy
•Use of Neume notation.
 DID YOU KNOW THAT….

-during the latter part of the Medieval

Period, secular music which was not
bound by Catholic traditions emerged.
Most of these songs were performed
across Europe by groups of musicians
called TROUBADOURS.
 THE TROUBADOUR
• Usually monophonic
• Sometimes with improvised
accompaniment
• Tells of chivalry and courtly
love
• Originated in France
• Written in French
language
FAMOUS COMPOSER OF THE
MEDIEVAL PERIOD

•Adam de la Halle
France
(1237-1288)
Adam de la Halle
-was also known as Adam de la Bossu(Adam
Hunchback)
-was one of the oldest secular composers who
literaly and musical works include chansons and
poetic debates.
-He was a trouvere, poet, and musician

His works include:

1. Le Jeu Robin et de Marion
2. La Chanson du roi de Dicile
 MUSIC OF THE RENAISSANCE
PERIOD (1400-1600)
• the term “Renaissance” comes from the word “renaitre”
which means REBIRTH, REVIVAL and REDISCOVERY.
• music became popular as entertainment and activity for
amateurs and the educated
• influence of the RRC started to decline as the new music
genre arose
• “Golden Age” of a capella choral music
• Lute was the prominent instrument of the renaissance era.
LUTE
 CHARACTERISTICS OF THE
RENAISSANCE MUSIC
• Mostly polyphonic
• Imitation among the voices is common
• Use of word painting in texts and music
• Melodic lines move in a flowing manner
• Melodies are easier to perform because
these move along a scale with few large
leaps
 VOCAL MUSIC OF THE
RENAISSANCE

1. MASS- is a form of sacred

musical composition that sets
texts of the
Eucharistic liturgy into music
 CHARACTERISTICS OF THE MASS

• Polyphonic
• May be sung a capella or with orchestral
accompaniment.
• Text may be syllabic (one note set to each
syllable) neumatic (a few notes set to one
syllable), or melismatic (many notes to one
syllable)
 FIVE MAIN SECTIONS OF MASS

• KYRIE (Lord Have Mercy) the only Greek

• GLORIA (Glory to God in the Highest)
• Credo (I Believe in One God)
• Sanctus and Bendictus (Holy, holy and Blessed
is He)
• Agnus Dei (Lamb of God)
 CRITERIA

MASTERY - 40%
COOPERATION - 30%
BEHAVIOR - 30%
100%
2. MADRIGAL – most important
secular music during renaissance
period. It is written and expressed in
a poetic text and sung during
courtly social gathering.
 CHARACTERISTICS OF THE MADRIGAL

•Polyphonic
•sung a capella
•Trough composed
•Frequently 3 to 6 voices
 OTHER FACTS DURING THIS PERIOD
•Discovery of the actual position of the
earth.

•Invention of compass

•Martin Luther’s Protestant reformation

 FAMOUS COMPOSERS OF THE
RENAISSANCE PERIOD
• Giovanni Pierluigi
da Palestrina
Rome
• 1525- February 2,
1594
Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina
-said to be the greatest master of Roman
Catholic Church during the Renaissance
Period.
- majority of his compositions are sacred.
- he was an organist and choir master
- his first book, Masses became popular

His works include:

1. Gloria
2. Kyrie
Thomas Morley
England
1557- 1602
Thomas Morley
-singer in a local cathedral from his boyhood,
and became master of choristers in 1583.
- was the most famous composer of secular
music in his time.
- most of his madrigals are light and easy to sing
with some aspects of Italian style.
- his Musica Transalpina, a collections of
madrigals and made significant contribution to the
history of music.
HIS WORKS INCLUDE:

•Fire fire my Heart

•Sing and Chant it
•Fantasie
•April is a Mistress’ Face
•It was a Lover and His Lass
 MUSIC OF THE BAROQUE PERIOD
1685-1750
•The word Baroque is derived from the
Portuguese word “barroco” which
means “pearl of irregular shape”

•During this time, the arts highlighted

grandiose and elaborate
ornamentation.
 CHARACTERISTICS OF BAROQUE
MUSIC
• Melodies sound elaborate and ornamental
• Melodies are not easy to sing or remember
• Primarily contrapuntal textures with some
homophony
• Dynamic contrast- alternation between loud
and soft
 CHARACTERISTICS OF BAROQUE
MUSIC
• Music genres- operas, oratorios, suites,
toccatas, concerto grosso, fugue
• Orchestra consists of strings and continuo
• Harpsichord and organ are the keyboard
instruments that are commonly used.
 HARPSICHORD
Harpsichord (Italian cembalo; French
clavecin), stringed keyboard instrument in
which the strings are plucked to produce
sound. It was developed in Europe in the
14th or 15th century and was widely used
from the 16th to the early 19th century,
when it was superseded by the piano.
 MUSIC GENRES OF BAROQUE
MUSIC
• 1. CONCERTO – a form of orchestral music that
employs solo instrument accompanied by an
orchestra.

• 2. CONCERTO GROSSO- a form of orchestral music

wherein the music is between a small group of solo
instruments called concertino and the whole
orchestra called tutti.
 MUSIC GENRES OF BAROQUE
MUSIC
3. FUGUE
• A contrapuntal piece, developed mainly by
imitative counterpoint
• It is usually written in 3 or 4 parts, with a main
theme called “subject”
• The entire piece grows mainly from a single
brief strong musical character.
 MUSIC GENRES OF BAROQUE
MUSIC
4. ORATORIO

• A large scale musical composition for

orchestra and voices that incorporates
narratives on religious themes.
 MUSIC GENRES OF BAROQUE
MUSIC
5. CHORALE
•musical compositions that
resemble a harmonized version of
hymnal tunes of the Protestant
Church during the Baroque era.
 FAMOUS COMPOSERS OF THE
BAROQUE PERIOD

JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH

Germany

Birth: March 21, 1685

Death: July 28, 1750
JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH
- came from the family of musician.
- he was known for his composition for organ,
orchestra and oratorio.
- his most important and long-term position was
a cantor.

His works includes:

 BACH’S COMPOSITION

•FUGUE: Toccata and Fugue in D Major

•ORATORIO: Bach’s Christmas Oratorio

•CONCERTO GROSSO: Brandenburg

Concertos
 FAMOUS COMPOSERS OF THE
BAROQUE PERIOD

ANTONIO VIVALDI
Venice, March 4, 1678 to
Vienna, July 28, 1741
ANTONIO VIVALDI
- nicknamed il Prete Rosso (the Red Priest)
because of his red hair
- was an Italian Baroque composer, Catholic
priest, and a virtuoso violinist.
- recognized as one of the greatest Baroque
composers

His most famous piece:

 VIVALDI’S COMPOSITION

The Four Seasons

•Winter
•Summer
•Autumn
•Spring
 FAMOUS COMPOSERS OF THE
BAROQUE PERIOD

GEORGE FRIENDRICH HANDEL

Germany, February 23, 1685
London, April 14, 1759
GEORGE FRIENDRICH HANDEL
- Handel is remembered for his operas and
oratorios and became England’s favorite composer
- Handel lost both his eyesight in 1753.

His most famous piece:

 HANDEL’S COMPOSITION

•The Messiah
Hallelujah Chorus

•Samson
QUIZ #1: SEE PAGE NUMBER 19.
 ABSTRACTION
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 APPLICATION
MOVE TO THE MUSIC
Your group must come up with movements to interpret the
assigned musical selection.

a. Concerto Grosso by Handel

b. Toccata and Fugue by Bach
c. Hallelujah- Handel
d. Le Jeu de Robin et de Marion by Halle
e. Kyrie by Palestrina
f. Fire, Fire, Fire My Heart by Morley