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Music: An Appreciation: An Appreciation, Brief 4/e
Roger Kamien, Hebrew University
The Middle Ages and Renaissance
Music in the Renaissance

Web Resources

The Renaissance Band

http://www.csupomona.edu/~jcclark/emusic/renaissa.html

A collection of midi files from composers and representative musical styles of the period. Artists and styles are listed alphabetically and can be heard directly from the screen. Handy, fun and nicely done!

Renaissance Consort

http://www.stlawu.edu/nhes:http/renaissa.html

Visual and audio examples of musical instruments of the Renaissance, as well as examples of early music manuscripts housed in the Vatican, are presented at this site.

Renaissance Composers

http://www.stevenestrella.com/composers/composersren.html

A list of links on composers of the Renaissance is provided here. A brief biography and discography is provided for each composer, along with links to other related sites.

Josquin Desprez

http://www.karadar.it/Dictionary/desprez.html

A great introduction to the life, and times of the artist, that also includes midi sound samples of his work.

Josquin Desprez

http://www.geocities.com/josquinus/Ecouter_e.htm

This site contains sound files for the work of Josquin Desprez, as well as other related artists.

Classical Music Pages: Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina

http://w3.rz-berlin.mpg.de/cmp/palestrina.html

A brief biography, including links to a photo gallery and bibliography of the artist, is provided at this site.

Thomas Weelkes

http://home.sprintmail.com/~cwhent/Weelkes.html

This biography also includes links to sites on his contemporaries, with some historical background on his Italian influences.

Michael Praetorius

http://www.cyberhymnal.org/bio/p/r/praetorius_m.htm

This brief biography of the artist includes some photos of the artist and renditions of his public work. Quicktime files and written descriptions of his most representative works are also included.

Questions-Use these websites to answer the questions listed below:



1

Select 3 musical examples of Renaissance music, and describe their musical form. How do these pieces differ in texture from the Medieval period?
2

In your own words, describe the life and historical importance of three Renaissance composers of your choice.
3

Describe three musical instruments used during the Renaissance period.
4

There were a number of female composers of note during the Middle Ages. The Web site at http://150.252.8.92/www/iawm/pages/EMWomen.html#RENAISSANCE provides links to key female composers of the Renaissance period. How do their biographies and musical contributions differ from women composers of the Middle Ages? What factors do you believe account for the similarities and differences?








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