Renaissance instrumental music developed its own forms while being influenced by dance music. It did not equal vocal music in quantity or quality during this period. Instruments were used to back vocalists and some forms borrowed from vocal music while others were newly invented. Improvisation was also important. Renaissance dance was a social activity where educated people were expected to know different types of dances like the slow pavane, fast galliard, and moderate allemande.
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Renaissance instrumental music developed its own forms while being influenced by dance music. It did not equal vocal music in quantity or quality during this period. Instruments were used to back vocalists and some forms borrowed from vocal music while others were newly invented. Improvisation was also important. Renaissance dance was a social activity where educated people were expected to know different types of dances like the slow pavane, fast galliard, and moderate allemande.
Renaissance instrumental music developed its own forms while being influenced by dance music. It did not equal vocal music in quantity or quality during this period. Instruments were used to back vocalists and some forms borrowed from vocal music while others were newly invented. Improvisation was also important. Renaissance dance was a social activity where educated people were expected to know different types of dances like the slow pavane, fast galliard, and moderate allemande.
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Renaissance instrumental music developed its own forms while being influenced by dance music. It did not equal vocal music in quantity or quality during this period. Instruments were used to back vocalists and some forms borrowed from vocal music while others were newly invented. Improvisation was also important. Renaissance dance was a social activity where educated people were expected to know different types of dances like the slow pavane, fast galliard, and moderate allemande.
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Renaissance Instrumental Music
Renaissance Instrumental Music
Instrumental music did not equal vocal music, quantity or quality Developed own forms Heavily influenced by dance music/form
Rules for Inst. Music
Importance of improvisation Transcriptions of vocal music Instruments backed vocalists Some forms borrowed from vocal music, some newly invented What can instruments do that voices cant?
Renaissance Dance Educated people expected to know how to dance Importance social activity Types of Dance Pavane: Slow, duple meter Galliard: Fast, triple meter Allemande: Moderate, duple