Announcements
- First Impressions 1 Assignment due.
- NO RECITATIONS 3A this week.
- Quiz 1 next week covers content from weeks 1–3.
- More information about the quiz
- Practice for the quiz: listen to more Medieval and Renaissance music to familiarize yourself with the style and practice identifying musical characteristics.
- A helpful resource to help you distinguish between the concepts we’re introducing:
Listenings & Readings
Lecture 3: Music from the Renaissance
- Miguel de Fuenllana, “Paseábase el rey” (lute song)
- John Dowland, “What if I never speed?” (lute song)
- Giovanni Gabrieli, “In ecclesiis” (motet)
Recitation 3B Listening & Reading (Neff)
- Josquin, “Mille regretz” (chanson or secular song)
- Luys de Narvaez, “La Canción del Emperador” (instrumental solo) arrangement of Josquin, “Mille regretz”
Recitation 3B Listening & Reading (Goetjen)
Key Terms
Musical Notation
Systems developed for graphic representations of musical elements (pitch, rhythm, etc.)
Tablature
A system of notating music through a representation of performance actions rather than pitches. Especially applicable to string instruments: early lute music was written in tablature in which the symbols represented the position of the player’s fingers on the strings of the instrument. Similar notation is used today in popular music for guitar, ukulele, etc. Adapted tablature systems are used by some contemporary composers (from Oxford Dictionary of Music).
Luthier
Someone who makes stringed instruments.
