Question

1. What were the three forms of English madrigals? Describe each type.

Answer 1

Answer:

1.

• Proper- utilized many words and through-composed.

• Ballet- more faint when compared proper madrigals, it is danced to and more strophic

• Ayre- can be performed with or without accompanying instruments

2.  

Chorales- musical form that has/mimic a harmonized version of a basic stately hymn tune. They were popular because they were easy to sing, they could be related to because they were based off traditional folk music, and the printing press authorized for its publication.

3. A consort is an instrumental association of 6 different musical instruments

4. Guillaume Du Fay was a composer during the early Renaissance. Du Fay wrote numerous forms of music such as chants, masses, motets.

5. William Byrd was a English composer, he wrote the various types of sacred and secular polyphony forms. He also produced Anglican and Roman Catholic music.

Explanation:

Answer 2

Answer:

1)The three forms of English Madrigal were the Madrigal Proper, Ballet, and the Ayre. The madrigal proper matches much of the melody to words in the text. The ballet is mainly danced and sometimes sang to. The ayre, however was performed in many different ways, with or without auxiliary.

2)Chorales were the melodies that were easy to be sung, normally based on folk songs of the time and are still important in protestant churches today. However, Printing press is the reason behind its popularity.

3)A consort is an instrumental ensemble that consist of six instruments such as a lute, flute, bandore, violin, cittern, and a kind of viola.

4)Guillaume Dufay was an early renaissance composer, Brussels born Franco-Flemish who wrote music in almost every musical form.

5)William Byrd was an English composer who made consort music.  

Explanation:

1)Madrigal proper were composed of around three to six unaccompanied voices each with a stimulating line to sing.

Ballet is a much lighter form than that of Madrigal proper. It is more about the strophic music and usually is danced to.  

However, Ayre is unrestricted and can be performed with or without accompanied. It can convoyed by various instruments as well.

2)The printing press created an opportunity for people to produce copies of music much faster and more efficiently and also allowed music to range throughout society.

3)A consort is often referred as a family of instruments that plays together.

4)Guillaume Dufay’s written music and books were disseminated across Europe which made a large influence for future composers.

5)William Byrd is known for composing over 470 pieces of music as well as being considered a genius on the keyboard .