Write a few sentences in your own words about each composer and their specific contributions to the Renaissance Era.
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Select two composers from the early Renaissance (1400-1475) and two from the Late Renaissance (1475-1600), for a total of four composers. See the list of options, below.
Wikipedia may not be used as a reference for this assignment. Oxford Music Online, available via the Berklee Library > Academic Resources is an excellent resource in addition to the course textbook.
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Part 1: Early Renaissance (1400-1475; lessons 5 and 6)
Pick two of the composers listed below from the early Renaissance (1400-1475) mentioned in the lessons or course textbook.
Include the name and dates when each composer lived.
Write a few sentences, in your own words, about each composer and their specific contributions to the Renaissance Era. Include at least two references in the MLA format.-One must be the course textbook.
Identify one composition by each composer. Do not include a composition that you used in a previous assignment.
If it is from a mass, include the specific part of the mass that you are analyzing. For example: Kyrie, Gloria, Credo, Sanctus, or Agnus Dei.
Include the title of each composition.
List the form of the piece. For example, mass, motet, chanson, and so forth.
Indicate the genre of each piece: sacred or secular.
Provide a short description of each work.
Include a link to a performance of each work from YouTube, Spotify or the Naxos Music Library.
In your own words, include a brief analysis of each composition that you chose.
Choose from the following list of composers:
John Dunstable
Binchois
Guillaume Dufay
Jean de Ockeghem
Antoine Busnoys
Jacob Obrecht
Part 2: Late Renaissance (1475-1600; lessons 7 and 8)
Pick two of the composers listed below from the late Renaissance (1475-1600).-Include the name and dates when each composer lived.
Write a few sentences in your own words about each composer and their specific contributions to the Renaissance Era. Include at least two references in the MLA format.-One must be the course textbook.
Identify one composition by each composer. Do not include a composition that you used in a previous assignment.
If it is from a mass, include the specific part of the mass that you are analyzing. For example: Kyrie, Gloria, Credo, Sanctus, or Agnus Dei.
Include the title of each composition.
List the form of the piece. For example, mass, motet, chanson, and so forth.
Indicate the genre of each piece: sacred or secular.
Provide a short description of each work.
Include a link to a performance of each work from YouTube, Spotify or the Naxos Music Library.
In your own words, include a brief analysis of each composition that you chose.
Choose from the following list of composers(Josquin des Prez is not one of the options as he was the focus of assignment 7):
John Dowland
William Byrd
Thomas Tallis
Palestrina
Carlo Gesualdo
Orlande de Lassus
John Walther
Suggested Naxos Music Albums (you must already be logged into the Berklee Library in order for the links to work):
Course textbook:A history of western music 9th edition
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