1)Assignment: Renaissance Period Write about the most important features of

1)Assignment: Renaissance Period
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Write about the most important features of the period of which you learned from the documentary.:
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Om1jvUzVAtE
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2)Assignment: Josquin’s Ave Maria
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Your assignment is to discover one of the most radiant pieces of vocal music written by Josquin, one of the most beloved Renaissance composers from Northern France. :
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FNbIyFlvxlk
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3)Assignment
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Write a short essay addressing points outlined including your personal reaction to this music.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xGkb5KFwx1I
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Pay attention to the beat: is it regular or not, everywhere or in certain sections, duple or triple or changes, where?
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Do voices move together or are staggered, in all sections or only in some, which sections?
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When voices move together we can call these sections “chordal” (three-four pitches sounding harmoniously together, or as a chord) or “homophonic.”
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When voices imitate each other (as the same tune is imitated in Row, Row, Row Your Boat song), the musical texture is described as “polyphonic” or “imitation.”
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Imitation is used by Josquin fluidly when you hear melody repeated in other voices (as in Row, row, row your boat), can you spot those sections? Point out which sections are imitative (use stanza number references from text below)?
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This work is called motet. This is a music genre that originated in the Middle Ages and usually is a polyphonic work for voices based on sacred text that has no instrumental accompaniment.
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