There were more established Musical Instruments by then. There were beginning to be a lot of good performers on those instruments. Composers were broadening their experimentation with music to include two and three part harmonies, instead of just individual polyphonic lines.
Those are the three main reasons - there are lots of others. But your question is well put. Renaissance music did indeed sound "fuller" than medieval music.
Some similarities between medieval and Renaissance music would be the type of notation used (the type developed by the end of the medieval period was used in the Renaissance, too.) also the cantus firmus(using a given melody to compose a polyphonic work)was still used but maybe more freely. The forms, fixes such as the rondeaux, viralaie and ballades were still used up to a certain point in the Renaissance. its mostly the change from focussing on the technical side of music in the medieval period to making music for expression and meaning in the renaissance.
it was the rebirth of time. That's what the renaissance was. So now what do u think? Huh? >.<
I believe we find the most medieval music from Italy.
The Renaissance saw the development of homophonic texture in music, a step away from plainchants and the church, and music as a means of expression.
* Medieval - pre 1450 * Renaissance 1450 - 1600 * Baroque 1600 - 1750 * Classical 1750 - 1820 * Romantic 1810 - 1910 * 20th Century 1900 - 2000
James Coover has written: 'Private Music Collections' 'A bibliography of music dictionaries' -- subject(s): Bibliography, Dictionaries, Music 'Gesamtausgaben' -- subject(s): Bibliography, Music 'Medieval and Renaissance Music on Long Playing Records' 'Medieval and Renaissance Music on Long-Playing Records' 'Music Lexicography'
Some similarities between medieval and Renaissance music would be the type of notation used (the type developed by the end of the medieval period was used in the Renaissance, too.) also the cantus firmus(using a given melody to compose a polyphonic work)was still used but maybe more freely. The forms, fixes such as the rondeaux, viralaie and ballades were still used up to a certain point in the Renaissance. its mostly the change from focussing on the technical side of music in the medieval period to making music for expression and meaning in the renaissance.
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False.
Renaissance music is defined as that written between 1400 and 1600, although these dates can vary slightly. During this time there was a general awakening across the arts and sciences, and a prolific amount of music was written. The Companion Guide to Medieval and Renaissance Music, written by Tess Knighton and David Fallows, gives useful and comprehensive coverage of the subject, and is an ideal introduction.
Timothy J. McGee has written: 'Medieval Instrumental Dances (Music, Scholarship and Performance)' 'Medieval and Renaissance music' -- subject(s): Performance practice (Music), Music, Performance, History, Interpretation (Phrasing, dynamics, etc.) 'The music of Canada' -- subject(s): History and criticism, Music 'The ceremonial musicians of late medieval Florence' -- subject(s): History, Municipal ceremonial, Music, Social aspects, Social aspects of Music, Social life and customs
Nan Cooke Carpenter has written: 'Music in the medieval and renaissance universities' -- subject(s): Music, History and criticism, Music in universities and colleges, Europe, Universities and colleges, 16th century
it was the rebirth of time. That's what the renaissance was. So now what do u think? Huh? >.<
Folk Singing and Instrumentals on Instruments such as lutes and a type of recorder were the most widely popular, though music was not truly popular again until the Renaissance Period.
how did the following relate to the renaissance;music ,literature,and art
The music of the baroque is far better than the music of the renaissance.
The term "lute" refers to an old stringed instrument. It was popular from the Medieval to the Baroque eras, and was an extremely important instrument in secular music during the Renaissance.