Before music became what it is today, it was often used as a way to communicate with God. The church was a powerful educational source in the middle ages taking place from the fifth …show more content…
The Renaissance began in Italy and literally means "rebirth". One of the major differences between the Medieval and Renaissance time periods is the musical texture. More artists began to be more interested and aware of harmony and focused on working gradually through a piece to play parts simultaneously (Fuller, 2010, p. 1). The Renaissance was the period in which the idea of humanism came about involving looking into human knowledge in diverse artistic ways. Although it is often believed to be a completely secular time period, they did in fact have prevalent church music. Most of the sacred work constructed during this era was by men because the church still had a ban on women musicians. The courts began to sponsor secular music for entertainment by songs and dances and by the end of this era, "women's role in music performance dramatically changed" (Dunbar, 2016, p.