Roger Kamien Music Chapter 3 Summary

In chapter three of Roger Kamien’s Music an Appreciation textbook, the author focuses directly on the Renaissance period, a period of exploring and adventure. The Renaissance Period, also known as “The Golden Age,” was a time of curiosity and individualism in society. The author teaches his readers about the significance of humanism and musicals that were played in churches, courts, and towns. Chapter three explains in depth how to comprehend and appreciate the importance of transition in sacred music, secular music, and The Venetian School. During the time of 1450-1600, vocal music was more important than instrumental music. Music was played for events such as weddings and other religious ceremonies in this period. The texture of Renaissance music was mainly polyphonic. A polyphonic texture is the performance …show more content…
Secular music was transformed into poems and was precisely diverse. The poems were written in Italian, French, Spanish, German, Dutch, and English. With that being said, music was spread worldwide from the development of music printing. Although the people were different, every individual was expected to play and read music notation. Thomas Marley explained how embarrassing it was if someone was without knowledge of how to play an instrument. If someone did not know how to read or play, then he or she could not participate in after-dinner music making. Women were not allowed to sing in church, but they could make music in monasteries and receive musical training. An important secular vocal music was the madrigal, a piece for solo voices set to a short poem about love. It combines homophonic and polyphonic textures. Although vocal music was popular, instrumental music became more important later in the Renaissance era. The instrumental music was played strictly for dancing. Dancing was a very popular entertainment and everyone cultivated was expected to be skilled in this