Terminology Quiz
• No more requests for make-up quizzes will be
accepted.
• Quizzes were sent to Computer Grading
Center yesterday afternoon.
• Test results should be back to me by next
Tuesday.
• Grades will be posted next week (please do
not ask before class on Friday, 3 Oct 08)
“Things to do this Weekend”
• UCF Concert Band & Wind Ensemble
- Tonight (Friday, 26 Sep 08 @ 8:00 pm)
- VAB Auditorium
- FREE!!!
• Orlando Philharmonic Orchestra
- Tomorrow (Saturday, 27 Sep 08 @ 8:30 pm)
- Bob Carr Auditorium (Downtown Orlando)
- Verdi, Adams, Strauss, Tchaikovsky, Shostakovich,
Murtha (lots of trumpets!)
- see MUL: 2010 web site for link to OPO web site
Troubadours and Trouvères
Duchy of Burgundy (1364-1477)
Duchy of Burgundy
Philip the Good, Duke of (light blue)
Burgundy (1396-1467)
Guillaume Du Fay (1397?-1474)
(to the left, w/ Binchois at right)
Medieval Era (c. 476-1450)
• Catholic Church – the dominant Patron
• Gregorian Chant (monophonic)
• Organum & other forms of polyphony
decorate chant (occasionally)
• Secular music begins to appear late in the
era (Troubadours, etc.)
• Emphasis on Abstract Design &
Symbolism
Renaissance (c. 1450-1600)
• “Rebirth” of Ancient Greek Culture
(centered in Italy)
• More emphasis on Secular World
• Age of:
Discovery
Science
Exploration
• Knowledge applied to Arts
Medici Villa (15th-16th centuries)
Medici Villa (cutaway & interior)
Gunpowder
Re-enactment of Musket Volley
15th-century cannon
Gutenberg’s Printing Press (1452)
Cathedral of Florence
Dome by Brunelleschi (1420-1436)
Ravenna Mosaic (c. 500)
Masaccio
“The
Trinity”
(c. 1427)
Renaissance Masterpieces
“David” by Michelangelo “Madonna of the Rocks”
(1501-1504) by Leonardo da Vinci
(1483)