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Published on Nov 18, 2015

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PRESENTATION OUTLINE

RENAISSANCE MUSIC

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HISTORY
Often called Golden Age of a capella music

Often used "word paintings"

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First time bass register is used

Music as entertainment and activity increased

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GREENSLEEVES

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First reference in Septemner 1580

Traditional English folk song

Of the form called romanesca

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Persistent belief this was from Henry VIII for his lover Anne Boleyn

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LYRICAL INTERPRETATION

Lady Green Sleeves was a promiscuous young woman
OR
She abstained from the singer's advances

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SCARBOROUGH FAIR

Traditional English folk song about Scarborough

Often sung as a duet

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Tells the tale of a young man giving a series of impossible tasks to his ex lover and she will win him back

Both songs were adapted and modified multiple times after the originals