EVOLUTION OF VOCAL FORMS

MIDDLE AGE

RENAISSANCE

BAROQUE

CLASSICISM

ROMANTICISM

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MIDDLE AGE

•MONOPHONIC

•RELIGIOUS: GREGORIAN CHANT “Kyrie”:

•PROFANE: TROUBADORS AND JUGLARS“Kalenda Maya”. Raimbaut de Vaqueiras.

•POLIPHONIC

•RELIGIOUS: ORGANUM, CONDUCTUS, MOTETOrganum duplum. Leonin.

•PROFANE: RONDEAU, BALLADA, VIRELAIVirelai “Dulce dame Jolie”. Guillaume de Machaut.

Activity: Look at this video.

GREGORIAN is a german group that sings popular music in style of

gregorian chant.

RENAISSANCE

RELIGIOUS

-Mass: It´s a choralcomposition about themain prayers of eucharisticliturgy

- Chorale: A hymn of thelutheran church, usuallywritten for four voiceharmony.

- Anthem: It´s a choral composition to an English religious text sung in church services.

PROFANE

-Madrigal: It´s a compositionwhere the number of voicesvaries from two to eight. It´swritten in italian and normallythe lyrics are about love.

-Villancico: It`s a four part work, written mostly in chordal style.This is based on a three stanzapoem and is musically structuredaccording to the formula ABBA.