Renaissance Diego Crossword

In was city born Claudio Monteverdi
In was city born Tomas Luis de Victoria
Who is Leonardo da Vinci
The Renaissance Music Period covers the time from
Polyphony had achieved such a level of complexity that the words started becoming non-understandable. The Church was tempted to prohibit polyphony if it wasn´t for
Was the most representative instrument of the Renaissance, used both as a solo instrument and as an accompaniment.
It’s the most representative form of the Spanish sacred music of the time. It’s a polyphonic work, usually for 4 voices, with a simple polyphonic texture, and structured as well in verses and refrains, as the aforementioned chanson.
its shape might look like a violoncello, but it belongs to the family of viols... (It has more than 4 strings, chiefly between 5 and 7 strings).
it’s considered the predecessor of spanish guitar and was used most in Spain. It’s similar to a spanish guitar but smaller in size and a softer timbre
The first harpsichords were made in Italy at the end of the sixteenth century. It acquired many shapes and names depending on where they were constructed: spinet, virginal, cembalo… It has a keyboard and looks like a modern piano, but the internal mechanism is different as the strings inside are plucked instead of struck. Therefore, is considered a plucked string instrument (instrumento de cuerda pulsada) like guitars, and lutes.
will be the most important Renaissance music “form”. It originated in Italy and it’s a complex polyphonic form in 4 or 5 parts, with poetric texts about love. There’s imitation between the voices and it’s composed for both male and female voices. Monteverdi, Luca Marenzio or Gesualdo, are specially remarkable composers.
can be simple or complex, depending on whether the different parts or voices move on at the same time, or not
Refers to a growing interest, on the part of composers and artists in general, of Ancient Greece and Rome, both in the arts and mythology and astronomy and mathematics.
(mecenas) were wealthy people who patronized or sponsored poor and needy but talented artists so that they could devote themselves more fully to his artistic life, be it composing, painting, sculpture, writing…without having to worry about daily or mundane issues, such as eating, shopping, cleaning, housing… In exchange of this artistic aid, they got fame and worldly prestige. Amongst these patrons it’s worth mentioning “the Medici”, a rich and mighty family from Florencia.