Music Of The Renaissance

Symphony Under Stars to be swinging time

Eliza Wiley Independent Record - Helena Symphony music director Allan R. Scott announces the 8th Annual Symphony Under the Stars Friday morning on Carroll's campus. "If it ain't got that swing, it ain't got that thing!" music from the Harlem Renaissance, Duke Ellington, Fats Waller, James P. Johnson and more will be performed on Guadalupe hill Saturday July 16, 2011 beginning at 8:30 p.m. Symphony Under the Stars concert and fireworks show has attracted over 15,000 people to Helena for the past eight summers in July. "Symphony Under the Stars has become an important Montana tradition," said Scott. "The Helena Symphony and Carroll College have committed to keeping this concert alive, even in times of economic uncertainty. We are grateful to our sponsors for helping ensure the viablility of an event that so many Montana families continue to make a part of their summer plans." Also pictured is Carroll College president Thomas Trebon and Symphony Under the Stars poster artist Connie Bergum.

Helena Symphony music director Allan R. Scott announced the 8th Annual Symphony Under the Stars Friday morning on the Carroll College campus.

"If It Ain't Got That Swing, It Ain't Got That Thing! The Music of the Harlem Renaissance" will feature music by Duke Ellington, Fats Waller, James P. Johnson and more. The concert will be at Carroll’s Guadalupe hill Saturday, July 16, beginning at 8:30 p.m.

Symphony Under the Stars concert and its fireworks show attracted over 15,000 people to Helena for the past eight summers in July. ‘Symphony Under the Stars has become an important Montana tradition,’ said Scott. ‘The Helena Symphony and Carroll College have committed to keeping this concert alive, even in times of economic uncertainty. We are grateful to our sponsors for helping ensure the viablility of an event that so many Montana families continue to make a part of their summer plans.’ Also pictured are Carroll College president Thomas Trebon and Symphony Under the Stars poster artist Connie Bergum.

Music of the Renaissance

I'm a beginning violinist and I also own a renaissance style recorder. I ordered a book full of renaissance sheet music and I just can't stop playing them. I'm not very good, but I've been making a certain progress. I have been trying to better understand what is that defines the sound of this period, but I can't quite put my finger on it. I'm curious if any one can help me understand the theory of these tunes (if that makes any sense), if that is indeed at all possible The lovely plainchant and Gregorian chant were rarely - if ever - written down, but passed orally from performer to performer, mostly sung by monks and perhaps church choirs and involved only a single line of music. The polyphonic of the Renaissance brought a flourishing of part songs - love songs and madrigals (Greensleeves for one). Sacred music played and sung voice against voice, note against note is found in the masses and motets by Byrd, Bach and many other composers. Truly polyphonic. My absolute favourite is Thomas Tallis's Spem in Allum sung by Harry Christopher's choir The Fifteen. Not sure about overly embellished music - if it happened we almost certainly don't want to hear it... Some renaissance music is modal. (Well, it's all modal I guess, but a lot of it uses the Ionic scale, which later became Major) Simply put, it uses scales and chord progressions that would not have been used in later "common practice" music, which helps give it its own sound. There's also very little modulation, the music kind of just flows along within it's own key, without the dramatic tensions between key areas that are so important in for instance Mozart and Beethoven.

Music of the renaissance

Music in the Renaissance

Music in the Renaissance

Renaissance music, music in Western Europe, 1400-1600

Music of the Renaissance, by Romain Goldron