2. Songs-Genres  Sacred: religious text  Mass: Order of the Mass  Kyrie, Gloria,Credo, Sanctus, Agnus Dei, Benedictus  Example: “Gloria” from the Mass  Secular: non-religious text  Troubadours- first group of people to perform secular works  Madrigal-secular composition written for 4-6 voices  Example: “Now is the Month of Maying” –Thomas Morley

3. Forms of SongsForms of Songs  Monophony- consisting of melody without accompanying harmony.  “Dies Irae”-composer unknown  Homophony- two or more parts move together in harmony  “Holy, Holy, Holy”-Reginald Heber  Polyphony- texture consisting of two or more simultaneous lines of independent melody  “Sicut Cervus”-Palestrina

4. Instruments  Lute- early type of guitar  Recorder- early type of flute  Sackbut- early type of trombone  http://www.music.iastate.edu/antiqua/instrumt.html