Renaissance music (c. 1400 A.D. to 1600 A.D.) was more focused on
secular themes. Around 1450, the printing press was invented, and that
helped to disseminate musical styles more quickly and across a larger
area. Thus, music could play an increasingly important role in daily
life. Musicians worked for the church, courts and towns. Church choirs
grew in size, and the church remained an important patron of music.
However, musical activity shifted to the courts. Kings and princes
competed for the finest composers.
Music is an art form whose medium is sound and silence. Its common elements are pitch (which governs melody and harmony), rhythm (and its associated concepts tempo, meter, and articulation), dynamics, and the sonic qualities of timbre and texture. The creation, performance, significance, and even the definition of music vary according to culture and social context. Music ranges from strictly organized compositions (and their recreation in performance), through improvisational music to aleatoric forms. Music can be divided into genres and subgenres, although the dividing lines and relationships between music genres are often subtle, sometimes open to individual interpretation, and occasionally controversial. Within 'the arts', music may be classified as a performing art, a fine art, and auditory art. There is also a strong connection between music and mathematics.
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Music and theatre scholars studying the history and anthropology of Semitic and early Judeo-Christian culture have discovered common links in theatrical and musical activity between the classical cultures of the Hebrews and those of later Greeks and Romans.Music is an art form whose medium is sound and silence. Its common elements are pitch (which governs melody and harmony), rhythm (and its associated concepts tempo, meter, and articulation), dynamics, and the sonic qualities of timbre and texture. The creation, performance, significance, and even the definition of music vary according to culture and social context. Music ranges from strictly organized compositions (and their recreation in performance), through improvisational music to aleatoric forms. Music can be divided into genres and subgenres, although the dividing lines and relationships between music genres are often subtle, sometimes open to individual interpretation, and occasionally controversial. Within 'the arts', music may be classified as a performing art, a fine art, and auditory art. There is also a strong connection between music and mathematics.
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