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of the dance steps, with the appropriate music to accompany that dance. Several dance<br />
types are listed below, but many more existed.<br />
Renaissance Dance Forms<br />
Allemande Moderato dance in duple meter<br />
Courante Moderato or Allegro dance in triple meter<br />
Sarabande Andante or adagio dance in triple meter<br />
Gigue Allegro dance in duple or compound meter<br />
Bourrée Andante dance in duple meter<br />
Minuet Moderato dance in triple meter<br />
Pavane Andante or adagio dance in duple meter<br />
Galliard Moderato dance in triple meter<br />
Renaissance dances were short pieces with regular repeated phrases and melodies.<br />
The structure of these dances were similar in many respects to popular tunes of today.<br />
Each dance, however, expressed only one tempo or style. By combining dances into<br />
suites, or collections of dances, the composer could write music for a variety of different<br />
moods and styles within the same larger work. Usually, the instrumentation was not<br />
specified; in rare cases, the dances called for specific consorts or instruments. Often,<br />
improvisation was employed, both by embellishing the melodies and augmenting the<br />
accompaniments.<br />
Much has been written about Renaissance philosophy, and the attempts by people<br />
of the time to recapture the glory of the great ancient empires of Greece and Rome. The<br />
culmination of this thinking was a combination of the arts, which will be discussed in<br />
the next chapter. The result of this combination became known as opera.<br />
Key Terms<br />
antiphonal madrigal<br />
canon mass<br />
chanson Ordinary (of the Mass)<br />
chorale polyphonic<br />
consort Proper (of the Mass)<br />
Counter Reformation Protestant Reformation<br />
homophonic suite<br />
hymn<br />
imitation<br />
word painting