Sunday, August 30, 2009

Renaissance Music Introduction (Konzertchor Response)

Please comment on my blog posting by responding to one of the following questions:
1. How do the Renaissance historical highlights explain how music became an essential part of everyday life in the 15th and 16th centuries?
2. How do the Renaissance historical highlights explain how music became available and accessible to all people, not just the wealthy in the 15th and 16th centuries?
3. How do the Renaissance historical highlights explain why words once again became the focal point of music in the 15th and 16th centuries?

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Mr. Thiel
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82 comments:

  1. Josh Graminske 3rd Hour
    Mr. Thiel
    Konzertchor

    I picked number 3.

    I think that the main reason words came back into focus in songs in the renaissance period was because of Johan Gutenburg and the printing press. This created literacy among many of the lower class and upper class people in this period. Since people now had more opportunites to read, they could also write more easily, giving them the ability to know many more words then they had previously had the capability to understand and define as a whole. The printing press also had a phenomenal effect on the church. Since Bibles were now being mass produced, the church was able to write hymns using bible verses. (107 wordz)

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  2. Jessica Kanz
    Konzertchor
    How do the Renaissance historical highlights explain how music became available and accessible to all people, not just the wealthy in the 15th and 16th centuries?

    The Renaissance had a huge impact on music. The Renaissance is filled with many events that encouraged people to write music. The invention of the printing press made it easier for people to read, creating more of a middle class. It allowed them to get jobs and to have money to get music. The Refermation and the council of trent was also a huge factor is making music available to all people. Martin Luther wrote many hymns during this time. Now more people, especially Lutherans,could get that music. The renaissance itself promoted more art, so more artist were composing music. When there was more music being produced, it was easier for it to be available to more people. It was a great time to be writing and composing music because of the events like, the end of the 100 year war, and discovring america, it gave them material to write about. The most important factor into availability to music is that the patrons of the arts financally support art and music.

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  3. Amanda Van Sluys
    Konzertchor
    How do the Renaissance historical highlights explain how music became an essential part of everyday life in the 15th and 16th centuries?

    The music of the Renaissance period was very different from the period before. In one way it was not just the rich who could be a subject to it, the poor also were able to listen to and enjoy the music of the 15th and 16th centuries. Not only was it available to the poor, but any of the poor in that time could counteract the music of that time. If they were found and good enough they would probably be passed from one rich court to another.
    The music in the 15th and 16th centuries may have meant more then any other of the centuries before in the way that the music had words in it. The fact that the music was more then just notes it meant that people could put their feelings into the music and they could write love song or sonets. So I think you can figure that would influence the lives of many people

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  4. Kimberly Buck
    Konzertchor
    How do the Renaissance historical highlights explain how music became an essential part of everyday life in the 15th and 16th centuries?

    The culture, before that of the Renassisance movent in the late 15th century, was one of despaire and unexcitment. One man than drastically changed this world view was Martian Luther. He introduced words and angelical music back into the Curch and society in general.The hyhms and other musical composions of his changed the way people viewed life. Along with the refornmation came a new understaning for Chrisianity along with hope.
    After the Refermation, now that more people were more involved in music than before, it bacame available for many to enjoy. The poor were able to read and listen to music and families were able to teach their children musical tunes that incorporated Biblical themes (hymns) as well as their new appreciation for music.

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  5. Joshua Stenklyft
    Konzertchor
    How do the Renaissance historical highlights explain how music became an essential part of everyday life in the 15th and 16th centuries?

    During the artistic ages of the Renaissance, music blended itself into the daily lives of everyone with an ear to hear. Music has sneaked into many artistic backgrounds given to us by the Greeks and the Romans of old. Music has even sneaked into the lines of science. Wher did the fiuguations for rythmn and counts come from? SCIENCE!! Not only that, but back during the Reformation, it made its way into hymnals of the old Martain Luther days. With the printing press also developed, making the music became alot easier. Especially with words being blended into the music, people would rather listento words by music than actual conversation. With these great periods and ideals, music became part of thedaily life.

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  6. Joshua Stenklyft
    Response to Kim Buck
    Response to question 1

    I think that Martian Luther was a great success in the music arrival also. He was the guy who actually came up with the songs that we sing in church, the hymns!! I liked how the usage of the hymns was later used by Christian churches all around the world. Every class of every lifestyle should be able to celebrate the Lord with their own hymn of praise. Now the music ofthe Lord is being brought to all who lend a hear to listen and a voice to sing along. Good, job, Kim!!

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  7. Ashley Scheele
    Konzertchor
    How did the Renaissance historical highlights explain how music become aviailable and accessible to all people, not just the wealthy in the 15th and 16th Centruy.

    The Renaissance was a very important time period. I think Gutenburg, had a huge role in this question. Since he invented the printing press there were more copies of music and books available. This probaly increased the literacy of most people, because now they had more options to read. The Reformation of trent was also really important at this time. This was when Martin Luther nailed his 95 theses to door of the church. This allowed more christinas to get more music. This was also a great time period to be writing music. There were so many events going on, and when there are a lot of events going on there are more things to write about.

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  8. Ashley Scheele
    Responce to Kimberly Buck

    I think that Martin Luther was a great success to music. He has created alot of the music that is in out hymnals today. He also influenced alot of people by nailing the 95 theses to the door. Now the music is all over the world, so many people can hear and sing this music.
    Great job Kimberly

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  9. Zac Jensema
    Konzertchor
    How do the renaissance historical highlights explain how music became an essential part of everyday life in the 15th and 16th centuries.

    Well in 1440 the printing press was made by Johannes Gutenberg. Making the printing press, advanced more people in reading and understanding words. The first book Johannes printed was the bible. The printing press was a huge advancement in music, because musicians could publish there music quick and fast. Now a days we have excelled but that was the start of it.
    Music was a huge part of reformation where hymns and choirs sang. Martin Luther composed hymns, a famous one is A Mighty Fortress is our God, and others. These are very popular songs and still used today. These are used in Reformation today.
    With the start of music, people and things advanced it and we still use it today. But we owe to to people who started it.

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  10. Ryan Schoening
    Konzertchor
    How do the renaissance historical highlights explain how music became an essential part of everyday life in the 15th and 16th centuries?

    The Renaissance had a big part in music in the 15th and 16th centuries. With Johann Guttenberg inventing the printing press in 1440 it made it much eaier for people to be able to use the music. It now would only take a day to make a song because the printing press could make it so much faster. Now everyone was able to use music in their lives even if they could not afford it or be able to read. Martin Luther made many songs for christians to use. With all the events going on around this time the people writing music had a lot to write about.

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  11. Ryan Schoening
    Response to Kim Buck!

    I would agree that Martin Luther played a huge role in the renaissance period. He composed a lot of our songs that we now sing. I also agree that after the reformation people were more involved and were able to teach their kids things from it and everyone was able to use the music not just rich people.

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  12. Giulia Weyrich
    2.How did the Renaissance historical highlights explain how music become aviailable and accessible to all people, not just the wealthy in the 15th and 16th Centruy.

    During the Renaissance period, music became accessible to all people, not just the wealthy for the first major time in history. During this time there was a flurry of increased economic activity in Europe. This led to the creation of a more significant middle class population. The development of the middle class furthered the spread of arts beyond just the wealthy. For the first time a greater portion of the population had the time and the money to devote to the arts, such as music.
    Additionally, in 1440 the printing press was invented. This invention allowed for the spread of printed materials such as music. As printed music became more widely available, it became easier for the new middle class and even some of the poor to access printed music.
    These two changes, which occurred during the Renaissance, caused a lasting change by making music available beyond just the wealthy.

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  13. Giulia Weyrich
    Response to Ryan Schoening

    I agree with your comments about the importance of the invention of the printing press. This allowed for much greater distribution of printed music. I also think the large growth of the middle class created a new population that helped bridge the gap between the wealthy and poor, and their access to music.

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  14. Bea Jentsch
    Konzertchor
    3. How do the Renaissance historical highlights explain why words once again became the focal point of music in the 15th and 16th centuries?

    The Renaissance historical highlights that caused words to become the highlight of music again was the printing press. The printing press was the main reason composers focused on words because it made reproduction easier and faster. Before the printing press was invented, they would have had to hand-copy any type of music. Songs without music were easier to copy because there was less to do with those songs. Also, when words became more important in songs, the songs began to take a deeper meaning than just musical notes on a piece of paper. They gave people something to think about and ponder.

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  15. Bea Jentsch
    Konzertchor
    Response to Amanda VanSluys


    I agree that when the poor people were able to listen to music as well, all of the people became more unified. Also, like you said, when the composers began to incorporate words into their songs, the other people could relate to what was going on in other people's lives and in their own personal situation. Music influenced people in many different ways and it is the same way in modern music.

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  16. Alyssa Blaha
    Konzertchor
    Number 2

    During the this time period the middle class grew because of the economy's great incline. Because of this the poor also gained money so they were able to play and buy musical instraments and they were also able to take music lessons. Then, another boost came along for the musical world the printing press. This was invented in 1440. Now because of this invention music could be coppied and sold out to everyone who needed variouse types of music sheets. So in conclusion because of these two great happenings the musical population was increases in all classes.

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  17. Alyssa Blaha
    Konzertchor
    Commenting on Bea's

    I agree with her because re writing all of those copies that the prenting press did wouls be a pain. Also not even close to the same amount would have ever been made.

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  18. Mr. Thiel
    Konzertchor
    3. How do Renaissance Historical Highlights explain why words once again became the focal point of music?

    Words once again became the focal point of music, because a major part of renaissance music was creating Christian hymns. When you sing a Christian hymn it is important to know what you are singing about. If you just sing a melody the song has no meaning. How can this be a praise to God if it has no meaning? Christian music’s focal point is obviously God, and so we need to sing about God through humans main communication, words. Although the main reason was for Christian hymns adding words to songs may have also been made easier through the invention of the printing press.

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  19. Ben Steinert
    Konzertchor
    Response to Alyssa Blaha

    I agree with Alyssa, because the income increases must have caused a lot of extra money which was in turn spent on musical items. Definetly a change from before the renaissance when the poor didn't enjoy music at all.

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  20. Megan Osladil
    Konzertchor
    How do the Renaissance historical highlights explain why words once again became the focal point of music in the 15th and 16th centuries?

    Through the historical highlights listed, words became the focal point in music in the 15th and 16th centuries. Through the printing press, exploration, and the Reformation words became very important in music.
    The printing press obviously printed on paper, making more literary works available to the common people. Since more people could attain paper with words, literacy increased as well. More songs could be written with meaningful words then because more people understood them.
    Exploration of new land provided greater wealth to many countries. Greater wealth, which was found in the new land, supported the printing presses. Also, at the same time, Martin Luther posted the 95 Theses and started the Reformation. The Reformation was a time when people had to decide what they believed in. Once they knew what side they stood for, they wrote hymns with words that they understood in their languages.
    Through the 15th and 16th centuries words became more important in music with the help of printing presses, exploration, and the Reformation. All historical events are linked and intertwined which helped cause a large transformation of music.

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  21. Megan Osladil
    Konzertchor
    Response to Kim Buck

    I agree with Kim. Music greatly changed the Church and everyone else it came in contact with in the Renaissance era. People finally understood what they were singing about. More and more people could read and sing music, therefore they could share God's message as well. The more people got involved with music, and its meaning, the more other people also wanted to be involved and learn.

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  22. Katelyn Boehlke
    Konzertchor
    2. How do the Renaissance historical highlights explain how music became available and accessible to all people, not just the wealthy in the 15th and 16th centuries?

    The historical highlight that most explains this is the printing press. It made the printing of music less expensive and quicker so that lower classes could also afford it. When it was printed by hand it was extremely slow. Music was still very important to the church during the Renaissance, but it moved a way a bit, opening up the use of music in everyday life instead of only in church, as it was for many. Music became a bigger part of education after the Catholic church lost power over the learning of its members. There were also more people becoming interested in music as it became available to them.

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  23. Katelyn Boehlke
    Konzertchor
    Response to Megan Osladil

    I agree very much with the idea that words became more important in music during the Renaissance because of the printing press. As books and music became more available many people became literate, which would definitely increase interest in lyrics. It would have a lot more meaning, for someone writing a song, if people understood what they were saying through it.

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  24. Luke Lorfeld
    Konzertchor
    Response to Bea Jentsch

    I agree that the printing press helped words become the focus of songs because it sped up the process of copying all the music and also helped spread the music further, now that there were many more copies available. Without the printing press, it would be incredibly painstaking to, by hand, copy everything verbatim.

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  25. Luke Lorfeld
    Konzertchor
    3. How do the Renaissance historical highlights explain how music became available and accessible to all people, not just the wealthy in the 15th and 16th centuries?

    I think the reason why music was available was because of Gutenburgs's printing press. It made processing many more copies incredibly easier, so there were more than enough copies to go around. Less wealthy people were able to access the music because there was no longer a huge demand for the copies. Also at the time was a boost in the economy, so the middle class wealth also grew. With the gained income, they were able to afford some of the newly printed music, and from there the popularity of the music became widespread, a result being the incorporation of many hymns in churches around the world.

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  26. Ashley Schroeder
    Symphonic Band
    3. How do the Renaissance historical highlights explain why words once again became the focal point of music in the 15th and 16th centuries?

    In general people write or read poetry is to relieve stress, or express their feelings about an any given topic. In 1440 the printing press was invented and the bible was eventually printed. People would soon after that be able to study and learn about the Bible on their own and probably wrote poems and songs to express their thoughts and views of things in it. Majority of people back then would meet and go to church and probably express there poems and eventually change them into songs that the congregation would sing. Not just rich people go to church. Like why do girls more so then boys like the love songs or songs about breaking up or about life in general with struggles. It’s because when u listen to them it gives you a great feeling, and it’s something you can relate to.

    Response to Mr. Theil
    I agree with how I order to praise God you need to know what your singing about it’s shows that back in the day people had to be more then just beat people. They had a focus on what they were about.

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  27. Calli Ames
    Konzertchor
    3. How do the Renaissance Historical Highlights explain why words once again became the focal point of music in the 15th and 16th centuries?

    During the Renaissance, words became very important in music once again. People wrote music about what was happening in their own lives and the world around them. With the invention of Johannes Gutenberg's printing press more people were able to learn music and write and distribute it at a cheaper price. Having more to read, people became more intelligent in their lyric writing. Also, many hymns came out during the Renaissance. With Martin Luther and his 95 Theses during the Reformation, many hymns were written by Luther and others expressing their Lutheran views. These hymns had a major focus on the lyrics rather than the music.

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  28. Kayla Engelhardt
    Konzertchor
    3. How do the Renaissance historical highlights explain why words once again became the focal point of music in the 15th and 16 centuries?

    During the end of the Medieval Era, the Renaissance began a new time for humanism. The influence of humanism helped artists and musicians move away from the strict ways of the Medieval Era and began producing more individualistic pieces of art and music. Within all of the creativity; new instruments such as the lute was made. Also to change the style of music even more, they started added more vocals and words to the newer pieces of music. The printing press also made it easier to make more copies of music at a faster rate. Prior to the printing press everything had to be copied down by hand, so adding extra words made more work. Whereas with the printing press it didn’t matter what was all written down because it could be copied easily. A very common type of music that was copied were hymns.

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  29. Kayla Engelhardt
    Konzertchor
    Response to Josh Graminske

    I also chose question number three and I agree that the printing press really did influence the addition of words into music. I also think that it's really cool that the church got to use the printing press to spread the bible and hymns to all people. That really helped the spread of Christianity, and a big part of it was witnessing through song which is a main point that Mr. Thiel always tries telling us in choir :]

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  30. Anna Linse
    Konzertchor
    2. How do the Renaissance historical highlights explain how music became available and accessible to all people, not just the wealthy in the 15th and 16th centuries?

    One of the main reasons that music became available to all the people was because of the invention of the printing press in 1440, but the biggest high light that tells how music became accessible is the reformation period. When Martin Luther was writing a ton of hymns for example A Mighty Fortress Is Our God. So the people would being singing it in church and because of the printing press they could put all the hymns in a book for the commoners to sing out of at church so they would have to memories it.

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  31. Anna Linse
    Knozertchor
    Response to Katelyn Boehlke

    I agree with Katelyn that the printing press was huge part of how common people could access music, and the the printing press made printing music much faster and less expensive for the commoners. It shows us that before the printing press the music and other written things would have to be copied by hand, which is a long and tedious project. Because if you made one mistake you would have to start all over again.

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  32. Rachel Maxon
    Konzertchor
    How do the Renaissance historical highlights explain how music became an essential part of everyday life in the 15th and 16th centuries?

    The Renaissance time period was kind of like an explosion of new music, connecting Europe's society by spreading quickly to Germany, France, England, and Spain. Before this time, Europe was going through a real economic crisis. Renaissance music uplifted them in the 15th and 16th centuries by allowing everyone to listen to the music, not just the rich. The poor and middle classes were also inspired by this music and it drew everyone together. I think the reason why it was such an important style of music is because it was the first time the music had lyrics. Now it was more than just a song with notes on a page; it was a message that spoke to people all around Europe.

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  33. Mary Berg
    Konzertchor
    How do the Renaissance historical highlights explain why words once again became the focal point of music in the 15th and 16th centuries?

    One of the main reasons why words once again became the focal point of music in the 15th and 16th centuries is because more people started to go to school and learn about the arts and sciences. They understood words more than before and were able to appreciate words written in music. Another main factor that played with the literacy of the communities was the printing press. People had more opportunities to read and learn in general because of schools and the printing press.

    Martin Luther also made an impact on people in relation to music by writing hymns. He wrote hymns in the German Language so that people could understand what they were singing and could understand the Lutheran Doctrine. Before the hymns, parishoners of the church did not understand what was going on during the Divine Service. Once the Bible was translated and hymns were written, people had a better understanding of the Mass.

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  34. Mary Berg
    Konzertchor
    Response to Rachel Maxon

    I agree with Rachel in that the Renaissance was like an explosion of new music connecting Europe's society by spreading quickly to Germany, France, England, and Spain. It was an intelligent move to add lyrics to the music so that all classes of people could relate to the songs. The Renaissance music had targeted all types of people for and audience. In return the Renaissance era was a flourishing time in history.

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  35. Aaron Haack
    Konzertchor
    2. How do the Renaissance historical highlights explain how music became available and accessible to all people, not just the wealthy in the 15th and 16th centuries?

    One of the major reasons why music became acessable to everyone was the invention of the printing press in 1440. Before the printing press was invented, people spent a long time handwriting songs and hymns. It was a slow and tedious task in which only a few copies could be produced in a long period of time. Since the copies were few, they were expensive and people with little money couldn't afford them. The printing press changed this by increasing the production of music and books. Now with more copies the prices fell and people and churches were able to buy copies of music and share God's word.

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  36. Kirsten Kohlman
    Konzertchor
    2. How do the Renaissance historical highlights explain how music became available and accessible to all people, not just the wealthy in the 15th and 16th centuries?

    I think what had the greatest impact was the invention of the printing press which made things faster.Because these books and hymns could be mass produced, it made things cheap enough that everyone could afford them not just the wealthy.The renaissance had a major impact on music. Because music beacme more widely available people began to be able to enjoy it and it inspired many people to write music.The printing press really brought people to realize what a great thing that music and books and hymns really truly are.

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  37. Cody Gruenke
    Konzerchor
    How do the Renaissance historical highlights explain why words once again became the focal point of music in the 15th and 16th centuries?

    The Renaissance was a period of time when great changes were taking place in Europe. One of the biggest changes was the invention of the printing press, This invention by Johan Gutenberg was the main reason words once again became the focal point of music. The printing press allowed music to be copied much faster, without it music had to be copied by hand which took way too long. With more copies being made more people could have a chance to get a copy of music. The printing press also made music more wide spread, it allowed music to travel faster then any manuscript possibly could, and it was much cheaper too. This allowed music to be accessible to not only the wealthy, but the middle classes as well.

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  38. Kirsten Kohlman
    Konzertchor
    Response to Megan Osladil

    I agree with Megan that literacy increased as more and more books and music became avialable to everyone. I also agree that the printing press had a big impact. I also think that Megan is right when she said that words are a big part of making music more interesting. It made music more relatable to.

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  39. Karl Nimmer
    Symphonic Band
    Question Numba 3

    During the Renaissance, not only did music become an essential part of everyday life, it not only developed, and evolved. New musical instruments were being invented all over the place. The thing was, it was hard to avoid music, particularly in the religious lives of the people. Polyphonic music gave new life to masses and services with its many melodies, and the development of instruments such as the regal and violin with their sound brought people in. The printing press made music cheap and available to everyone. People could buy music for their own personal use and learning.

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  40. Cody Gruenke
    Responce to Luke Lorfeld

    I also chose question three. I agree that the printing press helped words become the focal point of music. The printing press allowed music to be mass produced and widely spread, it also allowed lower class people to have music.

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  41. Katy Timm
    Konzertchor
    2. How do the Renaissance historical highlights explain how music became available and accessible to all people, not just the wealthy in the 15th and 16th centuries?


    It probably became accessible to people by church. Since Martin Luther was around that time people got to learn new hymns. And from me searching the web some of it said that some people started to write and make their own music. If their music was good enough they could sell it for money. Many of the poorer people heard the music in the churches when they went to go to worship.

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  42. A.J. Mlada
    Konzertchor
    2. How do the Renaissance historical highlights explain how music became available and accessible to all people, not just the wealthy in the 15th and 16th centuries?


    During the Renissance one of the main reasons that music became accessable to more and more people and not just the rich was because of Gutenberg's invention of the Printing Press. His invention helped to revolutionize how things were printed and greatly decreased the amount of time it took to print something. The printing press also decreased the cost of the materials that were printed because they took less time and labor to produce. With this decrease in cost of materials printed, such as books and musical pieces, would come an increase of purchases from those who were not particularly wealthy because they would now be able to afford more things that were printed.

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  43. Libby Hess
    Choir
    #2
    I think that music became more available to the poor and not just the rich because of a couple of things. First, Mr. Gutenberg created the printing press. This means he could make tons of copies of music sheets in a short amount of time unlike before when everything was copied and hand written. Second, since more copies of music were made it was most likely easily accessible to all people. Thirdly, since it took less time to use the press than hand write everything it would be easier to make a hymn book in a shorter time.

    Respons to Katy Timm
    Katy thinks that people were able to get their hands on music by going to church. However Luther did write many hymns till later in his career and wasn’t famous for teaching the congregation music, If people wanted to hear music as Katy said they could make their own. And in some cases people may have gotten good at making music and would sell their work.

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  44. Jake Wheeler
    Symphonic Band
    3. How do the Renaissance historical highlights explain why words once again became the focal point of music in the 15th and 16th centuries?

    I think there were multiple reasons that the lyrics to songs came back into the "limelight" of music during the 15th and 16th centuries. However, one big reason I think is that the printing press was invented by Gutenberg. This allowed for music to be more widely distributed and have the words put on paper. When you think about it, how many times do you sing a long to a song on the radio, or just listen to it, and not really know/think about what you are singing or listening to? But then when you look at the lyrics, you can be pretty surprised by what the song really says. I think this same idea applied back then. Once people were able to read lyrics to songs, song writers took more time in creating their music. Also, I think the music in this time period became more steady and simple and therefore the focus was more on the words than the sound of the music.

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  45. Amanda Van Sluys
    Konzertchor
    In response to Bea Jentsch

    I completely agree with with Bea that music with words was difficult before the printing press so, it was really just notes to make it easier for those who copied the music. After the printing press it became possible for composers to write words into their music. Also, the music did take on a new meaning that was a way for composers to express their opinions and feelings.

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  46. Joel Janke
    Konzertchor
    Numba 2

    How do the Renaissance historical highlights explain how music became available and accessible to all people, not just the wealthy in the 15th and 16th centuries?
    The Renaissance historical highlights explain how music became accessible to all because some of the musicians that became the most successful were being sponsored by more wealthy people. Normally, the more wealthy people were the only ones that could afford to have musicians come to their houses and to hear them play. But in the new ages, the musicians came from more humble upbringings, therefore there was an inspiration and drive to compose and express your feelings through music. The same thing goes for today. Many people have a connection to the music industry, and others find their way up to the top from their little known towns.

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  47. Taylor Kaat
    Konzertchor
    qestyon numbero 3

    How do the renaissance events explain how words became the theme of most songs?

    Words became the most important in most songs because most of the songs back then were religious. Many song writers back then made thier songs for kings and queens. And the composer/maker people wanted to show the reigning monarch how religous they were, so they made songs more important on words about religion instead of the notes. Especially if they lived in places like or near Rome= the capital of the church, Germany= the home of Martin Luther who made many hymms, and England= who broke away from the Roman Catholic church and started thier own denomination of christianity.

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  48. Kendra Lind
    Konzertchor

    1. How do the Renaissance historical highlights explain how music became an essential part of everyday life in the 15th and 16th centuries?

    One of the main reasons why music became an essential part of everyday life in the 15th and 16th centuries was that everyone was allowed to listen to it, not just the rich. The middle and poor classes also became a part of the music boom that swept across Germany, France, England, and Spain. Following the invention of the printing press by Johann Gutenburg, music began to finally have meaning to it again. The printing press made it easier to print words for music, which in turn gave the pieces a more meaningful purpose. The Renaissance period sort of tied everyone together, creating a connection through music.

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  49. Taylor Bufton
    konzertchor
    #3

    The printing press played a big role on the distributing of music because you wouldn't want to copy all of them by hand you would want someone or something to do it for you. so this was a great convenience for them. I think also that words to a song would be would be a lot more exciting than just having music on a sheet.



    Responce to Alyssa Blaha

    I agree that that the economical incline did take a possitive toll an the musical world, so that people could afford to take lessons. I also think that the printing press helped a lot with the distributing of music.

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  50. Justine Schmitz
    Choir
    Question # 3
    In our notes that we took it said that music in ancient Greece, the words became the main focus in music. Well for all we know word probley became a bigger deal, when the printing press was invented, because they had copied music that they could read. The printing press was huge just because it was easier to print out words on sheet music instead of copying the words on every piece of music. I also think that is makes music more interesting to when there is something else new to listen to instead of just a band. We still see this type of music today it is a hymns. Now we have all kinds of music that we can listen to. Words in music still are and will be the main focus no matter what kind of music

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  51. Justine Schmitz
    Response to Ryan Schoenings
    I do agree with him on how Martian Luther had a huge impact on music. That is why we have hymns that we sing in Church every Sunday morning. I also agree that people today have alot to write about in their music. There is alot going on in this world then back then. People today right about love, dugs, drinking, killing. Its just a bigger variaty and sometimes i think that is not really a good thing to be proud of, but i do agree that there is alot more to write about good or bad.

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  52. Michaela Tittle
    Konzertchor
    How do the Renaissance historical highlights explain how music became available and accessible to all people, not just the wealthy in the 15th and 16th centuries?

    Before the printing press was invented, people had to copy music down for others to enjoy. This was a problem for those who did not have a lot of money to spend on music. So only the wealthy could buy the copied music and really enjoy it. Finally Gutensburg invented the Printing press where music could be copied faster and not so wealthy people could buy the music. Because people enjoyed the music so much it inspired them to write their own music, causing more and more music to be copied for others to enjoy. This brought people to realize how they could appreciate other music and encourage them to write their own.

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  53. Michaela Tittle
    Response to Ashley Scheele
    I agree with her about Guttenburg playing a big role at the time. This definetly helped out so many people who had to copy the music. I also agree with her about the literacy of the people, and how it had effected the people and encouraged them to write their own music.

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  54. Lauren Van Seters
    Symphonic Band
    1. how do the Renissance historical highlights explain how music became an essential part of everyday life in the 15th and 16th centuries?

    one reason why music became essential, was because it was no longer restricted to the rich royal people, but the middle and lower classes could also compose, play, sing and enjoy music. the trend of the poor being able to make music started in Italy, and spread through out Northern Europe, contries like Enland, France, Germany and Poland, and Southern Europe in countries like Italy, Spain and Portugal.During the 15th and 16th centuries, wars, poverty and disease broke out in all directions all over Europe. So it became essential because not only did it give some people jobs, it also kept a lot of people out of trouble, it gave the poor a chance to famous, and MAYBE rich, and it unifies people of the same beliefs or traditions.

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  55. Erika Herrmann
    Konzertchor
    2. How do the Renaissance historical highlights explain how music became available and accessible to all people, not just the wealthy in the 15th and 16th centuries?

    A few things happened in the Renassance to help music become accessable to all people, not only the wealthy, but today I will only focus on the most important one. The invention of the printing press tremendously aided the distribution of printed works because printers could now produce many coppies of documents relatively quickly and cheaply. This was a huge step foreward because before the printing press, coppies were painstakingly coppied by hand in ink. This was very time consuming for obvious reasons, and expensive because one little mistake could throw the whole thing out the window. The printing press press eliminated these problems and helped literacy to spread throughout Europe. How does this tie into the poor having music? Because of the printing press, more music was being reproduced which, because printed works were no longer such a precious commodity, made it cheap enough for the pesants to buy. The printing press also, as I said, promoted literacy. As literacy rates skyrocketed, more of the common people could read the music that was being printed.

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  56. Katie Herrmann
    Konzertchor
    2. How do the Renaissance historical highlights explain how music became available and accessible to all people, not just the wealthy in the 15th and 16th centuries?

    In the renaissance era, there were many new advancements in technology. One of the most helpful advances was the printing press, made by Johann Gutenburg. The printing press made it easier to make more copies of music cheaper, and make the process much quicker. Since it was easier to make music quicker, they had more copies circulating. Also, then there was not such a demand for people to handwrite everything. So, it made the copying of each piece of music alot more inexpensive. Which made it easier to distribute music to the people in the middle and lower classes, because then they could afford to buy the music since it was being sold for cheaper. Also, during this period, many people were very interested by the arts, such as music. With everyone so interested in the topic, people were very eager to learn new music. Therefore, people would go to more conserts, and study songs/music more intently.

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  57. Katie Herrmann
    Response To Rachel Maxon

    I agree that in the Renaissance period music was connecting Europe together. Music was one way that could unite people as one. Also, i agree that it was easier for the lower-classmen to enjoy and aquire music, because of the advances of the printing press. Also, since the printing press, it did seem that people payed more attention to the lyrics of the song, not only the melody.

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  58. Jessica Kanz
    Response to Ryan Schoening

    I agree 100% with ryan. I think that the printing press was the major reason that music was made available to all people. It made it faster and cheaper. It also made opportunites possible so that more people could learn to read. Another big part of the music becoming so popular was Martan Luther. He wrote many songs that people could listen to or sing. He especially was a big impact on Lutheran hymns.

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  59. Reid Schmideler
    Konzertchor
    Question 2

    Back in the Middle Ages, all books, Bibles, and other manuscripts were all written by hand. This made aquiring books very difficult and expensive, expecially for the large lower class. The only formal music that peasants heard was in church, in latin. This all changed with the invetion of the printing press in 1450 by Johann Gutenburg. The price of all books dropped drasctically because it was cheaper and more time-efficient to produce books with the help of movable type. Then the Protestant Reformation, headed by Martin Luther, came along and challenged the Catholic Church. Luther wanted everyone to have Bibles and wrote countless hymns based on Bible verses. As the economy recovered after the Black Death, which devastated Europe, a rising middle class took advantage of cheap books and music and brought the knowledge into their on households. All these things helped to make music more accesible to all people, not just the rich.

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  60. Reid Schmideler
    Konzertchor
    Response to Calli Ames

    I agree with Calli that words again became the focus of music during the Renaissance. People wrote their own struggles and successes in their lives. A lot this started, I think, with Martin Luther writing countless hymns about Christians triumphs and struggles in their day-to-day lives.

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  61. The Bird is the Word.

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  62. Jonathan Bethke
    Konzertchor
    Question 3

    When music was originally recorded, it all had to be written by hand. Once Gutenberg had invented the printing press, copies where much easier and faster to make. Because of the increase of copies, the prices of musical pieces started to decline which made it possible for upper and lower class to listen to different pieces of music. Also, because copies became so much easier to make, adding words to music became more common. The idea of Renaissance was really the principle of creating new and novel pieces of art, so adding words really helped to create an original masterpiece.

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  63. Jon Van Seters
    Konzertchor
    How do the Renaissance historical highlights explain how music became an essential part of everyday life?

    Before the Renaissance, Europe was in a state of discord and in general shambles. The plague had been wreaking havoc and moral was at an all-time low. Then came along a few guys that had a different perspective of things. Martin Luther certainly had a part in this change. Music once again became a part of society and everyday life for rich and poor alike. Hymns were introduced more than ever before and regular people were able to read them and teach them to their kids. Words also became a big part of the musical world. One example of the music of the day was A Mighty Fortress is Our God which was a bumpin' song for the time period and became a big hit.

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  64. Max Schmideler
    Konzertchor Response to mr.Theil
    I answered question 2.

    I think that there are many factors that contribute to music being made available to all people. One of these many factors include the rise in appreceation of music and the large amount of artists and musicians at the time. Perhaps the most significant factor that contributed to all classes having music was the invention of the printing press. One of the many numerous reasons for the importance of the printing press was that this machine could print music books at a much faster rate. Because less work was reqired to make music and books, books could be sold for a cheaper price so it was made available to all classes.

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  65. Calli Ames
    Response to Megan Osladil
    I agree with Megan. Words became important with Martin Luther and his 95 theses. They also became important when people began writing songs to tell what happened in their everyday lives and in the world around them. Having the printing press and getting more music and books out to others helped increase their reading and writing skills.

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  66. zach blindauer
    answer to #3

    I think that the Renaissance era started having lyrics came from Gutenberg inventing the printing press, hence to make copies faster and easier. This made it possible for people rich and poor to listen to songs now with lyrics. This was a new way of music so it became real popular. Also i think that with the lyrics now churches can spread the word through music by praising God through the music.

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  67. Robert Holt
    Band
    #3

    Words became a part of music again in the 15th and 16th century because, like zach said Gutenburg helped invent/firmilularize? the printing press which made it easier to mass produce documents with words. Before that people would have to rewrite every copy over and over by hand. Since they just had notes they didnt need to make as many copies of the songs. Also because I think monistaries became a bigger part of the world at this time so the munks could write down words in latin for the songs and distribute them more easily.

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  68. Robert Holt
    response to Justine Schmitz

    We learned in theology, since we're talking about luther, that most couldn't read back in his time. So the printing press printing music for people did help the majority of people so they had songs to sing but some of the richer more high class people did then.

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  69. Michelle Zuehlke
    Konzertchor
    Response to Aaron Haack
    I agree with Aaron. The printing press had a huge impact on the accessibility of music for all people, not just the rich. This was due to the speed of the printing press, (creating more copies of music), therefore bringing down the price of copies of music and making it available to all, not just the rich. Good response Aaron!!!

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  70. Taylor Kaat
    Konzertchor
    Response to Bea Jentsch

    Yes the printing press had alot to do with words becoming the main focus. Because the press had letters instead of music notes, the words became much easier to print. the press didnt have a press for notes so more people became used to words. Especailly hymms which were used for praises to God. God loves notes and chords too, but the people of old thought he only liked words becuase they concentrated more on words

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  71. Erika Herrmann
    Konzertchor
    Response to Justine Schmitz

    I think that Justine is right about the printing press promoting literacy helping words to again become the focal point of music. Words give music the power to better tall a story. Music can tella story without words, but it gives more of a general impression than a specific instence. This has carried on into the music of today.

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  72. Tessa Timler
    Konzertchor

    2. How do the Renaissance historical highlights explain how music became available and accessible to all people, not just the wealthy in the 15th and 16th centuries?

    In 1440, Johannes Gutenburg assembled the first printing press in Western Europe. With this invention, music was made much more accessible and cheaper. Since all music was only done by hand before this, it not only was expensive, but rare at the same time. Prior to the invention of the printing press, all music was preserved in manuscripts, and these manuscripts were then bound in large volumes. The manuscripts were limited mainly to organum-a type of medieval polyphony. With the printing press, the first sheet music was produced. Sheet music was more conveniant, and it was available to people of all classes. This invention helped educate everyone in music, not just the wealthy.

    (sorry I put it in band's on accident. I did have it in on time though)

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  73. Tessa Timler
    Konzertchor

    Response to Jon Van Seters

    I thought your response was very interesting. The fact that Martin Luther had a lot to do with music becoming an essential in every day life was very interesting and something I never would have thought of. The word choice was also very good. I like the use of the word "bumpin'."

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  74. A.J. Mlada
    Response to Luke Lorfeld

    I agree with Luke that music was easier to access because of the printing press. I think that this and his statement about a boost in the ecconmy were two of the best answers I saw to the third question, and I also felt that it had good word choice and written well.
    Nice Job Luke

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  75. Courtney Frank
    Konzertchor
    How do the renaissance historical highlights explain why words once again became the focal point of music in the 15th and 16th centuries?

    The reason why words became the focal point was from Martin Luther. In writing the 95 theses and translating the Bible into german, he showed made Europe really think about what he was saying, not how he was saying it. And once the printing press came into the picture, words became even more important then before. People wanted to learn how to read and write so they could understand everything Luther was writing which was printed by the new printing press.

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  76. Yes, the Bird is indeed the Word.

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  77. Courtney Frank
    Konzertchor
    Response to Jon Van Seters

    I agree with Jon in that Europe was going through some hard times. And maybe thats why music became so big then, was because music could have been comforting to listen to while everything else around them was depressing. It gave them courage to face the world. And Luther did help with that by preaching that God did save us and we don't have to worry about getting to heaven.

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  78. Jon Van Seters
    Konzertchor
    Response to Zach Blindauer

    You made a good point aboot the printing press making it easier to make copies of lyrics and songs. Before it probably took 9.73 days to scratch out one copy of a hymn and hence they got real sick of this tedium in a hurry. They figured they would make one original song sheet with only notes on it and bore everyone to death in the church. But the populace cried for words to be sung and Gutenburg came to the rescue.

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  79. Katy Timm
    Response to Michaela Tittle

    Well until the printing press came out people could still hear music and it they could hear it in church. Matbe not as often as the rich but they still heard it. And maybe before the printing press came out they could write and sing their own songs. They could always listen to music sometimes when they go to church and when it was available.

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  80. Zac Jensema
    Konzertchor
    Response: Kim Buck

    I do agree with what Kim has said about Martin Luther. He helped build music up to its full potential. But don't forget that the printing press made it better and easier for copying music and writing. Which Martin Luther used so much of when he made music and was writing.

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  81. Rachel Maxon
    Konzertchor
    Response: Katie Herrmann

    I agree that the printing press was by far the invention that made the renaissance music boom. It was available to people of the rich and poor classes because they were able to make more copies of the music. People no longer had to hand write so I agree that it made things faster to create too. If there is one reason why the music took off in the direction it did and why the number of people listening to it increased, I would definitely agree with Katie that the printing press was probably the number one thing that allowed it to do that.

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