Activity Listen to the following rondeau by Henry Purcell with two trumpets and two trombones. Comment on the performance using the criteria and terms used in the lesson. Henry Purcell: Sound the Trumpet, Beat the Drum, z.335, by Michel Rondeau, from Werner Icking Music Collection (Creative Commons Attribution 3.0) C

1492

columbus changes the shape of the world

ferdinand and isabella unite and create catholic spain

jews and moslems driven out of spain

lorenzo de medici dies

no one buying art and supporting city like before, his brother had been assassinated slightly before

florence to rome renaissance shift

east to west transition of church administration to the vatican

the answer is counterpoint.

counterpoint definition: "the art or technique of playing a melody or melodies in conjunction with another, according to fixed rules."

counterpoint is present in a lot of baroque music- such as bach (notably his wtc prelude and fugues) and scarlatti, but can also be found in music by mozart, beethoven. it can even be found in music as modern as john williams!