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Renaissance Period in Music History Quick Guide – Music Composers

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This Renaissance Quick Guide is an interactive slideshow that introduces students to the music, composers, and history of the Renaissance. Students watch short videos, hear the music, learn key terms, and read about 10 composers and where they were born. Project guides and worksheets let students go further with writing, research, and comparison.

What’s included

  • An interactive slideshow with a clickable menu
  • Video links about the Renaissance and its music
  • Key terms: renaissance, motet, madrigal, homophony, consort, and counterpoint
  • Fun facts about the Renaissance period
  • Images of Renaissance art, a musical score, and instruments like the lute, gittern, shawm, and cornamuse
  • 10 composer pages, each with music samples or video links, birth and death years, a birthplace map, and facts about the composer’s life
  • Project guides and worksheets, including choosing a composer for your court, comparing Renaissance music with music today, comparing it with another period, and a composer facts worksheet
  • Google Forms versions of the worksheets
  • An editable outline of the slideshow
  • Directions for playing the slideshow, audio, and videos

Composers included

  • Johannes Ockeghem
  • Josquin des Prez
  • Thomas Tallis
  • Giovanni Palestrina
  • Orlando de Lassus
  • William Byrd
  • Maddalena Casulana
  • Giovanni Gabrieli
  • Claudio Monteverdi
  • Caterina Assandra

Formats

  • PDF
  • Google Slides: A link is included in your download and lets you add your own copy to Google Drive.
  • PowerPoint
  • Google Forms: A link is included in your download and lets you add your own copy to Google Drive.

Important

  • Three of the eight videos contain content that may not be suitable for all audiences. Please review each video thoroughly before showing to your students.
  • Videos play through YouTube, so an internet connection is required.
  • The slideshow must be in presentation mode for the audio and videos to work.

Ways to use it

  • Whole-class lessons
  • Self-paced learning or stations
  • Projects and research
  • For your classroom walls, pair it with the Music History Posters.

Standards (NCAS)

  • Responding: Anchor Standard 7 (perceive and analyze artistic work)
  • Connecting: Anchor Standard 11 (relate artistic ideas and works with societal, cultural, and historical context)

License & help

This purchase is for one teacher to use with their own students. Each teacher needs their own copy. See the full terms of sale →

Questions about downloading, printing, Google Slides, or Google Forms? Visit the FAQ →

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45 reviews for Renaissance Period in Music History Quick Guide – Music Composers

  1. Courtney M. –

    The 5th grade teacher does a Renaissance unit with her students and this was a fun way to tie what they were learning in their classroom to music and it seemed like the kids found it interesting.

    • Yellow Brick Road Music –

      I love to know when students enjoyed a resource. Thanks so much for letting me know!

  2. Cassandra E L. –

    Love these well put together resources. They have been a lifesaver through NTI days (for weather and sickness) this year.

    • Yellow Brick Road Music –

      I’m so glad they’ve been helpful! Thanks for the thoughtful review!

  3. Jennifer Larson –

    This was a great overview to the time period and students found the information engaging.

    • Yellow Brick Road Music –

      That’s always great to hear. Thanks!

  4. Emily H. –

    I selected “al la carte” from the various historical periods to create my own presentation for music history. This was well put together, eye-catching, and very informative. Great tool!

    • Yellow Brick Road Music –

      Thank you!

  5. Amber B. –

    My students liked how this presentation was set up!

    • Yellow Brick Road Music –

      Awesome! Thanks for the review 🙂

  6. Fátima S. –

    Good resource

    • Yellow Brick Road Music –

      Thank you!

  7. rachel W. –

    Good companion to my Renaissance unit. Thanks!

    • Yellow Brick Road Music –

      Thanks for the feedback 🙂

  8. Alisha S. –

    Love these!

    • Yellow Brick Road Music –

      Thank you 🙂

  9. Sarah D. –

    Good resource.

    • Yellow Brick Road Music –

      Thanks!

  10. TheCurtainCallClassroom –

    A lot of great information and easy to use!

    • Yellow Brick Road Music –

      Thanks!

  11. Sally V. –

    A great resource .with a few weeks left of school in the year and all performances done for the year this provided music history lesson to teach to my middle school choir kids

    • Yellow Brick Road Music –

      Thank you!

  12. Britta F. –

    A great tool for my unit on Renaissance music.

    • Yellow Brick Road Music –

      Thank you!

  13. Hayley Fisher –

    All of these are very helpful!

    • Yellow Brick Road Music –

      I’m so glad to hear that. Thanks!

  14. Christina C. –

    Great resource- thanks!

    • Yellow Brick Road Music –

      You’re welcome 🙂

  15. Cal B. –

    Awesome!

    • Yellow Brick Road Music –

      Thanks!

  16. Nicolle R. –

    This is more than I thought I was getting! Very complete, and lovely to have sample music and videos linked within the presentation!

    • Yellow Brick Road Music –

      Thank you so much!

  17. Speech Melodies –

    Great time saver and resource!

    • Yellow Brick Road Music –

      Thanks!

  18. Caitlin N. –

    Thank you!

    • Yellow Brick Road Music –

      You’re welcome 🙂

  19. Amy S. –

    This made my introduction to the Renaissance Era so much more engaging that just listening to a lecture, my students loved it! I will be purchasing the rest of this series for my jr. high students.

    • Yellow Brick Road Music –

      I’m so happy to hear that they enjoyed it and were engaged! Thanks!

  20. Lauren B. –

    I love all of these period presentations.

    • Yellow Brick Road Music –

      Thank you 🙂

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