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Explain briefly the performance practice of the Medieval, Renaissance, and Baroque Periods? What did you observe in the video in terms of setting? Composition? Role of composers or performers?

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Let us understand the term performance practice and its importance - The term "performance practice" refers to the study of how music was performed in the composer's own day.

Research in this area has focused especially on earlier periods like the Middle Ages where fewer other primary source materials survived but also encompasses later periods up through the early twentieth century

For the duration of the medieval period, most music would be composed primarily in perfect tempos, with special effects created by sections of imperfect tempos.

A) Performance practice of the Medieval

The music theory of the Medieval period saw several advances over previous practice both in regard to tonal material, texture, and rhythm.

Concerning rhythm, this period had several dramatic changes in both its conception and notation.

During the early Medieval period there was no method to notate rhythm, and thus the rhythmical practice of this early music is subject to heated debate among scholars.

The first kind of written rhythmic system developed during the thirteenth century and was based on a series of modes.

B) Performance practice of the Renaissance

Instrumentation and Tone Color The human voice, in solo and ensemble, was the most commonly accepted medium of performance for all Renaissance music Voices were reinforced by instruments of all kinds.

The organ, harpsichord, and clavichord were used independently. String and wind ensembles became increasingly popular.

C) Performance practice of the Baroque Periods

In the Baroque period, composers expected musicians to add ornamentation, including trills, mordents, turns, appoggiaturas, grace notes, passing tones, etc.

Use of vibrato was also considered an ornament. In addition to adding ornamentations, performers were expected to improvise, especially on cadences

2) What did you observe in the video in terms of setting and  Composition?

In the visual arts (Video Terms)  composition, It can also be thought of as the organization of the elements of art according to the principles of art.

The composition of a picture is different from its subject, what is depicted, whether a moment from a story, a person or a place. Many subjects, for example Saint George and the Dragon, are often portrayed in art, but using a great range of compositions even though the two figures are typically the only ones shown.

The term composition means 'putting together' and can apply to any work of art, from music to writing to photography, that is arranged using conscious thought.

In the visual arts, composition is often used interchangeably with various terms such as design, form, visual ordering, or formal structure, depending on the context. In graphic design for press and desktop publishing, composition is commonly referred to as page layout.

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