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Music Through Time (II): Renaissance

Kevin Field, Director of Academic & Artistic Development, Bentley Music Academy

05-May-17 14:00

Music Through Time (II): Renaissance

In the second of the series on music our guest shares on the contributions of Renaissance music, and in particular the evolution of the polyphonic. The Renaissance was marked by greater humanistic interests and the beginnings the bourgeois class and its tastes which helped shaped the music. Hear samples of contemporary performances of Renaissance music and contemporary popular music with hints of Renaissance influence.


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