SACRED MUSIC IN THE RENAISSANCE

Both the two main forms of sacred Renaissance music are both polyphonic choral works. The motet is set to a sacred Latin text other than the ordinary of the mass; the mass is made up of five sections - Kyrie, Gloria, Credo, Sanctus, and Agnus Dei. Both forms are alike in style, but the only difference is that, the mass, is longer.

THE RENAISSANCE MOTET:

Ave Maria...Virgo Serena (Hail, Mary...Serene ; 1502) by Josquin Desprez

THE RENAISSANCE MASS:

Pope Marcellus Mass (1562-1563), by Giovanni Pierluigi Palestrina (The first section, the Kyrie)