Music History of Renaissance Period

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Introduction
The renaissance is period from the Middle Ages and was prominent for musicians based on the amount of discovery, innovation, and exploration that occurred. The name means “rebirth” and covers music that ranged from 1400 to 1600. The overall features of the songs written during this period is that they were supposed to be sung either as large choral pieces in church or as songs or madrigals. Understanding the renaissance period helps one to understand the origin of the different types of music and how other factors, such as culture and politics, interacted with the music to produce the different genres. The authors in the sources below explain different aspects of the music during this period. An understanding of this history is important as it helps the reader to explain the different features of musical performances.
Michael A., Anderson St Anne in Renaissance Music: Devotion and Politics.[Anderson, Michael Alan. St Anne in Renaissance Music: Devotion and Politics. Cambridge University Press, 2014.]
The author dedicates the book in honour of Saint Anne, the mother of the Virgin Mary and explores the music that honoured the saint. The source offers insights on the links between the music and some of the prominent cultures of Western Europe. Therefore, the source will help establish the role of the renaissance music on political and cultural developments of the communities that existed at the time.
Peter, J. Burkholder, Donald Jay Grout, and Claude V. Palisca. A History of Western Music: Tenth International Student Edition.[Burkholder, J. Peter, Donald Jay Grout, and Claude V. Palisca. A History of Western Music: Tenth International Student Edition. WW Norton & Company, 2019.]
The authors narrate the story of the people and how the western musical tradition shaped their choices. They collect information from different scholars and expounds on some of the key tenets of the Western music, which in turn helps the reader understand the interrelationship between culture and the music played at the time.
Martin, Clayton. "Musical renaissance and its margins in England and India, 1874–1914."[Clayton, Martin. "Musical renaissance and its margins in England and India, 1874–1914." Ashgate, 2007.]
The author provides insights on the some of the musical revival and reforms in England and India and the impact of the penetration. Therefore, the source sheds light on the development of the music between 1874 and 1914, allowing the reader to identify any changes in the political and cultural conflicts that were rampant at the time.
Archibald T., Davison and Willi Apel. Historical Anthology of Music, Volume I: Oriental, Medieval, and Renaissance Music.[Davison, Archibald T., and Willi Apel. Historical Anthology of Music, Volume I: Oriental, Medieval, and Renaissance Music. Harvard University Press, 2013.]
The source provides a rich history of music of different genres from the beginning to 1600. Among the music genres that the authors cover include Oriental, Medieval, and Renaissance. With the over 200 representative examples, the source is important in explaining the forms and styles of the different genres, making it easy to identify some of the defining characteristics of the Renaissance music.
Blanche, Gangwere. Music history during the Renaissance period, 1520-1550: a documented chronology.[Gangwere, Blanche. Music history during the Renaissance period, 1520-1550: a documented chronology. No. 85. Greenwood Publishing Group, 2004.]
The author provides a chronology of the western music. It takes an annotation format, in which the author provides short biographies of the theories accompanied by extensive discussions of their works. The source will be important in this study as it will help the reader know some of the prominent theorists and their contribution towards understanding the history of the music.
James, Haar. "The Concept of the Renaissance."[Haar, James. "The Concept of the Renaissance." European Music 1520 1640 (2006): 20-37.]
The author narrates the development of the European music in the sixteenth and the early seventeenth centuries, a period popularly known as the Golden Age of Polyphony. The author organized the book into different topics concerning polyphonic music and each topic is developed by an expert in the said field that concerned development of polyphonic music.
Peter, Holman. From Renaissance to Baroque: Change in Instruments and Instrumental Music in the Seventeenth Century.[Holman, Peter. From Renaissance to Baroque: Change in Instruments and Instrumental Music in the Seventeenth Century. Routledge, 2017.]
The author presents a historical development of the music from the renaissance to the baroque periods. The source offers distinguished essays that look at various aspects of the different music genres in the seventeenth century. It helps establish an understanding of the instruments used, the pitch, temperament, and the numbers utilized. Therefore, the source provides essential information about some of the prominent features of the music during this period.
Meirion, Hughes. The English Musical Renaissance and the Press 1850–1914: Watchmen of Music.[Hughes, Meirion. The English Musical Renaissance and the Press 1850–1914: Watchmen of Music. Routledge, 2017.]
The source provides essential details on the English musical renaissance by assessing the contribution of various music journalists to the revival of the English music. The authors consider the reception history of music and the cultural, social, and political importance that these musical developments had on the society. The first part of the source discusses the context of the publications, whereas the second part focuses on the relationship between the watchmen critics and some of the composers.
Kenneth, Kreitner ed. Renaissance music.[Kreitner, Kenneth, ed. Renaissance music. Routledge, 2017.]
The source is an assembly of twenty articles published from 1946 to 2009, which explore the performance of the music from the fifteenth and the sixteenth centuries. It comprises works from different renowned authors including David Fallows, Christopher Page, and Margaret Bent among others, who contributed to the debate on the voices and instruments of the 1980s.
Ralph P., Locke. Music and the Exotic from the Renaissance to Mozart.[Locke, Ralph P. Music and the Exotic from the Renaissance to Mozart. Cambridge University Press, 2015.]
The source provided insights on how exotic locales and their inhabitants were treated in the music genres. The authors look at the various instrumental pieces and some of the songs including the oratorios, ballets, and the operas. The author expresses the access he had and their accompanying illustrations. Such details are important to readers who includes several musical examples and illustrations.
Lewis, Lockwood. Music in renaissance Ferrara 1400-1505: the creation of a musical centre in the fifteenth century.[Lockwood, Lewis. Music in renaissance Ferrara 1400-1505: the creation of a musical center in the fifteenth centu...