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During the Renaissance, arts and music held a major role in expressing traditions. The Renaissance Art period held Greek and Roman design. During the Renaissance, music was mostly created for use in the church. A famous painter named Leonardo da Vinci painted one of the most famous paintings of present day, the Mona Lisa. He was known as the "Renaissance Man" due to his many contributions to the Renaissance. There are several museums today that are dedicated to representing famous musical works such as "O Rosa Bella," "Jesu Corona Virginum," and many more.

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Leonardo da Vinci was considered a true renaissance man because he was known for being a famous painter, sculptor, architect and inventor. He is most known for his paintings like, " The Last Supper" and "Mona Lisa."

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Text Painting: The technique of using the musical qualities of a vocal line to suggest or reinforce the meaning of the lyric.

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Polyphonic Music: having two or more voices or parts, each with an independentmelody, but all harmonizing

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Madrigal Comedy: Italian entertainment music, in the origins of opera, of the 16th century, where a cappella groups sung madrigals, usually telling a story with a dramatic plot.

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6SJlEQi2t40
A madrigal was a type of song, popular in the 16th and 17th centuries, with several singers without instruments. A famous madrigal, composed by Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina, was called Virgine Bella.

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Research:
Step I:
1) http://www.britannica.com/biography/Orazio-Vecchi
2) http://www.bbc.co.uk/music/artists/2a082bf7-9794-47e9-a52e-bfd70511e3e7
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http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/madrigal
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http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O76-madrigalcomedy.html
Step VI:
http://www.dictionary.com/browse/polyphonic
Step VII:
http://www.thefreedictionary.com/Text+painting
Step IX:
1) http://www.history.com/topics/renaissance-art
2) http://www.vam.ac.uk/content/articles/r/renaissance-music/
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http://www.hoasm.org/IVO/vecchi.gif
Step III:
http://www.songlyrics.com/richard-thompson/so-ben-mi-ch-a-bon-tempo-lyrics/
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http://blog.magnificatbaroque.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/18nth_commedia-785850.jpg
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Step VIII:
http://www.leonardodavinci.net/images/leonardo-da-vinci.jpg

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Video Link:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fyGKpAX2kM8
This song is depicting the relationship of an Italian woman and her secret lover. The woman is the one who is singing and she is singing about how lucky her lover is.

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Orazio Vecchi was born in Modena on December 6, 1550. During the late Renaissance, he was known as an Italian composer. He is most famous for his madrigal comedies, italian entertainment music, particularly his famous piece, L'amfiparnaso. He passed away on February 19, 1605.