Herald of Ages explained why the Medieval Period is known as the Middle Ages because it sits between the Roman Empire and the ...

In vocal music, chords were formed from the individual melody lines interweaving, or polyphony. These were usually major or minor chords. The score below is from Sicut Cervus by Giovanni Pierlugi ...

Imitation close imitationWhere one musical part copies another. can be found in a lot of sacred choral music from the Renaissance period. A melody would often be sung in one voice - eg soprano ...

The year was 1347. The Bubonic Plague was sweeping through Europe, creating mass panic and bringing many to believe the world as they knew it was ending. Some, seeing the plague as a curse from God ...

A blockbuster exhibition of Italian Renaissance works on paper launching at the King’s Gallery in London later this year will include 12 works never seen in the UK including An ostrich, a chalk ...