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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Fifth Grade Music: An Ancient Round, Vocal Music in the Renaissance

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders sing the melody for Sumer Is Icumen In, in unison and as a two-part round. They listen to a madrigal from Renaissance Italy and a lute song from Elizabethan England.
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Website
Metropolitan Museum of Art

Metropolitan Museum of Art: Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History: Music in the Renaissance

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn how the political, religious and economic changes in Europe during the Renaissance affected the music of the period. A slide show introduces viewers to a variety of instruments which were developed in conjunction with the new music.