FALSE. Polyphony or polyphonic texture did not become popular until the late Baroque, when Bach and Handel lived.
False!
The madrigal is typically a secular vocal composition for small groups of singers, popular in the Renaissance and early Baroque periods. It contains expressive and emotional text settings, often with word painting, and is characterized by polyphonic texture and a capella performance.
The Baroque period was famous for its works using polyphonic texture. It is regarded as the last, in fact. No era of music since has used such a complex texture in the majority of works. Much is owed to J.S. Bach, the pinnacle of the Baroque period.
POLYPHONIC
POLYPHONIC
It is polyphonic
Homophonic blended with polyphonic.
Polyphonic
polyphonic texture
No, homophonic did.
C. From exclusive use of polyphonic texture to use of combined polyphonic andhomophonic texture
a piece of music with 2 or more melodies (it sounds very noisy)