Cedarville University DigitalCommons@Cedarville The Research and Scholarship Symposium The 2016 yS mposium Apr 20th, 2:20 PM - 2:40 PM From Sin to Sensation: The rP ogression of Dance Music from the Medieval Period Through the Renaissance Jillissa A. Brummel Cedarville University,
[email protected] Follow this and additional works at: http://digitalcommons.cedarville.edu/ research_scholarship_symposium Part of the Fine Arts Commons, History of Religion Commons, Liturgy and Worship Commons, Medieval History Commons, and the Other Arts and Humanities Commons Brummel, Jillissa A., "From Sin to Sensation: The rP ogression of Dance Music from the Medieval Period Through the Renaissance" (2016). The Research and Scholarship Symposium. 13. http://digitalcommons.cedarville.edu/research_scholarship_symposium/2016/podium_presentations/13 This Podium Presentation is brought to you for free and open access by DigitalCommons@Cedarville, a service of the Centennial Library. It has been accepted for inclusion in The Research and Scholarship Symposium by an authorized administrator of DigitalCommons@Cedarville. For more information, please contact
[email protected]. From early ritual dances to modern Hip Hop and Jazz, dance music has been part of the foundation for musical art in world history and the key to unlocking information concerning societal atmospheres throughout history. With each age and progression of music came new genres, instruments and social beliefs that were woven through religious and secular culture, each of which impacted the production of dance throughout the centuries. Therefore, the art of music has seen much diversity and change throughout history, causing each individual dance genre to be created and shaped into a product fitting for the time.