why is it that music in the 15th and 16th centuries music became important in church court and home?

Question

the renaissance: art's golden age:1400-1600

Answer 1

music, and all arts came to be appreciated by the masses because of the printing press which spread the word. this allowed for much to be enjoyed by regular people, though ironically, many of the regular people could not read. music, art and literature became widespread and people were learning to read. during the renaissance, people came to realize that they did not need to spend their entire lives toiling towards good deeds to get to heaven; that was all they thought about, never appreciating most things in life. the renaissance showed that it was ok to have a love of beauty and art. it allowed for everyone to realize that they could enjoy the beauty in the world around them, that it was not a sin.

with martin luther's theses nailed to the door of the church, the church split. lutheranism allowed for the celebration of music and art in the church and people flocked to it. in turn the catholics began to allow music along with art in order to get people back to the fold that left (because of many reasons including the austere nature of the church). so music became enjoyed by all and it flourished in the church.

Answer 2

It was, as you said, the Renaissance: people were gradually coming to realize that beauty in all things was no longer the exclusive property of the Church or of the royal courts. As trade flourished, rich merchant families, particularly the Medicis of Florence, began to surround themselves with all the accoutrements of an intellectual life in accordance to what they had read from the works of the ancient Greek and Roman philosophers. This included visual arts, literary arts, and of course, music.