Ch 3: Renaissance Sacred Music

Front 1

what is "Text Depiction"?

Back 1

using musical gestures to reinforce the images in the text.

Front 2

what is "text expression"?

Back 2

conveying through music the emotions suggested by the text

Front 3

what is a "chorale"?

Back 3

a congregational hymn (meaning the whole congregation sang it during the service - Luther's aim was to increase worshipper's participation through music)

Front 4

what is "contrafactum"?

Back 4

secular songs given new words (in order to turn them into a chorale, to be sung in church)

Front 5

what is an "anthem"?

Back 5

england's name for a motet

Front 6

what is "cori spezzati"?

Back 6

"divided choirs"

Front 7

Which period used heterogenous sound?medieval or renaissance?

Back 7

Medieval

Front 8

What type of counterpoint was used in the medieval period?

Back 8

non-imitative

Front 9

which period had less concern with dissonance?medieval or renaissance?

Back 9

medieval

Front 10

which period had more rhythmic and metric conflict?medieval or renaissance?

Back 10

medieval

Front 11

in which period did influences spread slowly due to limited manuscripts?medieval or renaissance?

Back 11

medieval

Front 12

which period used homogenous sound?medieval or renaissance?

Back 12

renaissance

Front 13

which period used imitative counterpoint?medieval or renaissance?

Back 13

renaisssance

Front 14

Which period had more control of dissonance?medieval or renaissance?

Back 14

renaissance

Front 15

in which period did beat pulses become more uniform?medieval or renaissance?

Back 15

renaissance

Front 16

what renaissance invention made music spread much more quickly?

Back 16

printing press

Front 17

Which type of mass uses thedifferent chant for each section, but based on the appropriate melody for the particular prayer? Plainsong, motto, cantus firmus, paraphrase, or imitation/parody?

Back 17

plainsong

Front 18

which type of mass uses the same opeing motive or phrase (head motive) for each movement? Plainsong, motto, cantus firmus, paraphrase, or imitation/parody?

Back 18

motto

Front 19

which type of mass uses the same gregorian chant in each section? Plainsong, motto, cantus firmus, paraphrase, or imitation/parody?

Back 19

cantus firmus

Front 20

which type of mass uses the same monophonic melody, usually a chant, for each movement? Plainsong, motto, cantus firmus, paraphrase, or imitation/parody?

Back 20

paraphrase

Front 21

which type of mass is based on a polyphonic model, usually a chanson or motet, where all the voices of the model are used in the mass, but not as a cantus firmus? Plainsong, motto, cantus firmus, paraphrase, or imitation/parody?

Back 21

imitation/parody

Front 22

did a renaissance motet use sacred or secular text?

Back 22

sacred

Front 23

What were the most common instrumentations for renaissance motets?

Back 23

a capella, but with free doubling of instruments

Front 24

what type of counterpoint was used in renaissance motets?

Back 24

imitative

Front 25

what was more experimental? a renaissance mass or a renaissance motet?

Back 25

motet

Front 26

Who was the most famous "bridge" composer between the medieval and renaissance periods?

Back 26

Guillaume Dufay

Front 27

Dufay used more thirds and sixths, often in parallel motion. what was this technique later called?

Back 27

contenance angloise

Front 28

What Renaissance composer wrote "missa prolationem"?

Back 28

ockeghem

Front 29

what renaissance composer was famous for his double mensuration canon?

Back 29

ockeghem

Front 30

what is mensuration?

Back 30

one way of organizing music, before the invention of time signatures and barlines. used groups of 3's and 2's.

Front 31

Who was recognized during his lifetime as the greatest living composer and is still considered by many to be the greatest composer of the renaissance?

Back 31

Josquin de Prez

Front 32

which renaissance composer combined a great facility with a more conservative approach to composition?

Back 32

jacob obrecht

Front 33

What were Martin Luther's 4 main aims in regards to reforming music in the church?

Back 33

-reducing polyphony
-having congregation sing along (chorales)
-stop "secularization" of church music
-replace latin with german for "unlearned lay folk"

Front 34

what were "psalters"?

Back 34

published collections (books) of metrical psalms

Front 35

what was Martin Luther known mainly for?

Back 35

The reformation of the church

Front 36

Who's music became the model for J.J. Fux's treatise on counterpoint known as Gradus Ad Parnassum?

Back 36

Palestrina

Front 37

Who was the first composer to be consciously imitated by later generations?

Back 37

Palestrina

Front 38

What was composer Adrian Willaert best known for?

Back 38

writing polychoral motets

Front 39

What was composer Giovanni Gabrieli best known for?

Back 39

writing polychoral motets

Front 40

what languages could an anthem be in?

Back 40

english or latin