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22 Cards in this Set
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Organum
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Vocal music style. One voice sings one part and another sings a different part.
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Cantus Firmus
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Drone singer
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Motet
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Added words to places where there weren't words before; sacred text; middle ages; strophic form
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Machaut
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Poet/Musician/Cleric employed by the catholic church.
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Madrigal
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Originates in Italy; parallels the motet; not sacred; faster, more active than the motet; occurs in the renaissance; Christmas carols are an example.
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Mass (2 Parts)
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-Ordinary (Kyrie, Gloria, Sanctus, Angus Del, Credo) - always the same
-Proper (Introit) - changes every Sunday |
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Cantata
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any multi-movement sung work with instrumental accompaniment to a religious text
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Aria
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1 voice, (singer - solo piece)
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Recititive
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Dialogue, moves the story forward, fast tempo, solo
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Chorale
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Intended for group singing, less difficult
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Choral
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Beginning of a song usually, more difficult than the chorale, multiple verses
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Word painting
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Music follows the melody lines
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Opera
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large scale drama which is sung, plots were based around mythology, compromised of 3 parts, arias, recitative, and instrumental interludes,
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Libretto
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text of the opera
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Begger's opera
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had spoken dialogue without music, based off folk songs
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Ortario
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an opera with no costumes, no staging scenary, no acting. was made because the church said you should give up opera during lent
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Opera Buffa
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Serious plot line usually involving king/queen and common people but will inject funny people into it.
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Opera reform
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slows down the resistive, throws away the aba form from the aria
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Grand opera
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serious type of opera, ballet
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Gesamkunstwerk
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gets rid of aria and recititive, writes a continuous flow of music
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Leit Motif
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A melody/phrase/chords that represent a person/place mood that is a reoccurring part of the drama
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Sprechestimne
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talking and singing at the same time
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