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Liturgical Drama
originates from the mass itself, and usually presents a relatively complex ritual that includes theatrical elements.
De Institutione Musica
Boethius' De institutione musica, was one of the first musical works to be printed in Venice between the years of 1491 and 1492. It was written toward the beginning of the sixth century and helped medieval authors during the ninth century understand Greek music.
Greater Perfect System
Was composed of four stacked tetrachords. Each of these tetrachords contains the two fixed notes that bound it.
Guido of Arezzo
A pedagogical aid that used the joints of the left hand to indicate notes of the hexachord system. His Invention is called the Guidonian Hand, wherein a note is assigned to each fingertip, joint and knuckle of one hand. Ut-re-mi-fa-sol-la
8 Canonical Hours
a set of eight periods of worship occurring throughout the day and observed in monasteries and convents; first prescribed in the Rule of St. Benedict (c530 C.E.)
Proper Mass
requiem (mass for the dead)
Ordinary Mass
same 5 parts, latin vs vernacular, mass polyphonic, instruments in late renaissance, early renaissance based on gregorian chant, cantus firmus. 5 parts (Kyrie (in greek), Gloria, Credo, Sanctus, Agnus Dei), same year round
Diabolus in Musica
The Devil in Music. the tritone was considered a calling to the devil and was feared.
Guidonian Hand
Solfege on the hands
Nueme
single symbol in square notation, that contains from one to four notes but only one syllable, developed because of spacing for words to conserve horizontal space
Eleanor of Aquitaine
daughter of William X. raised to love music. Marries King Louis VII, moves to Paris, doesn't speak his language. brings her musicians with her. Marries Henry II after marriage with Louis VII annulled. brings music to England with her, son Richard the Lionhearted a Troubador
Plainchant
usually sung in recitation or melody
-monophonic
-lacking a beat
-sung in latin
-sung from psalm, prayers, about God
has no meter/rhythm
Troubadour/Troubaritz
a poet-musician of the courtly art of vernacular sung poetry that developed in the Middle Ages in southern France/female poet musician
Music of Spheres
universal music, or music of the spheres) or Harmony of the Spheres is an ancient philosophical concept that regards proportions in the movements of celestial bodies—the Sun, Moon, and planets—as a form of musica (the Medieval Latin name for music).