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kyrie eleison composer
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annonymous
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kyrie time period
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medieval, 500-600 AD
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what was kyrie used for
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a chant for mass, or a public service
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what style is kyrie
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ordinary, meaning the same words are used with different melodies, no matter who the composer
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what is the pattern of kyrie
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aaa, bbb, ccc
kyrie eleison, christie eleison, kyrie eleison |
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what is the form of kyrie
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3 part from- formal procedure
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kyrie- what does mellismatic mean
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4 or more notes per syllable
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what is unique about the language in kyrie?
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most masses are in latin, although kyrie is in greek
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who was the composer of pange lingua
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st thomas aquinas
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when was pange lingua written?
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13th century medieval
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what is pange lingua used for?
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hymn- proper, specific to a certain day in the church
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what is the style of pange lingua?
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it is responsorial- one person sings a phrase and others join in a phrase
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what is the form of pange lingua?
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strophe- or verse, there are 4 verses or stanzas. each stanza has 6 lines and are formed in pairs
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what is different about the notes from kyrie and pange lingua?
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pangua is syllabic- one note per syllable
kyrie is mellesmatic- 4 or more notes per syllable |
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what does the text of pange lingua mean?
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praising the miracle of christs birth and death
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who composed quan vei la laustza?
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bernart de ventadorn
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what is sound
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vibration through air we can hear
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what is frequency
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the time it takes to trave;
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pitch
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the way we percieve frequency determined by frequency
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info about polenesian music
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vocal chant
2-3 pitches 1 melodic line |
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info about african
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rhythm imp
call response singing- gospel or soul |
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4 catagories of primitive music
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membrophones-drums with skin heads
ideophones- solid aerophones- air column chordophones-strings |
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info about n american indian
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sand painting- cures
music and dance for good harvest, harmony, etc vocal- repeated melody |
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where is mesopotamia and the 5 eras
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modern iraq
sumerian babylonian assyrians babylonian persians |
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meso pyrimid to worship patron god- a giant alter
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ziggurat
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what is a stele
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stone announcement
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how did they write?
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cuneiform- pictoral, symbols and sounds
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what was meso music used for
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religion, glorify state, entertainment
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what do egyptians believe about death
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life continues after death, you need your body and things
many obstacles after death |
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whats important to the ceremonies in egyptian and meso tombs
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harp (originally a shooting bow
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whats the important instrument to the greeks
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lyre, (kithara is the larger version
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in what year were the greeks completely conquered and reconstructed
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1200 BC; 800 BC
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what is the heroic age
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tales of homer passed through telling stories
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what was the art like in the archeaic era of greek?
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are was more realistic, but not realistic enough to emphasize details
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art in the classic era of greek
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perfect art, they looked somewhat realistic, but all the same and "perfect"
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the mesos and the egyptians worshiped ____ gods
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animal or animal/humans
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the greeks worshipped ____ gods
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powerful but with human like qualities
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at he end of the archaeic era, ____ doubted the gods
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philosophers
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rational-
irrational- |
predictable events
unpredictable events |
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egyptian art is ____
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stylized
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the beauty of form was in the ___ era of greece
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classic
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more emotional and romantic art was in the ____ era of greece
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hellenistic
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in greece, the temples were __
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elevated above the city
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the high places in greece
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acropolis
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the standard temple of greece
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parthenon
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who was allowed in the parthenon
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everyone. all free members of society
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whats important about the cella in the parthenon of greece
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anyone can enter, this is where wealth was stored
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describe greek music
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rational, order, harmony,
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what instruments were important in greek music
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lyre- noble (apollo)
kithera (apollo) aulos (reed) exciting, disturbing- aronysus |
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whats dionysus
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greek theater and plays
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whats unique about greek plays
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actors always sang, all have a chorus, chorus monophonic to represent community, all in unity to explain
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monophonic
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one note at a time, one melody
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drone
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sustained pitch
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lyric poetry
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greek- accompanied by a lyre,kithera, or guitar
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what was plato concerned about in greek music
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that its affecting the city, it affects character
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the early greeks wrote in... (dev of music)
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ethos or modes
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middle ages wrote in...(dev of music)
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chant, 8 modes, byzantine
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1600 (dev of music)
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tonality, sense of key, major ,minor, modes
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melody
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a sense of noted arranged in succession in a rhythmic pattern
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rhythmn
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a regular pulse or beat within a music
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harmony
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a combination of notes producing chords within a piece of music
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consonants
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1/8, 1/4, 1/5 - perfect
1/3, 1/6- not perfect |
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dissonant
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1/2 1/7
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4 types of modes (old greek)
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porian
phrygian lydian mixoiydian |
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polyphony
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2 or more independant monophony lines sung at a same time
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mode
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different from the order of whole and half steps
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texture
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the way different music combinations are combined
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who is paracles
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the king of athens
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parthenon
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high above athens, optical illusion
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athena statue in athens parthenon
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gold and ivory, 40 ft tall, burned because too expensive, thedeus exiled for life
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when was athens most powerful
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400s
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interior to egyptian temples
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mutlple layers,
walled only priests allowed in |
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interior to greek temples
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exterior columns
houselike structure all people allowed in |
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parthenon- triangle at top
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statues and symbols of athena and battle
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parthenon- below triangle
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relief sculpture, some only from front and sides
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parthenon- frize
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sculpture area- scenes of athena and battle
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capitol
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top pf column
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doric order
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simple, geometric shape
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ionic order
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curving, flowing
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parthenon- steps
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all around, represent accessability to the world
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parthenon- columns
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shaped like human body
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greek philosophy
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athens was the rise
balance between religion and reason |
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sacretes
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asked around about truth and "why", was tried for impiety
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greek music in athens
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was an emphasis on harmony and proportions
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who conquered the persians
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alexander
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what are the 3 areas of the greek empire
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egypt
iraq greece |
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hellenistic world
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-greek dominant lang
-people werent citizens of city, but of empire - fight for the state -monarchy -people not allowed to participate in public affairs |
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hellenistic art
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romantic
entertainment- exciting and emotional large theaters with music |
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how did the roman king leave
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replaced by republic in 500 BC
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who first attacked the romans
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barbarians (gauls) and took everything
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how did the romans chang eafter being first attacked
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decided to attack people first
adopted latin and roman culture |
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30 BC rome
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rise of the roman empire
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whta did the romans adopt of the greeks
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art, archetecture, religion
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what was roman religiona
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worshipped many gods
emperor was a god |
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when was roman pantheon built
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50-100 AD
-represents unity or romans and proportion |
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ampitheater
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romans plays and fights (gladiators)
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what was unique about the roman world
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baths,
sewers and water supply the arch the vault |
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what did the romans use to build their temples
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concrete
volcanic ash- light, strong, durable |
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when did rome become a republic
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500 BC
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roman expansion
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ruler of western empire
stopped losing too many battles, began taxing for the money loss |
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roman empire
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adopted latin and roman
rich and poor desparity destruction of jewish state |
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pax romana
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greatest flourishing of empire
"roman peace" |
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paternalistic
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roman- ran by husband
- if he is unpleased, wife is out |
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roman slavery
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by being captured in warfare
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roman art
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much hellensitic greek art,
to glorify state, emperor, militaty conquest |
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portraiture
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nobles, generals, emperors,
very realistic serious, demanding, not self indulgent, serve , sacrifice |
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roman temples
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many rectangular temples
many gods similar to greek |
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roman jews
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isolated themselves in palistine
fought romans in jeruselum the became the early christian church confronted romans |
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fire in rome
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blamed in christians
put them in colleseum to die |
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constantine
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saw a sign that told him to fight and he won
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christian emporers
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christianity became state religion- all others went to jail
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christian- collesiun
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banned for killing
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christianity- drinking
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society became sober
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christianity- considered sins
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anything fun or exciting
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roman music before christianity
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music and poetry in homes
-music in drama -music in arena |
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roman music after christianity
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shouldnt be pleasureable, only songs for God
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st augustine
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rome- if careful music is ok
- nothing exciting or secular -no instruments |
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chant 600s
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gregory (middle ages)
text on one pitch- psalms, readings, no meter |
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roman mass
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celebration of the lords supper
public teaching |
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roman office
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diff times of the day, hours
psalms and hymns |
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early christian basilica
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like in a ship
dome on end rectangle adopted from pagan gods also a meeting place for government |
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art in chistian age
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mosaic
little bits of colored stone |
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secular music
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handed down by oral tradition
troubador |
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troubador song
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courtly love song
noble woman, common man monophonic originated in southern france |
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romanesque basilica
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shape of a cross
100 AD, service to saints pilgrammage 3 doors- represnts trinity and perfection |
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400-500 AD
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people became depressed
barbarians invade |
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goths
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invadors of italy and spain
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vandals
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invadors of n africa
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huns
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invaded everyone
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after roman was invaded in500s
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people lived in country
didnt move spoke latin church people were safer |
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gallian chant
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france- oral
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roman chant
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rome- orally
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400-800 AD
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dark ages
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empire of charlemange
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chants from rome had to be translated
promoted writing and wrote chants copy books, build chapels |
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romanesque era
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orally transmitted info became written
things became more positive again |