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14 Cards in this Set
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PEOPLE: Pope Gregory I |
also known as "Pope Gregory the Great" credited with organizing the liturgy for the Roman Catholic Church the reason why plainchants became Gregorian Chants |
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PUBLICATIONS: liber usualis |
a book of commonly used Gregorian Chants in the Catholic tradition compiled by the monks of the Abbey of Solesmes 1900 pages |
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PUBLICATIONS: musica enchiriadis |
AUTHOR: anonymous historical treatise written in 900s the very first recorded polyphonic compositions |
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PEOPLE: Hildegard von Bingen |
+ 10th child of nobility; presented to the Church as a tithe + known for prophecies, medical writings and compositions combined poetry with music did not base her works on preexisting pieces, but wrote her own |
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PEOPLE (kind of): Notre Dame School |
1100 - 1200s |
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PEOPLE: Notre Dame School - Leonin |
the first known composer of polyphonic music polyphony limited to only 2 parts |
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composer of polyphonic music his works are based on those of Leonin expanded to 3 - 4-part polyphony |
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PUBLICATIONS: Ars Nova |
lit. "New Art" AUTHOR: Philippe de Vitry (medieval composer) PROPOSED: duple subdivsion of the beat (vs rigid triple) a set of symbols to recognize how note values would be divided an increase in secular subjects in literature and music recognizing the beauty of the human form |
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PUBLICATIONS: Messe de Notre Dame |
lit. "Mass of Our Lady" COMPOSER: Guillaume de Machaut VOICES: 4 historically notable as the earliest complete setting of the Ordinary of the Mass that can be attributed to a single person stylistically coherent |
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PUBLICATIONS: Chansonier du Roy |
lit. "Songbook of the King" COMPOSER: anonymous DATE: late 13th century a French manuscript of trouvere and troubadour songs |
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INSTRUMENTS: bas |
soft, indoor instruments
dulcimer: strings stretched over a sound box, struck psaltery: similar to dulcimer; strings are plucked lute: strings are plucked; rounded body recorder: you know what this is rebec: medieval bow-stringed instrumen; pear-shaped vielle: early ancestor of the violin |
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INSTRUMENTS: haut |
bold, brash instruments shaum: ancestor of the oboe; abrasive sound cornetto: wooden cow horn crumhorn: J-shaped horn, has less obtrusive sound with capped reeds sackbut: ancestor of the modern trombone |
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portative: small Medieval organ that could be carried or set on a table (PORTable) positive: a small Medieval organ with a single set of pipes regal: a small Medieval reed organ |
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INSTRUMENTS: percussion |
nakers: small drums often played in pairs tabor: a large, cylindrical drum tambourine: a small drum with one skin and bells at the side |
