Music

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a song about courtly or chivalric love

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canso or chanson

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a song depicting an idyllic scence, knight meets sheperdess

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pastorela

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a morning song; lovers parting at daybreak, or a warning to lovers of approaching dawn

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alba

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sung by women and contains stories of woe or lost love

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chanson de toile

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songs of historical or legendary subjects

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lai

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remained a major force in Europe, but weakened in its influence

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religion

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"the divine comedy"

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dante alighieri

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author and playwright; tragedies and comedies

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william shakespeare

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a "fixed melody"; usualy gregorian chant; serves as a basis for composition.

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cantus firmus

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a texture in which all voices move together rhythmically

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homorhythmic

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language of the country

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vernacular

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mass for the dead

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requiem

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the renaissance saw a rise in _________ and _________

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amateur music
secular music

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instrumental __________ was played by professionals and amateur musicians

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dance music

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_________ (melodic decoration) were often improvised

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embellishments

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originated in italy as a form of aristocratic entertainment

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madrigal

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monteverdi was a master of the italian madrigal and of expressive devices such as _______

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word painting

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"one song"; solo song with instrumental accompaniment

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monody

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secco

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dry

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spoken music

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recitative

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lyrical singing

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aria

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vocal duets; choruses

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ensembles

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sets mood for performers

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orchestra

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text of the opera

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libretto

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provides scope to characters

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librettist

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opera with dance, choruses, sond, and recitative

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tragedie lyrique

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added dance to acting

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france

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vocal music with poetry and dance

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masques

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a work for one or more solo vocalists and instrumental accompaniment

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cantata

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personal emotion; music dominates

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lyric

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written for a play; comedy or tragedy

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dramatic

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follows characters through plot; tells story

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narrative

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an opera without scenery, costumes or acting

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oratorio

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collection of verses from both testaments

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messiah

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secualr music in the middle ages was songs and dances that depicted _________

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everyday life

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troubadors; trouveres

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inventors

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german version of the troubador

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minnesinger

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traveling musicians that wandered from town to town, sharing and receiving secular songs

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minstrels

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considered the greatest trouvere; all his music was secular and conatains both mono- and polyphonic works

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adam de la halle

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important figure in the period of the Ars Nova (new art);greater refinement in music, namely developed harmony, rhythm, meters and polyphonic textures; worked as a religious cleric and courtier; very prolific as a composer, writing large amounts of both sacred and secular works.

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guillaume de machaut

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musical devices that enhance the meaning of the text;dissonances highly controlled in sacred settings

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text paintings

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renaissance mass: settings of the _________ more common; sung in the ___________ in some cases; sung in __________ in most cases;

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ordinary
vernacular
latin

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a combination two violins and continuo

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trio senata