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31 Cards in this Set
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Plain Song
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Monophonic. ex: Gregorian Chant
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Syllabic
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Melodic Style
One note to each syllable of text |
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Neumatic
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Melodic Style
2 or 4 notes to each syllable of text |
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Mellismatic
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Melodic Style
Many notes sung to each syllable |
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Organum
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Earliest kind of polyphonic
adding voices to plainchant |
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Motet
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Polyphonic vocal genre
Secular Middle Ages |
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Troubadors
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Medieval poets musicians in S France
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Ars Antiqua
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Polyphonic
French |
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Ars Nova
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Polyphonic music style
moved from sacred to secular |
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A Capella
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No instruments, just vocal
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Continuous Imitation
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Renaissance
Polyphonic Texture overlapping |
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Word Painting
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Renaissance
Expressing text through music |
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Antiphonal
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Performance Style
Ensemble is split in groups and perform in alteration and then together |
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Madrigal
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Renaissance
Secular No Instruments Short, lyric love poem |
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Doctrine of Affections
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Baroque
Doctrine of union of text and music |
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Ground Bass
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Repeating harmony throughout composition
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Equal Temperament
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Octave into 12 equal half steps
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Concerto Grosso
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Baroque
Features small group w/ orchestral backing Ex: 4 seasons |
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Monody
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Baroque
Vocal Style Solo singer and instrumental accompaniment |
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Idiomatic Writing
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Writing for instruments
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Terraced Dynamics
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All loud or all soft
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Exoticism
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From far off lands
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Recitative
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Part of opera
Talking part |
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Aria
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Part of opera
Memorable song |
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Overture
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Part of opera
Parts of all the arias |
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Sinfonia
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Part of opera
Bridges scenes |
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Ritornello
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Part of opera
Music between verses or arias |
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Libretto
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Part of opera
Text or script |
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Cantata
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For every/ ordinary service
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Oratorio
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Sacred,
during holidays |
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Chorale
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Lutheran hymn
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