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30 Cards in this Set
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Tetrachord |
4 note chord spanning a perfect 4th |
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Genus |
class of tetrachord, inner notes move - Diatonic- 2 wholes and a half -Chromatic- Whole tone + half and 2 semitones -Enharmonic- One interval on 2 whole tones and 2 quarter tones |
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Greater Perfect System |
system of tetrachords all linked |
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Cleonides (2nd or 3rd c.e.) |
creates "species" that show options for intervals in tetrachords and scales |
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Byzantine Chant |
psalms and hymns sung to fully developed melodies and formulas, set in 8 modes |
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Ambrosian Chant |
Came from Milan- epicenter of Western Church other than Rome, Roman influence on style |
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Gregorian Chant |
Mid 8th Century, Standardized by Schola Cantorum, Standard Roman chant |
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Old Roman Chant |
same texts as Gregorian, more ornate |
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Guido of Arezzo (11th Century) |
monk, created first staff |
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Solesmes Chant Notation |
Modernized notation, all notes same value |
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Boethius' (6th Century) Harmonics |
musica mundana (universe), musica humana (human), musica instrumentalis (instrument) |
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Proper of the Mass |
Varying parts of mass |
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Ordinary of the Mass |
Non-varying parts of mass |
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Office |
Series of eight services celebrated daily since Middle Ages |
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Antiphon/antiphonal |
chant sung before and after psalm/ two groups alternate |
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Responsorial |
solo and choir alternate |
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850 A.D. |
First notation |
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Chant Standardized |
900 A.D. 10th Century |
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Trope |
New words or music added in and around original chant |
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Sequence |
Initial sentence followed by paired phrases |
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Hildegard of Bingen (11th Century) |
Wrote music to Virgin Mary, range exceeds octave, small repertoire of melodic figures in variation |
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9th Century Europe |
Roman Successors: Byzantine Empire, Arab World, Western Europe Charlemagne crowned Holy Roman Emp.
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Aquitaine |
France, traditional Latin songs, troubadour songs, and early polyphony |
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chanson de geste |
recounted deeds of national heroes |
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Cantigas |
Portuguese songs to Virgin Mary 13th C. |
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Musica echiriadis |
9th century, earliest treatise to record organum |
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1050-1300 |
Economic growth, Church growth, Notre Dame polyphony |
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Aquitanian Polyphony |
not part of liturgy, rhymed, strophic. Discant and florid organum |
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Notre Dame Polyphony |
rhythmic modes, Leoninus and Petroninus, |
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Substitute Clausula |
new clausulae in place of one from original setting, usually discant style |
