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15 Cards in this Set
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Cyclic Mass
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Sacred vocal music Genre
cycle of all movements of the Mass Ordinary integrated by a common cantus firmus or other musical device |
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Head motif
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Associated with Du Fay's Masses
a thematic idea in multiple voices placed prominently at the beginning of a movement or section of movement |
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Example of Head motif
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Thematic idea found in Du Fay's mass in the opening measures of the top line in the Kyrie reappears in subsequent movements
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Ostinato
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a cantus firmus application technique (Cantus firmus Mass Category..Josquin des Prez)
cantus firmus is repeated so consistently that it always appears in at least one voice at all times.lla thematic idea repeated without interruption many times within the course of a section or entire work. |
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Inversion
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Imitation (parody) Mass category application (Josquin des Prez)
melodic mirror image |
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Augments
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Imitation (parody) Mass category application (Josquin des Prez)
increases the length of the note values |
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Example of inversions and augments
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shifting the inversion of the superius of the chanson to the bass line and augmenting it four-fold
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Word Painting
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Associated with Josquin's Motets
use of musical elemts to initiate the meaning of a specific passage of a text |
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Musical ficta
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Associated with Josquin's Motets
sharpening or flattening certain notes even though they are not notated as such |
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Cross-relation
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Associated with Rules for musica ficta application
the simultaneous or nearly simultaneous sounding of two pitches a half step apart |
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Frottola Genre
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Italian chanson..around 1480 native composers set texts in their own language
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hemiola
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Associated with Frottola
a brief passage of duple-meter rhythms within an otherwise triple-meter context |
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consorts
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small ensembles of matched instruments
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Example of consort
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a set of 4 recorders, crumhorns, or viols
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Basse danse
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slow, stately couples dance in compunt triple meter..executed with smoth gliding steps...
melodies were notated in even note values (breves), with letters underneath that identify the swquence of associated dance steps |
