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Fauxbourdon
False bass; un-notated line that runs parallel to top of two notated lines
Martin Luther
Lutheran Reformation Leader
Jean Calvin
First to break from Luther; established own denomination; believed music must be carefully guarded
Plainsong Mass
Each movement is based on a different chant (Kyrie- Kyrie, Gloria- Gloria, etc); Missa sine nomine- Mass without a Name
Imitation/Parody Mass
Movements are based on polyphonic model (motet, madrigal); all voices may be re-worked or borrowed
Paraphrase Mass
Borrowed one melodic idea but freely elaborated
Head Motive
Thematic idea that occurs at the beginning of a movement or work and returns prominently throughout the course of the music that follows
English Guise
Homophonic texture
Chanson
courtly love subject matter; polyphonic; generally on the beat; Rondeau form
Parisian Chanson
Influenced by Italian frottola; not necessarily composed in paris; either one voice per part or a solo voice with lute
Frottola
Secular Italian vocal genre of the late 15th and early 16th centuries. the texture tends to be chordal and the texts are often lighthearted, comic, or ironic
Madrigal
14th century text usually consisting of two or three strophes, each with three lines, plus a two-line ritornello
Full anthem
Unaccompanied chorus in contrapuntal style
Verse anthem
One or more solo voices with organ or violin accompaniment with brief alternating passages for chorus
Council of trent
Eliminated many plainchants; Believe sacred music's function was to serve text and discouraged the use of secular music
Chorale
A hymn either in a harmonized form or a melody alone
Mannerism
Describes an artistic style prevalent in the works of certain artists that emphasized unusual degrees of distortion and exaggeration.
Triple impression printing
Form of music printing
Musica Transalpina
certain kinds of music reserved for connoisseurs and not intended for wide-scale distribution.
Ballett
To dance, form of AbbaA
Tenorlied
Type of secular song cultivated in Germany in the 16th century in which the principal melody appears in the tenor voice, with three contrapuntal voices surrounding it.
Italian Madrigals
More voices, Late 16th C, Word painting to extremes, and increased in virtuosity
Concerto dell donne
Women's Ensemble
Lute songs
Strophic notation for lute and one or more voices; notated in tablature
Functions of motets in Renaissance
Liturgical, devotional, and Occasional