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57 Cards in this Set
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In what period was Gabrieli?
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Baroque
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In what period was Bach?
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Baroque
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In what period was Hayden?
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Classical
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In what period was Beethoven?
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Classical
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In what period was Mozart?
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Classical
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What are five families of instruments?
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Strings, brass, woodwind, percussion, keyboard
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What centuries does the Medieval period encompass?
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8-14
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What centuries does the Renaissance period encompass?
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15, 16
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What centuries does the Baroque period encompass?
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17
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What centuries does the Classical period encompass?
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18
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What period encompasses the 8th thru 14th centuries?
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Medieval
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What period encompasses the 15th and 16th centuries?
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Renaissance
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What period encompasses the 17th century?
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Baroque
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What period encompasses the 18th century?
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Classical
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What characterizes the Medieval period?
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Monophonic, modal, a cappella, nonmetric, conjunct (stepwise) melodies, limited range, polyphonic independent voices
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What characterizes the Renaissance period?
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3 part compositions, melodic & rhythmic emphasis moves to top part, solos with accompaniment, new homophonic, texture, numerous thirds introduced to melody
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What characterizes the Baroque period?
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Grandiose concepts
Ornate design Theatrical quality Vivid contrast Counterpoint giving way to homophony Terraced dynamics More prominent bass (basso continuo) Modulation Long melody lines Polyphonic |
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What characterizes the Classical period?
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Homophonic texture complete, no basso continuo, restraint, balance, clarity of form, sectional form, alberti bass (broken chord bass accompaniment), short melodic phrases, less complex harmony comprised of principal triads, introduction of piano
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Mass
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The catholic communion service (music written for this service)
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Fugue
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a musical composition in which one or two themes are repeated or imitated by successively entering voices and contrapuntally developed in a continuous interweaving of the voice parts
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Polychoral
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Two or more choirs that answer one another singing in alternation
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Polyphonic
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Two or more equally important melodic lines
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Monophonic
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One melodic line
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Homophonic
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One melodic line accompanied by harmony
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Sonata
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ADD
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Recitative
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Contains the narrative or dialog that moves the story forward, a solo and is part of an opera. May include light instrumentation.
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Oratorio
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A Bible story told (sung) by soloists and choir
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Monodic
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Having a solo vocal style distinguished by having a single melodic line and instrumental accompaniment
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Long meter
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8.8.8.8
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Kantional
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The structure with melody on top of the staff, with supporting chords planned for alto, tenor, and bass voices; encouraged the combination of choir and congregation.
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Simile
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A comparison that uses the word “like” or “as”
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Flat
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lower, a half-step lower
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Verse
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one line of poetry, a single metrical line
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Alliteration
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The occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words
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Eucharist
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Catholic word for the Lord’s Supper is a rite to be a sacrament, the ceremony of partaking in communion
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Timbre
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Quality of the sound or voice as distinct from its pitch and intensity
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Common meter
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8.6.8.6
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Pietism
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An influential movement with Lutheranism that combined the 17th century Lutheran principles with the Reformed emphasis on individual piety and living a victorious Christian life; emphasized personal religion
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Passion
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Large choral work relating Christ’s last week and crucifixion
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Rhyme
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Correspondence of sound between words or the endings of words, especially when used at the ends of lines of poetry
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Measure
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A segment of time corresponding to a specific number of beats in which each beat is represented by a particular note value and the boundaries of the bar are indicated by vertical lines
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Short Meter
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6.6.8.6
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Personification
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A figure of speech where human qualities are given to animals, ideas, or object, or representing non-human thing as if it were human.
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Antiphonal
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Alternate singing by two choirs or singers.
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Fasola
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Synonym of “shape note” (?)
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Alto
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Second highest part of a contrapuntal musical texture and is also applied to its associated vocal range, the lower voice in the treble clef in 4-part harmony
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Metaphor
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A comparison that does not use like or as, figure of speech which makes an implicit or implied comparison that are unrelated.
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Octave
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Interval between one musical pitch and another with half or double its frequency, 8 steps from itself.
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Guido d'Arezzo
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Guido d’Arezzo invented the primitive form of staff notation
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The Sacred Harp
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The Sacred Harp is a shape note songbook that has been published since 1844.
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Benjamin Keach
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Benjamin Keach wrote the book The Breach Repaired. It made a case for sacred music and hymn singing in the church.
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Martin Luther
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Martin Luther encouraged simple melodies and congregational singing; composed hymns and songs and set them to secular tunes; often used the Barform format.
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Ordinary
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Regular texts in the Mass, frequently set to music due to their regular use is called the Ordinary.
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Concerto grosso
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Concerto grosso means literally a “fat concerto” and has multiple soloists.
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Theodore Beza
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Theodore Beza and Clement Marot were involved in the creation of the Genevan Psalter.
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Clement Marot
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Theodore Beza and Clement Marot were involved in the creation of the Genevan Psalter.
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What are Brian Wren's desirable traits for a hymn?
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Devout, just, frugal, beautiful, simile, communal, purposeful, musical
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