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Pope Gregory
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Gregorian Chant has it's name from him
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Gregorian Chant
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non-metric, monophonic, free flowing
Also known as: plainsong & plainchant |
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Neumes
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signs, memory tools
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Syllabic
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Text setting with 1 note per syllable
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Neumatic
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Text setting with 2, 4, 6, notes per syllable
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Melismatic
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Text setting with many notes per syllable
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Proper
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Part of the mass - varies
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Ordinary
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Part of the mass - remains the same
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Mass
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The most sacred ritual in the Roman Catholic Church
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Organum
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Earliest polyphony of the late Middle Ages
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Motet
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Polyphonic choral composition
Middle Ages - sacred & secular Renaissance - sacred only |
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5 sections of the mass
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Kryie - ABA Form
Gloria Credo Sanctus Agnus Dei - ABA Form |
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Requiem
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Mass for the dead; Funeral
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Jongleurs
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Wandering minstrels
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Troubadours
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Higher musicians, finders & mentors, perform for aristocracy
South France |
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Trouveres
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Higher musicians, finders & mentors, perform for aristocracy
North France Females - Trouverettes |
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Psaltery, Vielle, Dulcimer
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String instruments
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Sackbut
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Brass
Ancestor = trombone |
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Recorder
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Woodwind, held vertically
Ancestor = flute |
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Lute
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Plucked
Ancestor = guitar |
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Shawm
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Long, nasal, penetrating woodwind
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Nakers
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Percussion (pitched & unpitched)
Ancestor = small drum |
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Tabor
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Percussion (pitched & unpitched)
Larger drum then Naker Ancestor = Bongo |
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Notre Dame School
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Paris, preservation of knowledge.
Students = Leonin & Perotin |
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Leonin & Perotin
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Developers of Organum
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Machaut
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French composer, Middle Ages, love song, first chanson
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Ars Nova
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New Art
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Isorhythm
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Short, rhythmic patterns that repeat
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Cantus Firmus
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Fixed melody
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Strophic
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Melody repeats with each stance of poem
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Josquin Desprez
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Burgundian composer, wrote hundreds of motets
Ave Maria |
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Monteverdi
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One of the greatest writers of Italian madrigals & early opera's
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Madrigal
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Emulates word painting, secular, polyphonic. Originated in Italy, with or without instruments, set to lyric love poem
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Chanson
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French, polyphonic love song
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Hildegard von Bingen
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Nun, composer, mystic, historian
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Palestrina
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Composer who met the Council of Trents demands. Music genre was "Mass", sacred, a cappella
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Council of Trent
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Reform group for the Roman Catholic Church
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Reformation
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Church reform movement
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Martin Luther
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Led revolt for Reformation of church
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Renaissance
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Intellectual & scientific discovery era; Awakening, humanism
Learned from civil societies of the past |
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Humanism
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Idea, art, thought, rather then divine
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Word Painting
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Words that mirror the music, expressive device (madrigals)
Ex: Lyrics = Johnny's running "up" the hill. Music/note = ascending |
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A cappella
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No accompaniment
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Continuous Imitation
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Soprano to alto; Wander line to line, voice to voice
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Salterello
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Italian jumping dance
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2 Important Genre's from the Renaisannce Period
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Chanson & Madrigal
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Josquin - Ave Maria
Listening |
Genre: Motet
Sacred Texture: Polyphonic Period: Renaisannce |
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Farmer: Fair Phylis
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Genre: Madrigal
Secular Texture: Polyphonic Period: Renaissance |
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Gregorian Chant aka Plainsong, Plain Chant
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Genre: Chant
Sacred Texture: Monophonic Period: Middle Ages |
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Chanson
Listening |
Genre: Chanson
Secular Texture: Polyphonic Period: Middle Ages |