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28 Cards in this Set
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Hildegard von Bingen |
-powerful woman -Middle Ages -religious composer (sacred) -wrote many monophonic plainsongs |
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Richard of Lionheart/ I of England |
-well-known trouvére during Middle Ages -son of Henry I of England & Eleanor of Aquitaine -developed organum
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troubadors |
-court-composers (secular) -came from South of France |
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trouvéres |
-court-composers (secular) -came from North of France |
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minnesingers |
-German-speaking regions -court-composers (secular) |
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Ars Nova |
-means New Art |
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Name all the Liturgical Forms 'Kyle Gave Chris Some Apples' |
Kyrie Gloria Credo Sanctus Agnus Dei |
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Women working as professional musicians during the Renaissance: |
-were rare -tended to be singers or instrumentalists |
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Motet |
-short setting -religious (sacred) Latin text -consisted of smaller sections -written in mixture of homophony and polyphony |
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Harmonies |
-saprano -alto -tenor -bass |
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Giovani Perguri da Palestrina |
-Italian -madrigal composer during High Renaissance
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Andria Gabriela |
-Italian -madrigal composer during High Renaissance -produced 'surround-sound' effect by having choirs surround the audience -in Venice |
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Thomas Marley |
-English -madrigal composer during High Renaissance -one of the firsts |
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William Byrd |
-English -madrigal composer during High Renaissance -wrote for Catholic & Protestant churches -greatest composer for latter half of the sixteenth century |
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Madrigal |
-small vocal piece -for groups of singers -5-14 lines (last 2 lines a rhyming music coplet) -usually on love,nature,humor, etc.. -4 part harmony (SATB) |
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What was a church musician expected to do? |
-composer -organist -conductor -teacher |
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What was a court musician expected to do? |
-entertainer -composer -compose special music for birthdays/celebrations |
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Oratorio |
-genre of Baroque Music -lyric drama -secular/religious theme -never staged
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Sonata |
-genre of Baroque Music -designed for few musicians to play -basso continuo important part of composition |
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Cantana |
-genre of Baroque Music -early ones secular (love) -later ones religious (during church services) |
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Suite |
-genre of Baroque Music -group of several instruments based on different dance styles -written for solo keyboard/orchestra |
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Chorales |
-genre of Baroque Music -simple hymn tune of church service -sung by whole congregation |
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Concerto |
-genre of Baroque Music -written for small group of instuments/solo -with large ensemble to contrast |
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Opera |
-genre of Baroque Music -like a play with some sung dialogue -performed by solo singers/orchestra/chorus in stage production -secular |
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Monteverdi |
-Baroque composer -Italian -important opera composer
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Purcell |
-Baroque composer -English -important opera composer |
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Corelli |
-Baroque composer -Italian -well-known violinist
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Difference between sacred and secular? |
-sacred is religious music, played in monasteries, churches, catherals, protestants -secular is non-religious, played in courts and in town |
