Renaissance

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paraphrase mass

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A paraphrase mass is a musical setting of the Ordinary of the Mass that uses as its basis an elaborated version of a cantus firmus, typically chosen from plainsong or some other sacred source.

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imitation/parody mass

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uses multiple voices of another pre-existing piece of music, such as a fragment of a motet or a secular chanson, as part of its melodic material.

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imitation

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repetition of a melody in a polyphonic texture shortly after its first appearance in a different voice, usually at a different pitch.

Real imitation[:] An imitation with no modifications except for the usual diatonic adjustment of half and whole steps. The exact transposition of a melody at different pitch levels.

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canon

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contrapuntal compositional technique that employs a melody with one or more imitations of the melody played after a given duration

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mensuration canon

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main melody is accompanied by one or more imitations of that melody in other voices. Not only do the voices sing or play the same melody, they do so at different speeds

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chorale

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A chorale is a melody to which a hymn is sung by a congregation in a German Protestant Church service. four parts

martin luther started translating them so people could understand

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contrafactum

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the substitution of one text for another without substantial change to the music

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madrigal

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secular vocal music composition, usually a partsong, of the Renaissance and early Baroque eras. Traditionally, polyphonic madrigals are unaccompanied; the number of voices varies from two to eight, and most frequently from three to six.

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english madrigals

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a cappella, predominantly light in style, and generally began as either copies or direct translations of Italian models. Most were for three to six voices.

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lute song

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The lute song was a generic form of music in the late Renaissance and very early Baroque eras, generally consisting of a singer accompanying himself on a lute, though lute songs may often have been performed by a singer and a separate lutenist.

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viola da gamba

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first appeared in Spainin the mid to late 15th century and was most popular in the Renaissance and Baroque periods

flat rather than curved backs, sloped rather than squarely rounded shoulders, c holes rather than f holes, and six or seven rather than four strings

underhand bow grip

tuned in 4ths

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lute

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string instrument having the strings running in a plane parallel to the sound table

secular music mostly

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intabulation

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arrangement of a vocal or ensemble piece for keyboard, lute, or other plucked string instrument, written in tablature. It was a common practice in 14th–16th century keyboard and lute music.

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jean de ockeghem

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1410-1497

most famous composer of the Franco-Flemish School in the last half of the 15th century

masses motets chansons

non prolific