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31 Cards in this Set
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What years are considered to be the "Middle Ages"? |
400-1400 |
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What is the term for the rigid class system that society was organized by during the middle ages? |
Feudalism |
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What was the other name for plainchant and who was it named after? |
Gregorian chant, named after Pope Gregory I |
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What term means "nonreligious"? |
Secular |
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What is the main characteristic of plainchant and where was it sung? |
Vocal monophonic; Church services |
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What is the term for "sacred" music and where was it sung? |
Liturgical; Christian (Roman catholic) church |
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Which text set has one note sung for every syllable of the text? |
Syllabic |
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Which text set has a large number of notes sung for each syllable? |
Melismatic |
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Which text set has a small number of notes sung for each syllable? |
Neumatic |
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What was the system of melodic organization used during the middle ages? What notes did the four main ones end in? |
Modes; D, E, F, & G |
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What troubadour was also known as the Comtessa de Dia (Countess of Dia)? What is her only poem that survived in music? |
Beatriz De Dia; 'A Chanter' |
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Who were secular poet-musicians who composed songs for performance in the many small aristocratic courts of southern France? |
Troubadours |
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What picked instrument, that is similar to a guitar, was common in middle age secular music? |
The lute |
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What were poet musicians of medieval northern France called? (similar to troubadours) |
Trouveres |
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Who was the master composer in France during the end of the medieval period? (when polyphonic songs were becoming very popular) |
Guillaume De Machaut |
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What is a fixed form of poetry that follows the pattern ABaAabAB (It has a two line chorus [refrain] that comes at the beginning and end, and with the first line in the middle too) |
Rondeau |
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What favorite type of Italian secular song meant both "hunt" and, in music, "round"? (Usually two voices accompanied by an instrument with the same music, but beginning at different times) |
Caccia |
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What kind of musical texture has multiple separate lines that are very clear and stay independent throughout a piece? |
A counterpoint |
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What specific counterpoint has one musical line sung at staggered intervals to produce interweaving lines? |
A round |
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What does the word renaissance mean? |
Rebirth |
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What years are known as the renaissance? |
1400-1600 |
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What were the three major changes during the renaissance? |
1 - Focus on individual achievement 2 - More focus on daily world (rather than afterlife) 3 - Widespread mingling of cultures (thanks to travel and printed manuscripts) |
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What 5 sections of the mass are known as the "Ordinary of the Mass"? |
Kyrie, Gloria, Credo, Sanctus, and Agnus Dei |
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What is a vocal setting of Latin text called? (usually sacred) |
A motet |
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What is a secular vocal work for a small group of singers called? (usually in Italian) |
A madrigal |
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Who was the foremost English composer during the early renaissance? (but spent many years in France) |
John Dunstable |
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Who was the foremost French composer during the early renaissance? (but spent many years in Italy) |
Guillaume DuFay |
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Where was Josquin Des Prez from? During which part of the renaissance did he compose music? What were the 3 major characteristics of his music? |
Northern France; mid-renaissance; 1 - simple imitation (a point of imitation introduces each melodic phrase) 2 - Overlapping cadences (each group begins its cadence just before the previous group finishes its cadence) 3 - Paired imitation (one pair of voices sings a phrase of imitation, then another pair enters) |
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What era was Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina prominent? What 3 strict guidelines did he follow? |
The counter-reformation; 1 - The melody moves (mostly) by steps with no gaps between the notes 2 - If there is a leap, it is small and immediately counterbalanced by stepwise motion in the opposite direction 3 - The rhythmic flow is not rigid or regularly accented, but is shifting, gentle, and alive |
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Who was the prominent composer of English madrigals? |
Thomas Morley |
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What is the technique of depicting the meaning of words through music? |
Word-(or text-)painting |
