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A Cappella |
Unaccompanied vocal music |
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Modes |
Scales in which the tonics are different degrees of a diatonic scale |
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Melisma |
Single vocal syllables extended over multiple beats and tones |
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Neumatic |
Ascending and descending symbols written above words to suggest melodic contours |
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Syllabic |
A chant melody in which one note is sung to each syllable of text |
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Gregorian chant |
A form of chant used in Roman Catholic churches in the 9th and 10th centuries which were distinguished by being approximately-pitched, monophonic, unaccompanied, syllabic and non-metric |
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Plainsong |
A body of chants used in Western Church lithurgies |
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Neume |
A sign indicating a note of group of notes to be sung as one syllable (also a neume) |
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Organum |
The earliest type of polyphony, with two-, three-, or four-part voices sung in fixed rhythmic patters (rhythmic modes) |
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Polyphony |
The combination of multiple melodic lines |
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Mass |
The most solemn part of Catholic Church. The Lithurgy consists of Proper and Ordinary texts |
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Ordinary Mass |
The fixed portion of mass that was sung daily |
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Proper Mass |
Texts of the mass that changed depending on the day |
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5 parts of the Ordinary Mass |
Kyrie, Gloria, Credo, Sanctus, Agnus Dei |
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Troubador |
Performers of secular music in courts |
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Madrigal |
A secular vocal music composition of the Renaissance and early Baroque eras |
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Hildegard of Bingen |
(c. 1098-1179) Female visionist, composer, writer of science, philosophy, poetry and drama, founded convent in Rupertsberg. Composed "Alleluia", which follows the gradual mass service in ABA pattern |
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Guillame Du Fay |
(c. 1397-1474) One of the earliest composers of the Burgunden School to make a career in Italy. Abandoned meandering vocal lines and rhythmic complexity of middle ages in favour of well-defined melody and clear-cut rhythms |
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Palestrina |
(c. 1525-1594) Worked as an organist or choirmaster in Italian churches, wrote more masses (>100) than any other composer, a cappella stylist. Works include the Pope Marcellus mass as well as madrigals and motets |