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43 Cards in this Set
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a song about courtly or chivalric love
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canso or chanson
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a song depicting an idyllic scence, knight meets sheperdess
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pastorela
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a morning song; lovers parting at daybreak, or a warning to lovers of approaching dawn
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alba
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sung by women and contains stories of woe or lost love
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chanson de toile
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songs of historical or legendary subjects
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lai
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remained a major force in Europe, but weakened in its influence
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religion
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"the divine comedy"
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dante alighieri
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author and playwright; tragedies and comedies
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william shakespeare
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a "fixed melody"; usualy gregorian chant; serves as a basis for composition.
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cantus firmus
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a texture in which all voices move together rhythmically
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homorhythmic
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language of the country
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vernacular
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mass for the dead
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requiem
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the renaissance saw a rise in _________ and _________
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amateur music
secular music |
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instrumental __________ was played by professionals and amateur musicians
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dance music
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_________ (melodic decoration) were often improvised
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embellishments
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originated in italy as a form of aristocratic entertainment
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madrigal
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monteverdi was a master of the italian madrigal and of expressive devices such as _______
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word painting
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"one song"; solo song with instrumental accompaniment
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monody
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secco
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dry
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spoken music
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recitative
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lyrical singing
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aria
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vocal duets; choruses
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ensembles
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sets mood for performers
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orchestra
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text of the opera
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libretto
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provides scope to characters
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librettist
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opera with dance, choruses, sond, and recitative
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tragedie lyrique
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added dance to acting
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france
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vocal music with poetry and dance
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masques
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a work for one or more solo vocalists and instrumental accompaniment
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cantata
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personal emotion; music dominates
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lyric
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written for a play; comedy or tragedy
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dramatic
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follows characters through plot; tells story
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narrative
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an opera without scenery, costumes or acting
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oratorio
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collection of verses from both testaments
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messiah
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secualr music in the middle ages was songs and dances that depicted _________
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everyday life
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troubadors; trouveres
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inventors
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german version of the troubador
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minnesinger
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traveling musicians that wandered from town to town, sharing and receiving secular songs
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minstrels
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considered the greatest trouvere; all his music was secular and conatains both mono- and polyphonic works
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adam de la halle
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important figure in the period of the Ars Nova (new art);greater refinement in music, namely developed harmony, rhythm, meters and polyphonic textures; worked as a religious cleric and courtier; very prolific as a composer, writing large amounts of both sacred and secular works.
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guillaume de machaut
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musical devices that enhance the meaning of the text;dissonances highly controlled in sacred settings
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text paintings
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renaissance mass: settings of the _________ more common; sung in the ___________ in some cases; sung in __________ in most cases;
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ordinary
vernacular latin |
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a combination two violins and continuo
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trio senata
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