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49 Cards in this Set
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What two events made Christianity gain strength and popularity?
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Edict of Milan and Emperor Theodosius
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What was the most important musical genre of the Middle Ages?
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Chant
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Who dominated the history of Western music?
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Christian/Catholic Church
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What are the 3 other names for chant?
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plainsong, plainchant, and Gregorian chant
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What are the 5 parts of mass ordinary?
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Kyrie, Gloria, Credo, Sanctus, Agnus Dei
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Who is responsible for organizing nearly 3,000 chant melodies in specific services?
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Pope Gregory
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Who did the Catholic Church send out to ensure that the chants were being properly sung?
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Missionaries
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What four church modes were commonly used in the writing of chants?
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Dorian, Phrygian, Lydian, Mixolydian
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What gave chants their unique and Medieval sound?
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Modes
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What is the musical term for Medieval notational signs?
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Neumes
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Over an extended period of time, what was the offshoot of troping? What evolved?
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Polyphony
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What is the musical term for the extension of troping that wrote a new line of music underneath an existing piece of chant?
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Organum
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What is the earliest type of polyphony?
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Organum
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Which two composers were considered to be primary composers of the Notre Dame School?
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Leonin and Perotin
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Who is credited for expanding organum to more than two parts up to five parts?
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Perotin
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Who were the first group of poet-musicians that came from southern France?
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Troubadours
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Who is considered to be the most important musician of the Middle Ages?
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Guillaume de Machaut
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Who, in the Middle Ages, was better known for their poetry rather than their music?
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Guillaume de Machaut
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What is the musical term for "overall blend"?
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Sonority
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In the Renaissance, whose ideals were reborn?
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Greek and Romans
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In the Renaissance, what became the most important aspect of melody?
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Sonority
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What is the term for a private church?
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Chapel
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Who is known for being one of the first to incorporate secular melodies as the basis of a cyclic mass?
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Dufay
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Who is considered to be the first great composer of the High Renaissance?
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Josquin Deprez
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Who was the greatest Netherland composer?
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Josquin Deprez
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In 1450, what was invented that forever changed the course of music and the technological advancement of humankind?
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Printing Press
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What style of composition came out of the Reformation of Martin Luther?
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Hymns and Chorales
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Who was the greatest composer of sacred Renaissance music?
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Giovanni Palestrina
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What is a church composition for congregational singing called?
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Chorale
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What is a cornetto?
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Trumpet
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What is a recorder?
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Flute
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What is a chanson?
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French - Love song
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What is a sackbut?
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Trombone
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What is a viol?
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Cello/Violin
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What is a shawm?
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Oboe
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What is the musical term for an "Instrumental group of like instruments"?
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Whole Consort
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What is the musical term for an "Instrumental group of different instruments"?
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Broken Consort
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Who wrote Sederunt Principes?
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Perotin
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Who wrote Nouvelle Amor Qui Si Magree?
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Ventadorn
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Who wrote Messe de Notre Dame?
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Guillaume De Machaut
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Who wrote Missa Pange Lingua?
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Josquin Desprez
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What composer is known for developing antiphonal choir music?
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Giovanni Gabrieli
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In the Renaissance, who is considered to be the greatest English composer?
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William Byrd
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Who was a great writer of Madrigals?
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Thomas Morley
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Which English composer introduced the fa-la and the English Madrigal to England?
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Thomas Morley
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Who helped develop a new musical genre for the Church of England which was a short sacred choral work?
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William Byrd
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What was a short sacred choral work called?
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Anthem
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What is a virginal?
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Keyboard Music
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Who wrote Canzon a 12?
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Giovanni Gabriele
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