Middle Ages

service, all sung

-matins, lauds, vespers, complive

-prime, sext, terce, none

-proper

-ordinary

within ordinary

kyrie-mercy

gloria- glory

credo- believe in one god

sanctus- holy

agnus dei- lamb of God

plain chant or plainsong

named after pope Gregory who gave the gift of song.

direct- all together now

responsorial- lead vocalist and choral response

antiphonal- two seperate alternation choral groups

medieval polyphony most often based on a canuts firmus

imitative polyphony

preexistent melody used as the basis of a new polyphonic composition.

fixed song

the most important service

derives from commemoration of the Last Supper

divided into spoken and sung parts and the Proper and Ordinary.

Sung Proper- Introit, Gradual, Alleluia, Offertory, Communion

Sung Ordinary- Kyrie, gloria, credo, sanctus, Agnus Dei, Ite missa est

Proper changes, Ordinary doesn’t

Tenor has the cantus firmus that is the foundation for the composition.

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polyphonic setting of a sacred Latin text.

Song.

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Music and poetry cultivated by all classes of society

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the troubadour

fixed form

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ABaAabAB

Italian poetic and musical form

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usually pastoral in theme

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aba bcb dd, abb cdd ee are typical rhyme schemes

Perotin student of Leonin

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They wrote Polyphonic stuff at Notre Dame

-mass ordinary

-Latin v Vernacular

-Early masses based on Gregorian Chant

-Later Masses incorporated secular tunes

Guillaume de Machaut

used the Chanson

started during the Ars Nova period, or New Art period

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;forms?

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ballade aabc

virelai AbbaA

Rondeau ABaAabAB