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Center of power during the middle ages |
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the fall of the roman empire |
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this marked the beginning of the middle ages |
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monophonic, nonmetric, and conjunct: single line melody lacking harmony and counterpoint |
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syllabic, neumatic, melismatic |
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3 types of chant melodies |
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texts that vary according to day |
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texts that remain the same for everyday mass |
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chants sung alternating a soloist and a chorus |
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earliest type of polyphony; came from adding a voice to gregorian chant |
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multiple texts; when 2 texts are added to the same piece |
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type of chant, one note sung to each syllable |
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type of chant, small groups (2-4 notes) sung with each syllable |
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type of chant, long groups of notes with each syllable |
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little ascending and descending symbols that were written above words to suggest contours of the melody |
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scale patterns, siggest melodic contours |
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Social classes of the middle ages |
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Members of the roman catholic church were called |
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serfs, the people who worked the land |
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____ Raises the status of women in the middle ages |
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dates of the early middle ages |
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medival music was ____ By the roman catholic church |
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only literate class of the middle ages, the ones who preserved music and its history |
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music with a textual setting |
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Composer; a poet, prophet, and religios leader. Wrote Scivias abd symphony of celestial revelations |
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the combination of two or more simultaneous melodic lines, helped bring about the use of regular meters-MOST IMPORTANT DEVELOPMENT IN WESTERN MUSIC |
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rise of polyphony began around _____ AD |
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came out with the addition of new texts to organum |
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the breakup of the feudal social structure inspired new concepts of life, art, and beauty, which led to the musical style called ___________. |
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foremost composer-poet of Ars Nova; wrote clergy and secular music |
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instruments found their earliest prominence in ________ |
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started by adding one melody on top of another melody |
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music made for medival court life: dancing, banquets, military |
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mostly improvised, more secular because it has no words |
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plucked string instrument with a rounded back |
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the art of combining 2 melodic lines is ______. |
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an era of exploration, scientific inquiry, and secularization |
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human or individial-centered thinking, started in the renaissance |
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church, aristocrocy and govt |
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during the renaissance, musicians were supported by |
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renaissance music was marked by ___________ melodies. |
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vocal work without instrumental accompaniement |
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most ____ music was written for a capella performance |
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reniassance music had a ____ texture via _____ |
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making music reflect the meaning of words |
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“Fixed song”; a preexisting melody used as the basis for a polyphonic composition; they put new stuff on top of a preexisting melody |
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person we associate with the motet; most influential composer of the renaissance |
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unlike the mideval motet, the renaissance motet used a _________ text |
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wrote the motet Ave Maria |
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renaissance motets were commonly used in ______ services |
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the protestant revolt/reformation was led by _____ |
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the reformation critisized the _________ |
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movement by the church to recapture the loyalty of its people |
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to regulate every aspect of church discipline, _____ was formed. They took up the matter of church music |
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Council of trent reccommended what texture of music |
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best text setting according to the council of trent? |
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the composer who responded to the council of trent’s demands |
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who wrote the poper marcellus mass |
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pope marcellus mass, polyphonic |
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the ______ mass retained intelligibility of sacred text and even had a _____ texture |
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the ____ mass started out monophonic, then homophonic, then polyphonic |
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pope marcellus mass was performed in ________ |
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renaissance secular music used ____ form |
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2 important secular genres |
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round dance usually performed outdoors |
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music based on vocal works that does not specify instruments (anyone could pick up a part) |
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instrumental dance music is of _____ form |
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most important secular genre; aristocratic form of poetry that flourished at italian courts-lots of expression of feelings/love/desire; lots of word-painting |
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madrigals are based on several _______ |
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master of the late renaissance madrigal; figure who takes us to the boroque |
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madrigals have abundant ______ |
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madrigals started in _____, then spread to ______. |
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english, simpler, more humorous |
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in _____ madrigals, composers preferred_____, more_______ texts |
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groups singing in alternation, then together |
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______ music led to boroque music |
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first composer to specify dynamics and instruments |
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______ was an era of absolute monarchies and an age of enlightenment |
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the ____ era was characterized by poverty and luxury, idealism and oppression. Was an age of discovery |
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the baroque era marks the introduction of a new style, _____ |
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solo song with instrumental accompaniment |
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monody marks the shift to _____ texture |
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monody was first cultivated by _____ |
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aristocrats who wanted to ressurect musical dramas of ancient greece |
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mos important achievement of baroque music |
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when a baroque piece starts, it stays the _____ |
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new tuning system that allowed instruments to play in any key |
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_____ tonality was established during the baroque era. It replaced the church modes and was allowed by the equal tempermant technology |
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baroque musicians used _____ chords more freely to express emotion intensity and color |
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T/F: Baroque composers spared thir use of expression marks, leaving the interpretation to the performers |
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1) cello or basson plays bass line 2) harpsichord fills in chords |
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what two instruments play in “basso Continio”? |
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large-scale drama that is sung, combines the resources of vocal and instrumental music |
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Opera was created by the ______ |
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the two main components of opera are ______ and _______. |
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“air”; lyrical songs of high emotion |
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person who writes the text of opera |
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the orchestral introduction at the beginning of an opera |
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the first master of opera was ______ |
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the first opera was___, written in the year ____ |
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the first native english composer of the baroque was _______ |
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girls at a boarding school |
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Dido and Aeneas was written for ______ |
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hymn tune used in lutheran church service. Adapted from melodies using gregorian chant. |
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the chorale has a ____ texture |
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chorale is written in the ___ language |
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the chorale melody is in ____ voice part |
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multi-movement work for the lutheran service that resembles baroque opera |
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the master of cantata and chorale |
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generally based on a biblical story and performed in a church with no acting, scenery, or costumes. Has vocalists and an orchestra |
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instrument that has pipes with different timbres. Also has a pure, transparent tone |
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instrument with strings that are plucked by a quill and is monodynamic |
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two instruments plus continuo |
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work based on contrast of dissimilar bodies of sound |
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solo concerto, concerto grosso |
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the two types of Baroque concerto |
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small group and a large group |
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wrote the four seasons concerto for solo violin |
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a series of dance movements that can be for solo instruments or orchestra |
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based on imitation and counterpoint. Has a subject (the focal point) and an answer |
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the second enterance of the subject in fugue |
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a musical phrase that is repeated over and over |
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monophonic texture, collected by pope gregory the great, conjunt movement |
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gregorian chant has ___ texture, was collected by ____, and has ___ movement |
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neumatic has ___ syllables |
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mellismatic has ____ syllables |
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the cantata is unified by a ____ |
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___ characterizes recitative |
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gregorian chants are based on ___ |
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