chapter 11 Flashcards
Anglican service
developed when Henry VIII split from Catholic church.
Retained many elements of Catholic liturgy, some remained in Latin, others in English
NEW:
music for the Morning and Evening Prayer (like Catholic Office) and Holy Communion (like Catholic Mass)
Anthem: polyphonic work in English (like a motet)
PRIMARY COMPOSERS:
Thomas Tallis (ca. 1505-1585)
William Byrd (ca. 1540-1623)
Anthem
Polyphonic work in English (like a motet). used in ANglican service.
Calvin
1509-1564 started Calvinist church, one of 3 branches in reformation. Similar complaints to luther, believed in predestination.
Change in music: development of the Psalter. No distractions, musical instruments, or elaborate polyphony. only biblical texts.
Lutheran CHorale
Stophic hymn on biblical text in vernacular for congregational singins.
Council of Trent
Catholic church worked through Luther’s complaints in Council of Trent.
Suppress local variations in favour of a uniform liturgy:
Eliminate tropes and sequences
Official chant books revised to conform to liturgy and get rid of “barbarisms, obscurities, contrarieties, and superfluities”
Polyphony needed to be managed
Basing sacred music on secular songs inappropriate
Polyphony allowed if text was comprehensible
All left to local bishops to enforce
No change to Latin use or congregational participation instead, music used to project splendour and leadership of church
Counter-Reformation
Catholic church working through Martin luther’s complaints in Council of Trent
Henry VIII
Anglican church. split with Catholic church for political reasons. Developed anglican service.
Luther
Humanist. most important complain was he was approaching faith from a humanist perspective. Kept much of Catholic liturgy, but
- Increased vernacular, used Latin texts, german translations, new German texts. 95 theses made him famous
Palestrina
1525-1594 composer of church music. revised chant books after council of Trent (eliminated Melismas). concern for intelligibility. mass
Protestant Reformation
Theological dispute with 3 main branches: Lutheran, Calvinist, Church of ENgland.
Calvinist Psalter
Book of Psalms translated into vernacular with strophic rhyming, metrical verse set to new, simple melodies. performed in unison, unaccompanied.
Tallis
1505-1585 primary composer of English sacred music in mid 16th c