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Chapter 11 Flashcards

1
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Are Catholic Churches or protestant churches more fancy?

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Catholic churches

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What is the council of trent?

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A council that discussed reforms for the Catholic Church (1545-1563)

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What did the council of Trent decide on?

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  • the pope is the head of the church
  • sacrements and the clergy
  • the Eucharist sacrifice
  • the intercession of Mary and the Saints
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Nicholas Gombert, Ave Regina Coelonum

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  • motet
  • composed music that flows, no strong cadences
  • imitation of each phrase
  • NO text depiction
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What was the council of Trent’s concern about music in church?

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  • if the words were intelligent
  • if there should be polyphony
  • if they should allow secular models for masses
  • basically they were trying to keep everything extremely holy
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What kind of music was Vincenzo Ruffo told to write?

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homophonic and syllabic so it could be understood

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Characteristics of Palestrina’s Pope Marcellus Mass

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  • free mass, not based on any borrowed material
  • chordal in long movements, imitation in shorter movements
  • strong syllables on strong beats
  • smooth melodic lines
  • careful control of dissonance VERY HARMONIOUS
  • final chords include 3rds
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Compare Palestrina’s Credo and Agnus Dei

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  • the credo is more syllabic, the Agnus Dei has more imitation
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What is an imitation mass?

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borrowing material from polyphonic works and making it into a mass

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Thomas Luis de Victoria’s Magnum mysterium

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  • imitation mass made from a polyphonic motet
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What did Orlando di Lasso do?

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he wrote psalms, sold prints all over Europe, became famous, from the netherlands

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di Lasso’s Cum essem parvulus (when I was a child)

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  • motet
  • its about how you get wiser as you get older about love
  • word painting- he makes the music interpret the text
  • caritas = love
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William Byrd

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  • secret catholic protected by queen Elizabeth
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what is metrical psalm?

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Metric, rhymed, and strophic vernacular translation of a psalm that is sung to a melody

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what is a chorale?

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strophic hymn for Lutherans (German)

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What is an anthem?

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A polyphonic vocal work in English for Anglicans

17
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What did Martin Luther want to reform in the church?

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  • get rid of papal indulgences

- the bible should be the authority, not church officials

18
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When was Martin Luther excommunicated

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1521 at the diet of worms, but he started a movement so people helped him stay in society

19
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What reforms were made by Martin Luther for the church service?

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  • removed the part of mass where they talk about the sacrifice of the priest
  • made masses in languages people can understand
20
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The Lutheran Chorale

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translated from latin to German, so the congregation can sing in unison

21
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Ein feste Burg ist unser Gott

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battle song for Lutherans against Catholics

22
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John Walter’s Geystliche gasangk Buchleyn

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arranged a sacred song book for young people

23
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What is contrafactum?

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The practice of replacing the text of a vocal work with a new text while the music remains essentially the same; or the resulting piece.

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What techniques did chorale motets borrow?

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Franco-Flemish techniques, cantus-firmus and imitation

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what is cantional style?

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Manner of setting chorales in chordal homophony with the melody in the highest voice.

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Who was Jean Calvin?

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  • like Martin Luther, but for protestants
  • thought people were pre-destined to be good/bad
  • started in Geneva (Switzerland), spread throughout Europe
  • removed “distracting” fancy decorations from churches
27
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what is a metrical psalm?

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Metric, rhymed, and strophic vernacular translation of a psalm, sung to a relatively simple melody that repeats for each strophe.

28
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psalter

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A published collection of metrical psalms.

29
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What kind of religion did Queen Elizabeth I want for England

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anglican: a mix between catholic and protestant

30
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What is service?

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Anglican version of holy songs like matins etc.

31
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Thomas Tallis/William Byrd

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English composers that worked for King Henry VIII and Elizabeth I, catholic, so they composed latin motets

32
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Why was William Byrd allowed to be catholic?

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He was protected by Queen Elizabeth I

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