Chapter 13: Voice and Worship - Tradition and Individuality in Medieval Chant

Question 1

Gregorian chant

Answer 1

Monophonic melody with a freely flowing, unmeasured vocal line; liturgical chant of the Roman Catholic Church; aka plainsong or plainchant

Question 2

Mode

Answer 2

Scale or sequence of notes used as the basis for a composition (major and minor are modes)

Question 3

Liturgy

Answer 3

The set order of religious services and the structure of each service, within a particular denomination (eg. Roman Catholic)

Question 4

Tonal

Answer 4

Based on principles of major-minor tonality, as distinct from modal

Question 5

Divine offices

Answer 5

Cycle of daily services of the Roman Catholic church, as distinct from the Mass

Question 6

Mass

Answer 6

Central service of the Roman Catholic church

Question 7

Proper

Answer 7

Sections of the Roman Catholic Mass that vary from day to day throughout the church year according to the liturgical occasion, as distinct from the Ordinary

Question 8

Ordinary

Answer 8

Sections of the Roman Catholic Mass that remain the same from day to day throughout the church year, as distinct from Proper

Question 9

Kyrie

Answer 9

The first musical section of the Ordinary of the Mass; its construction is three-fold, involving three repetitions of “Kyrie eleison” (lord, have mercy), three of “Christe eleison” (Christ, have mercy), and again three of “Kyrie eleison”

Question 10

Antiphonal

Answer 10

Performance style in which an ensemble is divided into two or more groups, performing in alternation and then together