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Chapter 2 Test Flashcards

1
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When was the Medieval Music Era

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450-1450

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Gregorian Chant

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unaccompanied melody set to sacred Latin texts official music of the Roman Catholic church

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Cantus firmus

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chant melody

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Troubadour

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French medieval poet-musicans singing courtly love songs

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Jongleurs

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wandering musicians/ acrobats

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Motet

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polyphonic vocal work with two or more independent voices

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Polyphonic

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multiple voices

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Lute

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like guitar with bowl-shaped body

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Sackbut

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early trombone

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Portative Organ

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small, portable organ played by one person

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Clavichord

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small, table-top keyboard-ancestor to harpsichord and piano

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Medieval Composers to know

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Hildegard of Bingen, Guillaume de Machaut, Francesco Landini

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Renaissance Music Era

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1450-1600

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A capella

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vocal work without instrumental accompaniment

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Mass

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polyphonic choral composition made up of 5 sections for use in CATHOLIC worhsip

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Hymn

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polyphonic, strophic settings of RELIGIOUS tests

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Strophic

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each verse of text repeats the same musical material

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Stanza

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the verses of a hymn

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Refrain

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the repeated chorus of a hymn

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Madrigal

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polyphonic a capella vocal piece using SECULAR text with multiple stanzas

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Renaissance Composers to know

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Giovanni Pierluigi Palestrina, Thomas Weelkes, Giovanni Gabrieli

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2 Italian Renaissance Composers

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Giovanni Pierluigi Palestrina, Giovanni Gabrieli

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English Renaissance Composer

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Thomas Weelkes

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Baroque Music Era

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1600-1750

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Homophonic

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all voices singing same text at same time

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Pipe organ

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multiple levels of keys with tone produced by air passing through pipes

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Harpsichord

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piano-like instrument with sound produced by strings plucked by quills

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Tone painting

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music vividly mirroring the words of a song

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Virtuosity

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display of technical skills on any instrument

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Improvisation

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spontaneous invention of music while performing

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Opera

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drama with continuous music, staged with scenery, costumes, and action

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Single most important musical achievement of Baroque Era

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OPERA

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Recitative

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vocal singing in an opera that mimics speaking

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Aria

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lyrical monologue in an opera or other large choral work

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Concerto Grosso

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instrumental work that exploits the contrast between a small ensemble of solo instruments and a larger ensemble

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Counterpoint

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combination of 2 or more simultaneous melodies according to a set of rules

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Cantata

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narrative or descriptive musical work with vocal solos, duets, chorus and orchestra

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Passion

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musical setting depicting the final days of Christ’s life

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Oratorio

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dramatic musical work combining narrative, dialogue, and commentary through arias, recitatives, ensembles, choruses and instrumental music (unstaged opera)

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Baroque Composers to know

A

Claudio Monteverdi
Henry Purcell
Antonio Vivaldi
Johann Sebastian Bach

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Italian Baroque composer

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Antonio Vivaldi

Claudio Monteverdi

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German Baroque composer

A

Johann Sebastian Bach

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English Baroque composer

A

Henry Purcell

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Classical Music Era

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1750-1830

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Symphony

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large work for orchestra, usually in 4 movements

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Concerto

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multi-movement work with soloist contrasting with larger orchestral group (piano most common in this period)

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Chamber Music

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work for small instrumental group to be performed in a space smaller than a concert hall

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String Quartet

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chamber group consisting of 2 violins, viola, cello

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Opera Buffa

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comic opera

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Singspiel

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German opera with spoken dialogue interspersed with songs, choruses, and instrumental music

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Requiem Mass

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mass for the dead

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Sturm und Drang

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“storm and stress”- extremes in emotion given free expression by composers, including Beethoven

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Sonata

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multi-movement “symphony” for a solo instrument

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Opus

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Latin for “work”- used to identify a work based on chronological dating

55
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Classical Composers to know

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Franz Joseph Haydn
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Ludwig van Beethoven

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