Chapter 24 Flashcards
jongleurs
popular musicians aka minstrels
liturgy
higher authority. system of prayers and worship of a particular religion
plainchant
aka gregorian chant. official music of catholic church in middle age
who was the first composer?
billings
where did american get instrumental and opera
german for instrumental and italy for opera
simple anthems based on hymns with little counterpoint
fuging tunes
earliest american composers in vernacular?
foster and philip sousa
minstrel shows, call response tunes, and spirituals are what type of music
early african american music
performed by white ppl in blackface. popular at midcentury; comedic with ethiopian songs and shit
minstrel shows
common in west africa. phrase sung by leader and echoed by chorus. use in black american church. feature in blues and jazz
call and response
religious folk song for black ppl.
spiritual
improvisation, snycopation, and instrumental notes are feature to what?
early jazz
blues and rag time that emerged from african culture. where entire history is recorded?
early jazz
added ornaments and new contrived interludes that are used to elaborate around a song
breaks
accent in music are moved away from main beats
syncopation