Chapter 3

Question 1

What is MASS

Answer 1

• celebration of the eucharist, celebration of the last supper and sacrifice
• MUST reenact the last supper

Question 2

What is the office

Answer 2

opportunities for Christian communities to pray, also a wild TV show :)

Question 3

What is the purpose of the Roman Liturgy?

Answer 3

• addressing god

- reinforcing faith of the attendees

Question 4

What is the proper of the time?

Answer 4

Important dates in the Christian calendar (Christmas, Easter, etc.)

Question 5

What is an antiphon?

Answer 5

a chant sung before or after a psalm

Question 6

What is a responsory?

Answer 6

musical responses to bible references (alternates with the choir and congregation)

Question 7

What are canticles?

Answer 7

poetic passages from the bible but NOT from the book of psalms

Question 8

What is a missal?

Answer 8

a text for mass

Question 9

What is a gradual?

Answer 9

a text for choir

Question 10

What is a breviary?

Answer 10

Text for the office

Question 11

What is the antiphoner?

Answer 11

songs for the choir

Question 12

What is antiphonal?

Answer 12

two groups of choir alternate

Question 13

What is syllabic?

Answer 13

almost every syllable has a note

Question 14

What is neumatic?

Answer 14

syllables carry 1-6 notes

Question 15

What is melismatic?

Answer 15

Long melodic passage on a single syllable

Question 16

What are recitation formulas?

Answer 16

outlines that can be used with different text

Question 17

What does it mean when something is performed directly?

Answer 17

sung by a single choir

Question 18

What does responsorial mean?

Answer 18

sung by a soloist in alternation with a choir

Question 19

What is a psalm?

Answer 19

Song of praise by King David of Hebrew people from the old testament

Question 20

What is a doxology?

Answer 20

an ending phrase (glory be to the father and the son) to remind people that psalms should be thought of in context of the new testament

Question 21

What are tropes?

Answer 21

Additions to the original chant (either by adding text, melodies, or both)

Question 22

What is a sequence

Answer 22

Sung after Alleluia @ mass, paired sentences or phrases

Question 23

What is Dies Irae

Answer 23

FEFDECDD, sequence of the mass of the dead

Question 24

What is a liturgical drama?

Answer 24

Dialogue on a sacred subject performed with music/action

Question 25

What piece is Hildegard of Bingen famous for?

Answer 25

Ordo Virtutum- morality play to teach nuns how to be virtuous, the only male character is the devil and he does not sing because he is unholy

Question 26

Why did Hildegard get more respect in society?

Answer 26

She was in “contact with God”

Question 27

What are the proper chants?

Answer 27

Introit, gradual, alleluia, offertory, communion

Question 28

What are the ordinary chants?

Answer 28

kyrie, gloria, credo, agnus dei

Question 29

The kyrie

Answer 29

plea for mercy (ordinary)

Question 30

the gloria

Answer 30

praise of god (ordinary)

Question 31

the gradual

Answer 31

virtuosic response to the readings (proper)

Question 32

the alleluia

Answer 32

virtuosic response to the readings (proper)

Question 33

the credo

Answer 33

saying what you should believe in (ordinary)

Question 34

the sanctus

Answer 34

angelic song for the eucharist (ordinary)

Question 35

agnus dei

Answer 35

plea for mercy/peace (ordinary)

Question 36

the communion

Answer 36

music to distribute bread/wine (proper)

Question 37

What is the 1st/2nd part of mass

Answer 37

1st part: singing

2nd part: eucharist

Question 38

What is glossing?

Answer 38

interpreting the texts