Chapter 3 Terms

Question 1

Mass

Answer 1

The most important service in the Roman Church.

Question 2

Proper

Answer 2

Parts of mass that matched day on calender.

Question 3

Ordinary

Answer 3

Words do not change- melodies do. After 14th century musical parts follow this text.

Question 4

Introit

Answer 4

An entrance with music.

Question 5

Kyrie

Answer 5

Music invocation in Greek meaning “Lord have mercy, Christ have mercy”.

Question 6

Gloria

Answer 6

Formula of praise to God and plea for mercy.

Question 7

The Office

Answer 7

Series of services celebrated daily.

Question 8

Responsorial

Answer 8

Soloist alternates with Choir or Congregation. Method of performance for chants.

Question 9

Antiphonal

Answer 9

Choir halves alternate singing. Method of performance for chants.

Question 10

Direct

Answer 10

Method of performance for chants in which there is no alteration.

Question 11

Syllabic

Answer 11

Each syllable has one note.

Question 12

Mellismatic

Answer 12

A long continuous melody on one syllable.

Question 13

Neumatic

Answer 13

One to six notes on each syllable.

Question 14

Recitation formulas

Answer 14

Formulas that can be used with many different texts.

Question 15

Stophic Form

Answer 15

All stanzas are sung to the same music.

Question 16

Trope

Answer 16

Existing chant that has been expanded in order to increase its solemnity (to make more serious). Usually sung by soloists. Banned by council of Trent in 16th century.

Question 17

Describe one form a trope can have.

Answer 17

New words and music added before chant and in between phrases.

Question 18

Describe one form a trope can have.

Answer 18

Melody added by creating a melisma or extending an existing one.

Question 19

Describe one form a trope can have.

Answer 19

Adding text to existing melismas (prose).

Question 20

Liturgical Drama

Answer 20

Plays related to the liturgy though not a part of it. These may have been performed outside the church.

Question 21

Hildegard of Bingen

Answer 21

She was a nun who was famous for her visions. She was setting her poems to music by 1140. Her style ranged from syllabic to melismatic. She is the most well known and recorded composer of sacred monophony. Ordo Virtutum is her most extended work.