Chapter 4 Flashcards
Crusades
Campaigns between 1095 and 1270 to retake Jerusalem from the Turks. Foreshadowed power to be seen in future of W. Europe.
Versus
A Latin sacred song that was monophonic and not adapted from chant. Rhymed poetry and usually has regular pattern of accents.
Conductus
A Serious Medieval Latin song, newly composed like Versus. Rhythmic and rhymed. Monophonic and polyphonic.
Cantigas de Santa Maria
A collection of 400 songs in honor of the Virgin Mary. Collected in Chansonniers.
Jongleurs
Medieval street musicians who performed tricks, music and told stories.
Portative organ
A handheld organ.
Minnesinger
A Knightly poet-composer in Germany who wrote monophonic songs in Middle High German mainly about love.
Lauda
A Sacred Italian monophonic song.
Goliard songs
Latin from wandering students and clerics around the 10th through 13th century.
Shawm
A medieval double reed instrument similar to the oboe.
Troubadours
Poet-composers from Southern France who wrote monophonic songs in Occitan in the 12/13th century.
Trouvere
Poet-composers from Northern France who wrote monophonic songs in Old French in the 12/13th century.
Trobairitz
A female troubadour.
Channsonnier
A songbook containing secular songs written by the Troubadours and Trouveres. They are mono and polyphonic.
Rodeau
French form that is single stanza and contains refrains denoted by Capitals and new text sets denoted by lowercase letters. ABaAabAB
Bar Form
A form in which the first section is sung twice with different text sets while the remainder is only sung once.
Cantiga
A monophonic medieval song in Spanish or Portuguese.
Vielle
A Medieval bowed instrument that is similar to the fiddle.
Hurgy-Gurdy
A string instrument that is cranked. Plays melody and drone.
Pipe and tabor
A high whistle fingered with the left hand while a small drum is played with the right hand.
Portative organ
A handheld organ.
Positive organ
A table organ. Ancestor of harpsichord.
Carole
A Medieval Circle or line dance or the monophonic song that accompanied it. Most popular medieval dance of Frnace in 12th-14th century. Earliest surviving notated instrumental music.
Estampie
A triple meter dance with two sections that have different endings. Most common instrumental dance.
