Chapter 4 Medieval music Flashcards
Mass
Symbolic recreation of the last supper, @9am
Gregorian Chant (plainsong)
Thousands of religious songs, sung in latin, which carry the message of the church.
(attributed not written by pope Gregory the great)
Musical Notation
evolved to what we have today.
Melismatic (Beyonce)
Many notes sung to one syllable.
syllabic singing
one or two notes per syllable.
Dies irae
the most well-known Gregorian chant. (day of wrath)
Hildegard of Bingen
First notable woman composer of Gregorian chants.
Gothic style
Started in northern France, Notre Dame.
Start of polyphony.
Perotinus
invented polyphony.
Organum
The name given to early church polyphony.
(example. Viderunt omnes)
Tenor
means “held”. lowest voice
Mensural notation
13 &14 century. measured notation invented. musical rhythm & pitch.
Ordinary of the mass
the five sung portions of the mass.
Kyrie
the first portion of the ordinary of the mass. Alternates chant & Polyphonic style.
Troubadours
poet-musicians who flourished in courts of southern France. “finders”
Secular Music
music for entertainment, not church. dance & love songs.
Countess of Dia
Wrote “A chanter”, a song of failed love.
Chanson
French for song. new genre of vocal expression.
Agincourt Choral
“thank god for victory” English victory song over France. Verse/chours structure.
Vielle (pronounced
“V-L”)
A distant ancestor of the violin.
Middle Age instruments
were bas (low) or haut (loud).
Example. lute/recorder for inside, trumpets and drums outside.
