Chapter 4 Medieval music

Question 1

Mass

Answer 1

Symbolic recreation of the last supper, @9am

Question 2

Gregorian Chant (plainsong)

Answer 2

Thousands of religious songs, sung in latin, which carry the message of the church.

(attributed not written by pope Gregory the great)

Question 3

Musical Notation

Answer 3

evolved to what we have today.

Question 4

Melismatic (Beyonce)

Answer 4

Many notes sung to one syllable.

Question 5

syllabic singing

Answer 5

one or two notes per syllable.

Question 6

Dies irae

Answer 6

the most well-known Gregorian chant. (day of wrath)

Question 7

Hildegard of Bingen

Answer 7

First notable woman composer of Gregorian chants.

Question 8

Gothic style

Answer 8

Started in northern France, Notre Dame.
Start of polyphony.

Question 9

Perotinus

Answer 9

invented polyphony.

Question 10

Organum

Answer 10

The name given to early church polyphony.
(example. Viderunt omnes)

Question 11

Tenor

Answer 11

means “held”. lowest voice

Question 12

Mensural notation

Answer 12

13 &14 century. measured notation invented. musical rhythm & pitch.

Question 13

Ordinary of the mass

Answer 13

the five sung portions of the mass.

Question 14

Kyrie

Answer 14

the first portion of the ordinary of the mass. Alternates chant & Polyphonic style.

Question 15

Troubadours

Answer 15

poet-musicians who flourished in courts of southern France. “finders”

Question 16

Secular Music

Answer 16

music for entertainment, not church. dance & love songs.

Question 17

Countess of Dia

Answer 17

Wrote “A chanter”, a song of failed love.

Question 18

Chanson

Answer 18

French for song. new genre of vocal expression.

Question 19

Agincourt Choral

Answer 19

“thank god for victory” English victory song over France. Verse/chours structure.

Question 20

Vielle (pronounced
“V-L”)

Answer 20

A distant ancestor of the violin.

Question 21

Middle Age instruments

Answer 21

were bas (low) or haut (loud).
Example. lute/recorder for inside, trumpets and drums outside.