Chapter 6

Question 1

extends from collapse of rome in 5 century to age of columbus

Answer 1

middle ages

Question 2

music of the church dictated by catholic church. aka gregorian chant

Answer 2

plainchant

Question 3

type of music is non metrical aka rhythm free. no constructed in major minor system. but uses modes instead

Answer 3

plainchant

Question 4

in gregorian recitation the pitch on which the text is sung is called? repeated shitload of times except at beginning and end

Answer 4

reciting tone

Question 5

simple genre of plainchant. workaday little pieces. ex. in pardisum

Answer 5

antiphon

Question 6

part of plainchant where passage of many notes are sung to a single syllable

Answer 6

melisma

Question 7

more elaborate than antiphon. A A’ B B’ C C”.

series of short tunes that are sung twice. saint hildegard is famous for tune columba aspexit.

Answer 7

sequence

Question 8

troubadours in france, trouveres, in north, minnesingers in german. are what?

Answer 8

noble poet composers for rich kings and queens

Question 9

alba and pastourelle are example of music made by?

Answer 9

troubadours

Question 10

was a lot of instrumental music made in medieval times?

Answer 10

nope very little

Question 11

the simultaneous combination of two or more melodies. arised in medieval europe. rooted from plain chant. began in c 900. paris and notre dame had this

Answer 11

polyphony

Question 12

earliest type of polyphony. ex is perotin. the alleluia song where the lyrics are

Answer 12

organum

Question 13

motet. where there is proliferation of words in upper voices. also part of the later medieval polyphony.

Answer 13

motet

Question 14

used in motet. where rhythmic patters many notes long are repeated over and over but with different pitches each time.

Answer 14

isorhythm

Question 15

guillame de mauchaut is early or later polyphony?

Answer 15

later