Chapter 9-12 test Flashcards
What was the Universitas?
Schools and colleges united under one administration
Who is Peter Abelard and Heloise?
Lovers that caused a scandal.
He was a cleric and wrote poetry and music about the affair
Who is Philip the Chancellor?
The head of the University of Paris
What are some facts about the listening Oriented paribus?
Known for humor
Anonymous composer
About fending off bad priests and kings
Melismatic
What are some facts about the listening El mois d’avril/O quam sancta/Et gaudebit?
Anonymous motet
Began at the cathedral
Polyphonic
What is a cauda?
A coda (tail)
What is the close?
Community where the cathedral and university are enclosed in
What is the conductus?
Sung as the clergy men moved from place to place
What are some facts about the listening Garrit Gallus/In nova fert/Neuma?
By Philippe De Vitry
Renaissance
Polyphonic
What is Ars Nova?
Music of the fourteenth century
What is a minim?
Subdivision of the semibreve
What is a motet?
Many layers of poetic text
Polyphonic
One latin word sung by tenor
Who is Philip de Vitry?
Composer, mathematician, astronomer….
Wrote Ars Nova
What is the Roman de Fauvel?
Story of corruption in the kingdom
Kings advisor portrayed as an ass
A warning to future kings
What is isorhythm?
A repeated rhythmic pattern
Talea is the segment of rhythm that is repeated
What is the melodic unit called in an isorhythmic motet?
Color
Describe the Hundred Years War?
Machaut the composer fought in this war
The english king wanted to control everything
Who is Joan of Arc?
A women who was requested by the church to fight in the war
What is the form of a ballade?
AAB
What is cantus?
Melody sung by voice
What is the form of rondeau?
ABaAabAB
What is the form of virelai?
AbbaAbbaAbbaA
What is cyclic Mass?
First mass written by Machaut of this kind
All movements if Mass are linked together
What are some facts about Estampie?
Anonymous composer
Came from church and university
Courtly dance
c1320
What are some facts about Douce dame jolie?
Written by Machaut
Virelai form
Written before 1350
Gentle lyrical manner
What are some facts about Kyrie of the Mass of Our Lady?
Written by Machaut in 1360
Longest polyphony piece if the time
Liturgical
Contratenor establish harmonic foundation
Expanded vocal range in music
What were the calamities of the 14th century?
How did they affect the musicians and poets of the time?
The Black Death
The Hundred Years War
The Little Ice Age
Poets and musicians (Machaut) wrote about their experiences
Machaut fought in the Hundred Years War and wrote about it
