Emily Gilberto

Question 1

Gregorian Chant

Answer 1

official music of the roman catholic church sung without accompaniment medieval monks sang

Question 2

Monophony

Answer 2

music w/ unison melody; no accompaniment or harmony common in early church music & ancient cultures

Question 3

Church Modes-

Answer 3

scales containing 7 notes (and 8 for octave) but different intervals than major or minor scales

Question 4

Mass/Mass Ordinary-

Answer 4

Sacred music - text from the mass ordinary - Kyrie, Gloria, Credo, Sanctus, Agnus Dei

Question 5

Hildegard of Bingen-

Answer 5

1098-1179 a visionary and mystic active in religious and diplomatic affairs. abbess of the convent at Rupertsberg. the first woman composer to leave a large number of works that have survived

Question 6

Troubadours and Trouvères-

Answer 6

traveling musicians in 12th and 13th century France

no rhythmic notation

Question 7

Minstrels- .

Answer 7

A minstrel performed music and acrobatics in castles, taverns, and town squares

Question 8

Polyphony-

Answer 8

two or more important parts sung or played simultaneously

Question 9

Organum-

Answer 9

Medieval music that consists of Gregorian chant and one or more additional melodic lines

Question 10

Paris/Cathedral and School at Notre Dame-

Answer 10

late 12th century-introduction of measured rhythm

Question 11

Cantus Firmus-

Answer 11

Latin for “fixed song”. Borrowed material, often from a Gregorian chant that served as the basis for a polyphonic composition (mass,motet), originally found in the lowest voice, usually of very long notes.
Anonymous: Haec dies (organum)

Question 12

Humanism

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celebrated the individual, stimulated the study of Greek and Roman literature and culture, was supported by wealthy patrons

Question 13

Word Painting

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Word painting is when the music describes the action. Word painting was popular in 16th century secular music. An example of word painting would be when someone is going down a hill, the music descends as well. Thomas Weelkes uses word painting in As Vesta was from Latmos Hill Descending.

Question 14

Acapella

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(in the chapel) they were preformed by voices alone, with no instrumental accompaniment. The renaissance was the “Golden Age of A Cappella Singing”

Question 15

Lute/Lute song

Answer 15

Ayres, most popular instrument of the renaissance.Composed for a lute accompanying a solo voice

Question 16

Motet-

Answer 16

One of the significant genres of sacred Renaissance music was the motet

Question 17

Madrigal

Answer 17

piece for several solo voices set to a short poem, usually about love