Exam 1 Flashcards
Boethius characterized music the human body and soul as
Musica Humana
In Ancient Greece only the elite high society would participate in Music Competitions
False
The Treatise by Martinus Capella puts music in the Quadrivium with Math and Science
True
The instrument that is linked to Apollo, God of Light, Learning and the Arts
Lyre
Greek Philosopher that believed that music should be part of music education due to the power of Ethos
Aristotle
The first known composer was a female
True
The Greek Double Reed Instrument linked to Dionysus, God of fertility and wine (and that makes the performer look like a Walrus)
Aulos
What is the Roman Name of the Greek Aulos
Tibia
Choose the 4-5th Century Church Father that FEARED the Power of Music had over him
St. Augustine
The belief that music could alter a person’s behavior is called
Ethos
Pythagoras is the Greek Mathematician Responsible for noting the numeral Relationships on Intervals
True
The Greek Philosopher that believed that too much music makes one weak and irritable
Plato
The Harmony of the Spheres is the belief that the Planets in the Solar System create unheard music in their Rotations
True
The Bull Lyre is used for SECULAR Activities
False
Which Type of Chant includes Iconographic Images of a Pope being Visited by a Dove (God) and Transcribing the Music
Gregorian Chant
Diastemic
intervallic
Tetrachord
diatonic, chromatic, enharmonic
Ancient Rome Instruments
Tibia, Tiba, Cornu and Buccina
What are the four types of chant?
Byzantine, Ambrosian (Milan), Gregorian, Old Roman
What are neumes?
Early note heads
Tenor means?
to hold
Motet
word; 13th century
Polyphony was a part of the
12-13th century
Cantus Firmus
pre-existing melody
What country is the birth of Polyphony?
France
When is the first time we see Time Signature?
14th Century
Harmony of the spheres
the unheard music created by the planets and heavenly bodies, from Plato- Modern Astronomy
Conjunct
the tetrachords share a note
Disjunct
the tetrachords are separated by a whole tone
Mese
the middle note
Proslanbanemenos
extra note at the bottom
Synagogues
center for reading and homilies
Sacrifice
Ritual sacrifice of an animal (lamb) accompanied by psalms, such by priests
Psalms
sung poems of praise from the Hebrew Book of Psalms
Cantillation
melodic formulas for sacred text
Insturments
trumpets and cymbals
Musica Mundana
music of the universe: stars, planets, seasons
Music Humana
human body and soul
Musica Instrumentalis
instrumental and vocal music, outside the body
Who are the church fathers?
St. Basil, St. Augustine, St. Jerome, and St. John Chrysostom
What are some of the Medieval Instruments?
Vielle (fiddle), Hurdy-gurdy, Psaltery, Transverse flute, Shawm, Medieval Trumpet, Pipe and tabor, Organ
Carole
Circle Dance from France (12th-14th Centuries)
Estampie
French Dance in triple meter, popular in the 13th-14th centuries
What musicians are at Court (Secular)?
Bards, Jongleur, Minstrel, Troubador, Trouvere, Minnesinger
Organum
2 (or more) voices singing different notes
Parallel Organum
voice move in parallel motion, avoid the tritone
Mixed/Oblique Organum
avoid the tritone (DRONE)
Free Organum
“note against note”; organal voice is above P4, P5, or P8ve
Aquitanian Polyphony
Florid; organal voice is florid 1-3 note for each lower note
Notre Dame Polyphony
Longs and Breves, Modal rhythm (Discant)
Pure Organum
Organum Duplum
Triplum
3 voice
Quadruplum
4 voice
Substitute clasulae
sections of organum, in discant style replace old sections to create coherence to an extended passage
Hocket
“hiccup” two voices alternate, trade figures, while the other rests
Musica Ficta
“feigned music”, unwritten accidentals, avoids tritone, at cadences
Virelais
A bba A bba A bba A; monophonic
Rondeaux
AbaAabAB; polyphonic; 4 voice: triplum with cantus (text), tenor and contratenor
Ballades
aabC, polyphonic
