Exam #1 Part 2 Flashcards
Singing Renaissance era music
was easy as there were only small steps in melody.
First nun credited to compositions
Hildegard of Bingen. She was abbess of the convent and a visionary.
Musical texture during the Renaissance
was mainly polyphonic in texture.
Gregorian Chant’s rhythm?
Rhythmically flexible and without meter.
Guillame de Machaut
an outstanding ars nova composer, wrote love songs with instrumental accompaniment.
Lute was subordinate to
the voice.
During the Renaissance instruments were still..
subordinate to vocal music.
Middle Ages: Important Facts
- Lasted from 450 to 1450
- Most musicians were priests
- Monks held most of the knowledge
- Most music was vocal
The Renaissance saw a decline in what?
in power of the Catholic church.
mass and the motet
a polyphonic choral work set to Latin text.
What was the leading center of music during the Renaissance?
Italy, it produced the first Madrigals.
The Estampie
A medieval dance. The notated music did not indicate instruments and contains only a single melodic line.
Gregorian Chant’s texture
Monophonic.
Gregorian Chants often contain?
Alleluia.
The Renaissance was
an age of curiosity and exploration and a “rebirth” of creativity.
Ars Nova
New Art, in latin.
Medieval Secular Music dealt with?
All subjects except religion.
Secular music was first created by?
French nobles called troubadours and trouveres.
Madrigals
several solo voices set to a short love poem.
Gregorian Chants are set to?
Sacred Latin texts.
Lute
a guitar like instrument with a body shaped like half of a pear.
Leading English Composer
John Dowland, famous for his melancholy song “Flow My Tears”
English madrigals
such as “As Vesta was Descending”, featured word painting.
Gregorian chant’s motion?
Stepwise
Around 800 monks added?
A second melodic line to Gregorian Chant. They called it organum.
Gregorian Chants were the official music of the?
Roman Catholic Church for over a thousand years.
Educated People during the Renaissance were expected to be skilled in?
reading music notation, playing an instrument, and dancing.
When did the Renaissance occur?
Between 1450 and 1600.
Medieval Secular Music Became?
Much more important than sacred music in the 14th century because of a weakening church authority. It was not based on Gregorian chant.
The passamezzo
A stately dance.
Gregorian Chant’s Discontinuation
Was discontinued in 1962 because of the difficulty in performance and being outdated.
Gregorian chant form?
ABA (ternary)
Lute Song Texture
Mostly homophonic in texture.
Leonin and Perotin
the first known composers, lead the school of Notre Dame. They helped create “ars nova” music featuring syncopation
Gregorian chants retained elements of…
Jewish Synagogue.
Jongleurs
wandering minstrels who played instrumental dances on various instruments but were looked down upon in society.
Sacred renaissance music
Included both the mass and the motet. It was sung a cappella (without accompaniment).
Gregorian Chants were sung by?
Monks without accompaniment
Renaissance era instrumental music
was for dancing, such as the passamezzo.
