Final Flashcards
Renaissance
1450-1600
Baroque
1600-1750
Classical
1750-1800
Romantic
1800-1900
Seasons of Church 1
Advent
Waiting for the birth of Jesus
4 weeks before Christmas
Seasons of Church 2
Christmastide
Birth of Christ
12 days
Seasons of Church 3
Epiphany
celebrates the revelation (theophany) of God incarnate as Jesus Christ.
Ash Wed. ends
Seasons of Church 4
Lent
season of reflection and preparation before the celebrations of Easter.
Reflect Jesus sacrifice with their own.
40 Business Days (Excluding Sundays)
Seasons of Church 5
Eastertide
Resurrection of Jesus
resurrection Sunday
Seasons of Church 6
Pentecost
When Spirit came down to apostles
Order of Mass 1
Kyrie
Lord have mercy
Order of Mass 2
Gloria
Glory to God in the highest
Order of Mass 3
Credo
I believe in one god (creed)
Order of Mass 4
Sanctus
Holy, holy, holy
Order of Mass 5*
Benedictus
Blessed is he
Order of Mass 6
Agnus Dei
Lamb of God
Where could you find a list of all of the works composed by a composer?
Collected Works
difference between “3-part mixed” and “SAB” arrangements.
Range
SAB has a much larger range (maybe G2-D4)
3 part has smaller range for middle school (F3-D4)
Copyright Law
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Sacred Renaissance Genres, 2 pieces/composers
Mass - Missa Pange Lingua, Josquin - Mass in 5 voices, Byrd Anthem - English - Arise lord into thy rest, Byrd - Purge me, O Lord, from all my sin, Tallis Motet - If ye love me, Tallis - Cantate Domino, Hassler
Secular Renaissance Genres, 2 pieces/composers
Chanson - French
Finy Le Bien -, Certon
Faulte d’argent - Josquin
English Madrigal
Flow my tears - Dowland
The silver swanne - Gibbons
Italian Madrigal
Il quarto libro di madrigali - Arcadelt
Quando ritrova - Festa
A
Arcadelt
Italy and France
Secular Vocal music
P
Palestrina
Rome, Italy
Sacred church music, Roman School of composition
Renaissance polyphony
B
William Byrd
England
Sacred and secular polyphony
Keyboard
Consort music
C
Marchetto Cara
Mantua, Italy
Frottolas (ancestor of madrigal)
C
Pierre Certon
Paris, France
Masses, motets, psalm settings
G
Jacobus Gallus
Moravia and Bohemia
Sacred and Secular masses/motets
H
Hans Leo Hassler
Venice, Augsburg, Nuremberg
Sacred, chorale motet
J
Josquin
Rome and Milan
Sacred and Secular
Masses, motets, chansons, frottole
M
Claudio Monteverdi
Italy
Opera
T
Thomas Tallis
England
Sacred antiphons
M
Thomas Morley
England
Secular and sacred Madrigals
6 ren. composers of anthems
Byrd - Arise lord into thy rest
Tallis - Purge me, O Lord, from all my sin
Will Mundy - Oh Lord, the Maker of All Things
Gibbons - Blessed be the Lord
Nicholson - When Jesus sat at meat
Hooper - Behold, it is Christ
3 16th century motet composers and pieces
Tallis - Spem in alium
Byrd - O lux beata Trinitas á
Josquin - Dominus regnavit
point of imitation
marks the beginning of a series of imitative entries in a contrapuntal composition
Baroque Composer B
Bach
Baroque Composer Bu
Buxtehude
Baroque Composer H
Handel
Baroque Composer M
Monteverdi
Baroque Composer Pa
Pachabel
Baroque Composer Pr
Praetorius
Baroque Composer P
Purcell
Baroque Composer S
Scarlatti
Baroque Composer Sch
Scheidt
Baroque Composer Sch
Schein
Baroque Composer Sch
Schütz
Baroque Composer T
Teleman
Baroque Composer V
Vivaldi
three pieces from extended (multi-movement) Baroque works that could be excerpted for school or church choirs
Hallelujah Chorus - Handel - The messiah
three oratorios by G.F. Handel
Messiah
Joseph
Semele
two of Handel’s Coronation Anthems
Zadok the Priest
Let thy hand be strengthened
2 extended works by J.S. Bach
St. Matthew Passion
St. John Passion
Identify an excerpt by J.S. Bach that employs a passacaglia
Passacaglia and Fugue in C minor
Coro Spezzati
A style of performance with groups of singers placed in different locations of a building.
Ritornello
A short, recurring instrumental passage in Baroque aria and concerti, particularly in a tutti section
Stile concertante
In concerto‐like style, instruments are treated as rivals
chaconne
a composition in a series of varying sections in slow triple time, typically over a short repeated bass theme.
Ripieno
the body of instruments accompanying the concertino in baroque concerto music.
concertino
A short concerto
two extended Classical works from which excerpts could be taken
The Creation - Haydn
The Seasons- Haydn
Two excerpts from The Creation
Day 1 - Num. 1 - And the Spirit of God moved
Day 4 - Num. 13 - The wonder of his works
Two Motets by Mozart
God is our Refuge
Ave Verum Corpus
Missa Brevis
Short mass - in Church
Missa Solemnis
Solemn mass - 45 min, >5 movements
Define “telescoping of text” and tell where it was used
simultaneous singing by different voices
Missa Brevis
Three Pieces by William Billings
Boston
When Jesus Wept
David’s Lamentation
10 19th century Choral composers
Brahms Beethoven Bruckner Schubert Robert Schumman Dvorak Mahler Mendelssohn Wagner Elgar
19th century oratorio
Elijah - Mendelssohn - Hilf, Herr!
three choral/orchestral works (and composers) from the 19th century
Beethoven - 9th Symphony “Choral”
Mahler - 2nd symphony “Ressurection”
Brahms - A German Requiem
ten 20th-century composers who wrote choral music in the early part of the 20th century
Britten Copland Elgar Holst Stanford Vaughan Williams Barber Rachmaninoff R. Strauss Stravinsky
10 living choral composers
Whitacre Runestad Clausen Lauridsen Hella Johnson DiOrio Muhly Ramsey Rutter Rosen
five choral pieces by Randall Thompson
Frostiana Alleluia Americana Glory to God in the Highest Velvet Shoes
five choral pieces by Aaron Copland
What Do We Plant? Into the Streets May First Ching-a-Ring Chaw Canticle of Freedom At the River
three extended choral/orchestral works of this period
Britten - War Requiem
Poulenc - Gloria
Orff - Carmina Burana
Aleatoric music
music in which some element of the composition is left to chance, and/or some primary element of a composed work’s realization is left to the determination of its performer(s)
Folk Music
music that originates in traditional popular culture or that is written in such a style. Folk music is typically of unknown authorship and is transmitted orally from generation to generation.
10 American Folk songs
All the Pretty Little Horses Battle Hymn of the Republic Cotton-Eyed Joe Down in the Valley Ezekiel Saw the Wheel Go Down Moses The House of the Rising Sun Oh Susanna Shenandoah Old Dan Tucker
Arrangement
musical reconceptualization of a previously composed work
Edition
a particular form or version of a published text.
3 arrangers of African American Spirituals
Moses Hogan
Andre Thomas
Stacey Gibbs
five African-American spirituals (and arrangers)
Ev’ry Time I Feel the Spirit - Hogan
Balm in Gilead - Wise
Keep Your Lamps - Thomas
Go, Tell it on the Mountain - Gibbs
I got a home in a dat rock - Gibbs
Difference between Gospel and Spirituals
Spirituals are religious folk songs created and first sung by African Americans in slavery. Their original composers are unknown. Many songs use call and response with changes between the leader and the group. … Gospel combines musical elements of spiritual and blues.
3 Categories of Choral Music in 19th century
Part songs - Accompanied/unaccompanied secular pieces
Sacred music (motets)
Large Choral/Orchestral Pieces