intro to music (pt.2 Middle Ages & Renaissance)

Question 1

What was the Clergy and monks do during the Middle Ages?

Answer 1

Clergy exerted power esp. Roman Catholic Church; Monks held virtual monopoly over on learning.

Question 2

What is the Renaissance period?

Answer 2

(1450-1600s) The rebirth of human creativity; time of exploration and advancement; age of curiosity & individualism.

Question 3

Gregorian chant

Answer 3

official music of the R. Catholic Church, consist set to sacred latin text, monophonic and melodies tend to move by steps in narrow range.

Question 4

What is Troubadours and Trouvères?

Answer 4

They are both medieval poet-musicians, troubadours is from south of France while trouvères are from north.

Question 5

Who is Leonin and Perotin?

Answer 5

They are the first notable musicians in Middle Ages by name, leaders of Notre Dame (music school), and developed notation of precise rhythms measured.

Question 6

what was renaissance music texture like?

Answer 6

renaissance music texture is polyphonic.

Question 7

counter-reformation

Answer 7

The (catholic?) churches was correcting abuses that were recurring and stop their followers from moving into prostantism.

Question 8

Madrigal

Answer 8

A piece for several solo voices set to short poem usually about love.

Question 9

Who wrote “Flow of My Tears” and what did emotion it expressed?

Answer 9

John Dowland and it expresses intense feeling of melancholy of someone’s happiness shattered.