Late 15th & Early 16th Centuries

Question 1

Early Renaissance characteristics

Answer 1

4 part texture
cyclic mass becomes popular
fewer strong dissonances
minim becomes normal time unit
more use of imitation
secular tunes used as cantus firmus
voice range expands to 8th-10th
less voice crossing

Question 2

Early Renaissance harmony

Answer 2

use of single pitch center but not yet tonal
triad in root form
root movement in 5ths
considerable use of musica ficta

Question 3

drive to cadence

Answer 3

increased harmonic activity at ends of phrases

Question 4

Franco-Flemish composers of early Renaissance (1450-1525)

Answer 4

Johannes Ockeghem
Jacob Obrecht
Josquin des Prez

Question 5

harmonic polyphony

Answer 5

polyphonic lines whose vertical arrangement results in wider use of triads
increased frequency of clear and strong cadences
authentic cadence emerges
more frequent cadences

Question 6

chanson - 15th century

Answer 6

3 part

Question 7

imitation - early Renaissance (1450-1525)

Answer 7

5-10 notes at the interval of a 5th or octave
typically starting at different times
can occur between any voices

Question 8

pervading imitation

Answer 8

a technique where each phrase is set in imitative texture - Josquin

Question 9

point of imitation

Answer 9

the beginning of each imitated text statement in pervading imitation

Question 10

scaffolding

Answer 10

segmenting of the cantus firmus and assigning it to a pedal-tone - Obrecht

Question 11

Dodecachordon

Answer 11

treatise which first described the Ionian mode by Glareanus - Swiss theorist

Question 12

Augenmusik

Answer 12

“eye music” the practice of using coloration and word painting in Renaissance music

Question 13

motto mass

Answer 13

each mass movement begins with a similar or identical melodic pattern - Ockeghem