Mapeh Flashcards
> Sometimes called Middle Ages, began in 800 CE
Was dominated by the Roman Catholic Church.
Medieval period
> is the official sacred music of the roman Catholic Church for over 1000 years.
referred to as plainchant or plainsong.
Gregorian chant.
Branches of chant
Mozarabic chant
Byzantine chant
Gallican chant
Ambrosian chant
Gregorian chant
Was used in spain and was influenced by the moors
Mozarabic chant
Became the official chant of the Orthodox Church.
Byzantine chant
Was used by the franks
Gallican chant
Was well known for its hymns and antiphonal singing
Ambrosian chant
Dominated all other western plainchant.
Gregorian chant
One syllable of the text is set to one note of the chant melody
Syllabic
One syllable of the text is set to a few notes of the chant melody
Neumatic
One syllable of the text is set to many melodic notes of the chant.
Melismatic
Numerous syllables of the text are set to only one repeated one note of the chant melody
Psalmodic
Means being separated or not associated with the church or religion
Secular
Secular songs in france
PLANH
Chanson de toile
Pastourlle
CANSO
TENSO
SIRVENTES AND ENUEG
AUDE
A lament on the death of a distinguished person.
Planh
A spinning song
Chanson de toile
Song in dialogue form between a knight extraordinary characters.
Pastourlle
A poem of love
Canso
A poem in the form of dialogue
Tenso
Poem use sarcasm
Sirventes and enueg
The song of a friend watching over lovers.
Aude
This century had seen the change of the musical style of the medieval period to the renaissance period.
The fifteenth century
The Lutheran song is the song to be sung by the church congregation
Chorale
In Switzerland, a bolder reformer by the name _____________ proposed more demanding reforms of church music
John calvin
In Switzerland, a bolder reformer by the name John calvin proposed more demanding reforms of church music
Psalm tunes
Means “before history” or to be specific, “before written history.”
Prehistoric
Prehistoric earliest examples of surviving artworks are
Cave drawings
These ancient drawings were made as early as 30,000 years ago or during what archaeologists called the
Paleolithic period
An interesting and mysterious artefact made during this age were huge stone structures called
Megaliths
One of the most famous example is the
Stonehenge
The sumerians were the first to develop a writing system called
Cuneiform
The sumerians also built megaliths called
Ziggurats
Were used as tombs for the pharaohs.
Pyramids
Were the writing system of the ancient Egyptians.
Hieroglyphs
Which is a writing system that used character that represent words or phrases.
Logography