Mass

Question 1

text based from….

Answer 1

Church service - Eucharist/Communion

Question 2

Mass Ordinary

Answer 2

Kyrie, Gloria, Credo, Sanctus and Benedictus, Agnus Dei

Question 3

texture in Mass before 1600 (Renaissance)

Answer 3

polyphonic - more than one independent vocal part
or
plainchant (monophonic) - 1 independent vocal line

Question 4

liturgy can be set in..

Answer 4

polyphonic or plainchant

Question 5

cantus firmus

Answer 5

precomposed melody used as a basis for a polyphonic composition (usually a section of a plainchant/secular melody)
used in all movements in long notes usually in tenor part

Question 6

Parody Mass

Answer 6

bass Mass on another polyphonic composition like a motet (homage not sarcasm!)

Question 7

Mass after 1600 (Baroque)

Answer 7

• new instrumental styles
• polychoral
• sections now made multi-movement cantatas for chorus, solo aria + duets

Question 8

cantata

Answer 8

a medium-length narrative piece of music for voices with instrumental accompaniment

Question 9

Mass in 19th + 20th centuries

Answer 9

• secular concert performances
• revival of interest in Renaissance polyphony - resistance to orchestral instruments in church + elaborate new settings of liturgy
• requiem masses

Question 10

Requiem Mass

Answer 10

• funerals/memorials

- sections of Ordinary text of Mass (but omits Gloria and Credo) + some sections of Mass Proper