Middle Ages Flashcards

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Gregorian Chant

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melody set to sacred latin texts, no accompaniment (a capella)

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church modes

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major and minor scales of medieval music, an eighth tone duplicating the first tone but an octave higher.

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drone

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one or more sustained tones accompanying a melody

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estampie

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medieval dance

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organum

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Gregorian chant with melodic line(s)

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Machaut

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(1360-II) Notre Dame Mass; “New Art”- secular based music; rondeau

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Hildegard of Bingen

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(1150-I) O successores; Nun composer; first major woman composer; drone

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rondeau

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14th and 15th cent poem 8lines each ending in mis or mant

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mass ordinary

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texts that remain the same day to day throughout the church year.

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