MUSIC HISTORY Flashcards
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what is morality play?
a genre used in the middle ages to create drama and music
what song has morality play?
Hildegard von Bingen and Ordo Virtutum
what is monophonic texture?
a single line of unaccompanied melody
what is plainchant?
a sacred genre representing the earliest form of notated Wester art music. It consists of a monophonic melody with unmeasured rhythm and Latin text
what are modes?
scale patterns with distinct relationships between whole and half steps
what is the language in Hildegard von Bingen and Ordo Virtutum?
Latin
list two pieces from the medieval era
Hildegard von Bingen and Ordo Virtutum,
Sumer Is Icumen In
what is a rota?
a rota is a old english word for round
imitation
what is an ostinato?
a recurring rhythmic or melodic pattern
what is polyphonic texture?
the combination of two or more independent melodic lines.
what is a piece from the renaissance era?
Josquin des Prez and El Grillo
what is frottola?
a popular polyphonic vocal genre developed in Italy
based on playful poems
what is word painting?
musical pictorialization
what is a cappella?
without accompaniment
typical in ren.
what is homorhythmic texture?
all voices have same rhythmic pattern creating cordal style. (text is very clear)
