Organum Flashcards
Organum is…
A. Monophonic
B. Polyphonic
B. Polyphonic
What term does “six basic rhythmic patterns, related to poetic meters used in Latin grammar, were used to provide rhythmic structure” refer to?
rhythmic modes
What term does “served to keep two or more voices in rhythmic alignment when they were not moving note-against-note” refer to?
rhythmic modes
What did later organums feature?
later styles featured more independent melodic parts and a greater variety of intervals
What term does “sometimes called “sustained-note organum,” organum purum, or florid organum” refer to?
organal style
How did organum develop from Gregorian chant?
organum is always based on plainchant, with one or more new voices added to it
The Notre Dame school was dominated by two figures:
Leonin and Perotin
The composers at the Notre Dameschool further developed organum in the and centuries.
12th and 13th
What is discant-style organum?
refers to the two voices falling into a rhythmic mode
Musica enchiriadis contains the earliest examples of…
organum
What is the genre of Haec dies?
organum
What term does “in a polyphonic composition from the Middle Ages, it refers to the voice that contains the cantus firmus (borrowed material)” refer to?
tenor
What intervals did early organum feature?
early styles featured perfect intervals (fourths, fifths, and octaves) often with parallel motion between the voices
Musica enchiriadis is…
an anonymous treatise from the 9th century
How long is the word ‘haec’ in the organal example of Haec dies in the RCM online course?
47 seconds long
What term does “an early step in the evolution of rhythmic notation; developed by Notre Dame composers in the late-12th to early-13th century” refer to?
rhythmic modes
What was the style of organum called which involved a wider variety of intervals, rhythms, etc.?
free organum
What term does “from Latin tenere, “to hold”” refer to?
tenor
What term does “sometimes features “note-against-note” movement between the voices” refer to?
discant style
What term does “Latin for “fixed song”” refer to?
cantus firmus
What type of organum is used in the Haec dies organum?
organal style (Wow! I really couldn’t have guessed that…)
What term does “borrowed material, often from a Gregorian chant” refer to?
cantus firmus
What term does “serves as structural framework for a new polyphonic composition” refer to?
cantus firmus
What term does “plural is clausulae” refer to?
clausula
What term does “a style of organum in which there is regular rhythmic movement of the cantus firmus” refer to?
discant style
Who produced four-part organum?
Perotin
What term does “a style of free organum in which the notes from the original chant are sung by the lower voice in long note values” refer to?
organal style
What term does “found in the lowest voice in organum” refer to?
cantus firmus
What term does “often based on a single word or syllable, set melismatically in the original chant” refer to?
clausula
What term does “self-contained discant style passage in organum” refer to?
clausula
In Notre Dame polyphony there is a shift from improvised practice to
written composition.
What style of organum is Haec dies?
Notre Dame style- organal style
Who produced two-part organum?
Leonin
