periods and there music

Question 1

Medieval

Answer 1

400 AD - 1450 technology : paper , gunpowder and fireworks ( china )

Question 2

Renaissance

Answer 2

1450 - 1600 . Means re-birth , and technology was the printing press

Question 3

Renaissance composers

Answer 3

Palestrina ( Italy ) , Morley ( England ) , Jannequin (France ), Victoria ( Spain ), DiLasso ( Italy / Germany ) , , Josquin des Prez (France)

Question 4

whats monophony ?

Answer 4

music with one musical part ‘‘voice’’ like Gregorian chant

Question 5

whats polyphonic ?

Answer 5

music consisting of many musical voices

Question 6

whats sacred music ?

Answer 6

music for only in church , a-capella and latin

Question 7

whats secular music ?

Answer 7

music for outside of church , vernacular text

Question 8

Whats vernacular music ?

Answer 8

language written of the local people , we would have English

Question 9

whats A-Capella music ?

Answer 9

voices only , no music

Question 10

whats a motet ?

Answer 10

polyphonic , sacred music developed in the renaissance

Question 11

whats a madrigal ?

Answer 11

polyphonic , secular music developed in the Renaissance

Question 12

What was the Protestant Reformation ?

Answer 12

Martin Luther led his movement which resulted in the ENTIRE CONGREGATION singing rather than just the choir , and the scripture translated to vernacular. A new music was formed called the CHORALE. This wasn’t polyphonic but HOMOPHONIC.

Question 13

What is Gregorian Chant ?

Answer 13

first music of western culture , monophonic , by Pope Gregory