Quiz # Flashcards
Creating music to impress others is a sign of what?
The renaissance
What is time and probation referring to?
Triple • and double division O
What is a Canon?
A rule stated on the music telling musicians how to play the works.
Ex. Means to take the tenor and sing it three times…
Who are the two main composers discussed? And what do they do?
Johannes ockegham wrote the missa prolationum.(pg229)
Guilliaume Dufay wrote a five part mass consisting or 5 ordinary chants, The kyrie, credo, Gloria, Sanctus, and Agnus Dei.
He also wrote a ballade in which he created uniquely not following typical ballade composition rules.
The gloria(pg210) what are some structural features?
The cantus arrives later, the song begins on a duet
What is a cantus firmus?
A fixed or preexisting melody
What does “crescit in duplo” mean?
It grows by two
What is the second kyrie?
A mensuration canon and the structure of the song is hard to hear.
Is the mass performable in multiple modes? And if yes, how?
Yes, Dorian, Phrygian, Lydian and mixolydian.
To do so the singer much know how to change the appropriate clef and flats if necessary.
Sacred music of the 15th century is mostly written in what language? And why?
Largely in Latin because it was a popular language around Western Europe.
Is renaissance music equal or stratified?
Equal
Is medieval music equal or stratified?
Stratified
Who is Gilles binchois?
Gilles is a composer who…
- served as a soldier
- served in the Burgundian court of Philip god
- praised for furthering the English countenance
- his songs were reworked by other composers
WHO were the dukes of burgundy?
Philip the good and Charles the bold
Who was Philip the good?
A patron for music
Who was Charles the bold?
A successor who played the harp and wrote Latin motets. Charles also mounted a military campaign against the French
What are some characteristics of the BinChoi’s Rondeau de plus en plus?
The texture is somewhat equal, the cantus(top voice) was likely composed first and the tenor(middle voice) provides a steady foundation.
Continued relevance to courtly love and the fixed forms. Saturated with 3rds and 6ths and also has successive composition and mild stratification
What are some characteristics of Dufays ballade resvellies boys?
Music used for enhancing the prestige of a patron.
- French form and rhythmic energy, but Italian virtuosity.
- successive composition(cantus-tenor duet)
Contra tenor likely composed last and the use of refrain used in measure 54. Malatesta singled out for special treatment
