Renaissance Flashcards
Qualm pulcra es composer
Dunstable
Qualm pulcra es harmonic content reflects countenance angloise by
3rds and 6ths being prominent in mostly triadic harmonies
Qualm pulcra es date
First half of the 15th century
Se la face ay pale
Composer
Dufay
Se la face ay pale
Form
Considered a ballade, but not in the strict sense of forme fixe
Se la face ay pale is rhythmically ____ than other examples from this period
Less complex
Se la face ay pale phrases are ____
Short and primarily syllabic
T or F?
Se la face ay pale has English influence of 3rds and 6ths
True
Se la face ay pale texture
3 voice non imitative texture with hints of imitation
Cantus and tenor have relatively equal roles
Se la face ay pale date
1430’s
T or F?
Missa Se la face ay pale is a cantus firmus mass
True
cantus firmus mass means
a pre-existing melody forms the basis of the composition
Missa Se la face ay pale composer
Du Fay
Du Fay incorporates his Se la face ay pale chanson into the ____ line of _____ of the mass setting.
tenor line of each section
Missa Se la face ay pale date
1453
T or F?
In Missa Se la face ay pale each voice of the mass is a distinct layer with its own melodic and rhythmic logic and function
True
Ave Maria…Virgo serena composer
Josquin
T or F?
Josquin compositions are limited to homophonic textures
False
Josquin Desprez is a master of texture. He creates a sense of variety by gracefully transitioning between various textures such as imitation, homophony, and using different layerings of the voice parts from single, double, triple, and all voices singing simultaneously.
Ave Maria…Virgo serena date
ca 1480-85
How many sections does Ave Maria…Virgo serena have?
Seven
T or F?
Josquin composed a different musical texture and purpose with each section of the sacred text of Ave Maria…Virgo serena .
True
T or F?
Ave Maria…Virgo Serena ends with a four-lined prayer
False. It ends with a two-lined prayer
Mille regretz composer
Josquin
Mille regretz date
ca 1520
In Mille regretz how does Josquin use music to express the emotion of the text?
Descending lines to help portray the sadness in words and phrases mentioning regrets and distress.
Repeating the final phrase “my days will soon dwindle away”, as if the music is dwindling away with the text.
cantus firmus mass means that
a pre-existing melody forms the basis of the composition
Io Parto composer
Gesualdo
Io Parto date
ca 1600
How extreme is the word painting in Gesualdo’s Io Parto?
Very! Hahaha
Io Parto is about
A man who is aroused by the distress of the woman he ended a relationship with and then made love to.
What is it called when composers such as Gesualdo and Josquin use the music to highlight the text?
Word painting
What genre is Io Parto?
Italian Madrigal
Tant que vivray composer
Sermisy
Tant que vivray genre
Parisian chanson
Tant que vivray date
1525
What encouraged the new genre of Parisian Chanson?
The music printing press in Paris
voice setting of parisian chanson
4 voice setting of French verse
T or F?
The subject and style of the Parisian chanson are heavier in nature. (Tant que vivray)
False.
The subject and style are somewhat lighter than earlier chansons
Texture of Tant que vivray is:
mostly homophonic
T or F?
Tant que vivray is strophic with repeated sections
True
What is strophic?
same music and melody repeated with different text
As Vesta was (composer)
Weelkes
As Vesta was (genre)
English Madrigal
Six musical Characteristics of As Vesta was
Simple rhythms Clear harmonies Crisp engaging melodic motives Natural declamation Repetition of text phrases Word painting
As Vesta was (date)
ca 1601
As Vesta was / Tant que vivray musical form:
AAB
Mille Regres de Josquin - La cancio del Emperador (composer)
Narváez
Mille Regres de Josquin - La cancio del Emperador (date)
ca 1538
Mille Regres de Josquin - La cancio del Emperador was composed for what instrument?
Vihuela (a Spanish plucked string instrument related to viol and lute)
Mille Regres de Josquin: Why did Narváez add scales, turns, and other figuration to Josquin’s orignial composition?
Because the vihuela can’t sustain notes like voices. Also to make the rhythm livelier.
Ein feste Burg (composer)
Walter
Ein feste Burg came as a result of
the protestant reformation (Martin Luther’s effort to reform the catholic church)
T or F?
Ein feste Burg became the Lutheran anthem
True
Ein feste Burg (genre)
chorale
Why was the chorale genre established?
to involve the congregation in the service
Ein feste Burg (form)
AAB
- typical of chorale genre
- same music 2x’s (with diff text), then diff music
Ein feste Burg (date)
1529
Sing Joyfully (composer)
William Byrd
Sing Joyfully (date)
ca 1585
Sing Joyfully (genre)
Full anthem (more contrapuntal than originally allowed)
T or F?
Sing Joyfully employs complex counterpoint and word painting.
True
Sing Joyfully (texture)
predominantly imitative
homophonic when “blow the trumpet” comes. Makes the declaration really stand out.
