Renaissance - Overview Flashcards
To identify significant trends, genres, and styles of European Renaissance music.
What are the primary secular and sacred choral forms in the Renaissance?
Sacred: Mass & Motet
Secular: Chanson & Madrigal
What differentiates the Mass Ordinary and Mass Proper?
Ordinary: generally invariable
Proper: change daily or seasonally
What are the components of the Mass Proper?
Introit
Gradual
Alleluia/Tract
Sequence
Offertory
Communion
What are the movements of the Mass Ordinary?
Kyrie
Gloria
Credo
Sanctus
Agnus Dei
What are the characteristics of a Cantus Firmus Mass?
Based on a pre-existing melody (cantus firmus), usually Gregorian chant
Commonly in tenor voice, sometimes alto
What are the characteristics of a Paraphrase Mass?
Borrowed material from one voice that is elaborated, and newly composed material in other voices
What are the characteristics of a Parody Mass?
Uses multiple voices of another pre-existing piece of music as part of its material
What is a Cyclic/Head Mass?
Each movement begins with same material, then developed
What is a Soggeto Cavato Mass?
Motive is built on the solmnization of a name
What is a Missa sine nomine?
A mass written on completely new material
From which tradition did the 13th century motet evolve?
Notre Dame Organum
What were the main attributes of the late Medieval motet?
Isorhythmic
Sometimes set to multiple texts
What were the main attributes of the motet in the early to middle Renaissance?
Largely contrapuntal texture
Set to a single Latin sacred text
What are the attributes of motets in the late Renaissance?
Preceded by incipit
Clarity of text amid imitation
Episodic format
Declining strict use of cantus firmus
What were the most popular secular forms of the Renaissance, and where did they originate?
Chanson - France
Frottola - Italy
Madrigal - Italy
Lied - Germany
Villancico - Spain
English Madrigal
