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1
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Who wrote Tristis est anima mea?

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Orlando di Lasso

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Name three pieces from the Fitzwilliam Virginal Book and their composers.

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  • The Carman’s Whistle* - William Byred
  • The King’s Hunt* - John Bull
  • The Ghost* - William Byrd

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Who wrote Now Is the Month of Maying?

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Thomas Morley

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Name two masses by Palestrina.

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  • Missa L’homme arme
  • Missa Lauda Sion

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For whom is the Fitzwilliam Virginal Book named?

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Viscount Fitzwilliam, the generaous patron who donated the manuscript to Cambridge University in 1816

[p. 58]

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Describe The Triumphes of Oriana

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a famous collection of 25 English madrigals published in 1601

England’s leading madrigalists, including Thomas Morley and Thomas Weelkes, composed them in honor of Queen Elizabeth I.

provides many example of word painting in the madrigal style

[p. 54]

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Describe Moro, lasso, al mio duolo

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found in Il Sesto Libro di Madrigali (Sixth book of Madrigals)

exemplifies the degree of complexity and refinement that the Italian madrigal attained as it evolved and developed

exaggerated use of chromaticism and word painting is representative of the highly mannered late Renaissance style

[p. 51]

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Describe Fair Phyllis

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comes from a collection of four-part madrigals publ. 1599

composer brings the pastoral text to life with witty word painting, lively rhythm, and alternation of homophonic texture with imitative passages

[p. 57]

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Who wrote Moro, lasso, al mio duolo?

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Carlo Gesualdo

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Who wrote the motet Absalon, fili mi?

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Josquin des Prez

[p. 44]

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Describe Mille regretz

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gentle song for four voices

captures reflective expression of sorrow and nostalgia in response to the loss of love

[p. 44]

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Who printed Harmonice Musices Odhedcaton?

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Ottaviano Petrucci

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Describe the Missa Pape Marcelli

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translates Pope Marcellus Mass

a polyphonic setting of the five movements of the Ordinary

it has been suggested that it was written to demonstrate the potential for achieving clarity in text setting within a simple, well-balanced polyphonic texture

the through-composed and sectional form reflects the structure of the text

[p. 46]

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Who wrote It Was a Lover and His Lass?

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Thomas Morley

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Name four English keyboard composers included in the Fitzwilliam Virginal Book.

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William Byrd

John Bull

Thomas Morley

Giles Farnaby

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Carman’s Whistle

Genre:

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Composer:

Composition date:

Meter:

Mode:

Source:

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Carman’s Whistle

Genre: keyboard music (also arranged for lute)

Form: theme and variations

Composer: William Byrd

Composition date: before 1591

Meter: compound duple, 12/4

Mode: Ionian (C major)

Source: Fitzwilliam Virginal Book

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Who compiled Musica transalpina?

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editor and singer Nicholas Yonge

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Who wrote Plaine and Easie Introduction to Practicall Musicke and when?

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Thomas Morley, 1597

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Who wrote Goe from my Window and where is it found?

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Thomas Morley, in the Fitzwilliam Virginal Book

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Describe Tristis est anima mea

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five-voice motet

intensity of the text is captured through the use of a rich, chromatic modal language

[p. 44]

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My Bonny Lass She Smileth

Genre:

Composer:

Publication date:

Language:

Performing forces:

Texture:

Number of voices:

Song type/form:

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My Bonny Lass She Smileth

Genre: English madrigal (ballett)

Composer: Thomas Morley

Publication date: 1595

Language: English

Performing forces: a cappella voices

Texture: homophonic/polyphonic

Number of voices: five

Song type/form: strophic form, AABB within each stanza

[p. 54]

22
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What is the significance of Harmonice Musices Odhecaton?

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it’s among the earliest examples of published music (1501)

[p. 39]

23
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Name a motet by Josquin des Prez.

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Ave Maria…virgo serena

[p. 40]

24
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Who wrote the motet Alma Redemptoris Mater?

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Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina

[p. 49]

25
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Who wrote the chanson El grillo?

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Josquin des Prez

[p. 44]

26
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Name a chanson by Josquin des Prez.

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Mille regretz

[p. 44]

27
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What makes the Missa La sol fa re mi interesting?

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presents an example of the compositional technique described as soggetto cavato dalle vocali di queste parole - Italian for “subject carved from the vowels of the worlds.” This approach involved creating musical notes from the syllables of a phrase. In this case the phrase “lascia fare mi,”…is translated musically into la–sol–fa–re–mi.

[p. 49]

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Name two masses by Josquin des Prez.

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  • Missa L’homme arme
  • Missa La sol fa re mi

[p. 44]

29
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What is Harmonice Musices Odhecaton?

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a collection of chansons

among the earliest examples of published music

[p. 39]

30
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Describe As Vesta Was Descending

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madrigal included in the collection The Triumphs of Oriana

extensive word painting

[p. 57]

31
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Who wrote the motet Lauda Sion?

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Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina

[p. 49]

32
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Gloria from Missa Papae Marcelli

Genre:

Composer:

Composition date:

Source of text:

Language:

Performing forces:

Texture:

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Gloria from Missa Papae Marcelli

Genre: Mass

Composer: Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina

Composition date: 1567

Source of text: Mass Ordinary

Language: Latin

Performing forces: six voices, a cappella

Texture: polyphonic, with homorhythmic passages

[p. 47]

33
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Upon what piece did Thomas Morley base his madrigal My Bonny Lass She Smileth?

A

Questa dolce sirena - an Italian madrigal by Giacomo Gastoldi

[p. 54]

34
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Thomas Morley’s keyboard works were contained in what collection?

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Fitzwilliam Virginal Book

[p. 57]

35
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Describe The Carman’s Whistle

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based on a popular 16th-century tune

refers to men whose occupation involved looking after the horses and carts that moved goods and supplies between farms and markets

suggests that they may have whistled as they worked

[p. 59]

36
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What was Plain and Easie Introduction to Practicall Musicke?

A

a book of instruction for composers and performers

[p. 54]

37
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Ave Maria…virgo serena

Genre:

Composer:

Composition date:

Source of text:

Poetic structure:

Language:

Translation of title:

Performing forces:

Texture:

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Ave Maria…virgo serena

Genre: motet

Composer: Josquin des Prez

Composition date: ca 1470s-1480s

Source of text: rhymed, strophic poem

Poetic structure: opening couplet; five quatrains (four lines); closing couplet (two lines)

Language: Latin

Translation of title: Hail Mary

Performing forces: four voices, a cappella

Texture: polyphonic

[p. 40]

38
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Who wrote the madrigal As Vesta Was Descending?

A

Thomas Weelkes

[p. 57]

39
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What is significant about the tune L’homme arme?

A

it was among the most popular secular melodies to be used as a cantus firmus in mass composition

[p. 50]

40
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Who wrote the Missa Pape Marcelli?

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Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina

[p. 46]

41
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Moro, lasso, al mio duolo

Genre:

Composer:

Publication date:

Language:

Performing forces:

Texture:

Number of voices:

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Moro, lasso, al mio duolo

Genre: madrigal

Composer: Carlo Gesualdo

Publication date: 1611

Language: Italian

Performing forces: a cappella voices

Texture: polyphonic

Number of voices: five

[p. 51]

42
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Who wrote Fair Phyllis?

A

John Farmer

[p. 57]

43
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What is the Fitzwilliam Virginal Book?

A

a historically significant collection of English keyboard music dating from the early 17th century

[p. 58]

44
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Who wrote Tenebrae Responsoria?

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Carlo Gesualdo

[p. 53]

45
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What collection was published by Ottaviano Petrucci and when?

A

Harmonice Musices Odhecaton

1501

[p. 39]

46
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Who wrote Mille regretz?

A

Josquin des Prez

[p. 44]

47
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Who wrote Ave Maria…virgo serena?

A

Josquin des Prez

[p. 40]

48
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Describe the Fitzwilliam Virginal Book

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close to 300 works included in the collection

inclues a variety of styles: dances, fantasias, preludes, arrangements of songs and madrigals, and variations

demonstrates idiomatic approach to keyboard writing

style of writing is often virtuosic, including rapid scale passages, ornamentation, and many novel figurations

[p. 58]

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Describe Music transalpina

A

Latin for “Music from Beyond the Alps”

published in London in 1588

represents the first printed collection of Italian madrigals in England

1st volume contains 57 pieces by 18 Italian composers

most influential and historically significant of several anthologies of Italian madrigals with English translations

[p. 54]

50
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Name a motet by Orlando di Lasso.

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Tristis est anima mea

[p. 44]

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