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Roman Liturgy and Chant Flashcards

1
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Church calendar

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commemorated event or saint w/feast day in cycle

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Mass

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Latin missa (dismissed)
musical work setting setting text of Ordinary of the Mass
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What is in the Ordinary of the Mass?

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Kyrie, Gloria, Credo, Sanctus, Agnus Day

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Proper of the Mass

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texts for certain Mass that vary daily

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5
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Proper chants

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called by function

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Ordinary chants

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by initial words, sung by choir

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Office

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Latin officium (ceremony or obligation)
8 services of prayer that were celebrated daily at different times
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What is the book of Rule of Benedict?

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(530)

instructions to run monastery

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antiphon

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chant sung before and after psalm

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10
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responsories

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musical responses w/lessons

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canticles

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poetic passages from Bible

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Benedictine Abbey of Solesmes

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monks who wrote books that officiated services

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13
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Liber usualis

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Book of Common Use

widely used texts/chants for Mass and Office

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What are the 3 manners of Gregorian Chant?

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responsorial - soloists alternates with choir or congregation
antiphonal - 2 groups of choir alternate
direct - no alternation

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What are the 3 styles of Gregorian Chant?

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Syllabic - every syllable on single note
Neumatic - syllables that carry 1 -6 notes, one note per syllable
Melismas - long melodic passages on single syllable

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Recitation Formulas

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simply melody used for different texts

17
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Psalm Tones

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singing psalms in Office

18
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Lesser Doxology

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formula of praise to Trinity sung to same psalm tone

19
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Cantor

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leader of choir

20
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Strophic

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several stanzas sung to same melody

21
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Psalmody

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singing of psalms

22
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Jubilus

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long melisma on “-ia” of Alleluia

23
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Tracts

A 
longest chants 
Latin tractus (drawn out)
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Cycles

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grouping Ordinary chants w/one setting of each text

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Trope

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expanded existing chants

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What are the 3 types of Tropes?

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introductory trope - new words or music set before chant
intercalated trope - new words or music set before each phrase of chant
text only, set to existing melismas

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Prosula

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Sequence

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Genre where set chants syllabically to text mostly in couplets

29
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Liturgical Drama

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Dialogue on sacred subject
set to music
performed like play

30
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Hildegard of Bingen

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(1098-1179)

Abbess who wrote and composed music

31
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Ordo Virtutum

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(1151)
Hildegard of Bingen composed
sacred musical drama of 82 songs

32
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What is the Quem queirits in prespe?

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(late 10th C)

liturgical drama for Christmas

33
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When and why is Tropes to Mass for Christmas Day important piece of music?

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(1025)

copied on manuscript in Limoges

34
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When did Council of Trent ban tropes and most sequences?

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