westmus quiz 02 Flashcards
Centered around the Burgundian School, a
group of composers led by _____________ in
northern France and the Low Countries.
GUILLAUME DUFAY
Which of the following aren’t Secular forms?
SECULAR MOTET & MOTET CHANDON
Places strong emphasis on cadences at the
end of sections or entire pieces; this way a
listener’s ear can be anchored in a particular
key.
TONAL MUSIC
He was the leading English composer in the
first half of the fifteenth century, and he wrote in
all the prevailing genres and styles of
polyphony
JOHN DUNSTABLE
The Reformation brought new types of
religious music, including chorales and chorale
settings in the Lutheran Church and
__________ in Calvinist churches
PSALTERS
“False Bass”
FAUXBOURDON
Most influential composer of his time and
first major composer to use music to depict the
meaning of a text.
JOSQUIN DES PREZ
Were created when secular tunes were given
religious words.
CONTRAFACTA
Led a Protestant movement in France, the
Low Countries, and Switzerland that rejected
papal authority and accepted predestination.
He favored singing psalms to monophonic
tunes and rejected elaboration.
JEAN CALVIN
Known for his music for both the Catholic
and Anglican liturgies.
THOMAS TALLIS
Which of the following is NOT purely
instrumental?
MAGNIFICAT
His Pope Marcellus Mass saved polyphony
in the Catholic Church after death.
GIOVANNI PIERLUIGI DA PALESTRINA
Strophic, four-part homophonic songs with
the melody in the upper voice
FROTTOLA & LAUDA
A light, secular, strophic, homophonic song
for three voices
VILLANELLA
Was used for dancing and singing and had
a “Fa-la-la” refrain
BALLETTO
