Music

Adam le Bossu (Adam the Hunchback)

Adam de la Halle was also know as?

Barroco

Baroque comes from the portuguese word __________ which means pearl of irregular shape

Christian Church

During the Medieval period, this influenced Europes's cultire and political affairs

Mass in B minor, Fugue in G minor

Give two examples of Bach's works

Antonio Vivaldi

He was known as the Red Priest due to his red hair (Baroque Composer)

Conecertino and Tutti

In concerto grosso, small group of solo instruments and whole orchestra have another names. What are those?

Harpsichord and Organ

Keyboard instruments commonly used in the Baroque period

Pope Gregory I

Monphonic plainchants was named after whom?

Operas, Oratorios, Toccatas, Suites, Concerto Grosso, Fugue

Music genres in the Baroque period

Binary (AB), Ternary (ABC), Ground Bass, Fugue

New forms in the Baroque period

Adam de la Halle

One of the famous composers of the Medieval period

Mass

One of the two vocal music of the Renaissance period; a form of sacred musical composition that sets texts of the Eucharistic liturgy into music

Madrigal

One of the two vocal music of the Renaissance period; a secular vocal polyphonic music composition which originated from Italy

Strings and continuo

Orchestras in the Baroque period consisted of?

Renaitre

Renaissance comes from the word?

Rebirth, Revival, Rediscovery

Renaitre means what?

George Friedrich Handel, Johann Sebastian Bach, Claudio Monteverdi, Antonio Vivaldi

Some of the great composers of the Baroque period

Middle Ages or Dark Ages

The Medieval Period was also known as:

Golden Age of a Capella Choral Music

The Renaissance Era was also known as?

Period of looking back to the Golden Age of Greece and Rome

The Renaissance period was also know as the period of what?

Printing

The invention of this in the 1400s paved the way for a wide distribution of Renaissance compositions

Lute

The prominent instrument of the Renaissance era

Secular music

The type of music that is more prominent in the Renaissance period

Hallelujah

The very well know chorus of Handel's Messiah.

Troubadours or Trobairitz

Troubadour music was sung by groups of musicians called?

Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina, Thomas Morley

Two famous composers of the Renaissance period:

Mass, Madrigal

Two vocal music of the Renaissance Period

Polyphonic, sung a Cappela, through-composed, frequently in 3-6 voices

What are the characteristics of Madrigal?

Polyphonic, sung a Capella or with orchestral accompaniment, May be syllabic, neumatic, melismatic

What are the characteristics of Mass?

Mostly polyphonic, imitation among the voices are common, use of word painting in texts and music, melodic lines move in a flowing manner, melodies are easier to perform because these move along a scale with a few large leaps

What are the characteristics of Renaissance Music?

Usually monophonic, sometimes with improvised accompaniment, tells of chivalry and courtly love, orginated in France, written in the French language

What are the characteristics of Troubadour music?

Monophonic, Free Meter, Modal, Usually in Latin Liturgy, Use of Neume Notation

What are the five characteristics of Gregorian chants?

Kyrie, Gloria, Credo, Sanctus and Benedictus, Agnus Dei

What are the five main sections of Mass?

Four Seasons

What is the most famous piece of Vivaldi?

Messiah

What is the most famous work of Handel?

Fugue

a contrapuntal piece, developed mainly by imitative counterpoint (Baroque)

Oratorio

a large scale musical composition for orchestra and voices that incorporates narratives on religious themes. (Baroque)

Concerto Grosso

form of orchestral music during the Baroque period wherin the mysic is between a small group of solo instrumentsand the whole orchestra

Concerto

form of orchestral music that employs a solo instrument accompanied by an orchestra (Baroque)

Chorale

musical compositions that resemble a harmonized version of hymnal tunes of the Protestant church during the Baroque era