Music of Medieval, Renaissance and Baroque Period
Concerto
A form of orchestral music that employs a solo instrument
Secular music
It is not bound by Catholic traditions
Rebirth, revival and rediscovery
Its means renaitre
1400
Printing is invented in this year
The king, the bishop, the baron, the lord and the peasant
5 classes of feudal system
Fugue
A contrapuntal piece and is usually written in 3 or 4 parts with a main theme called subject
Concerto grosso
A form of orchestral music wherein the music is between a concertino and tutti
Gaudeamus Omnes
A gregorian chant written in neumatic notation
Oratorio
A large scale musical composition for orchestra and voices that incorporates narratives on religious themes
J.S. Bach
After his voice changed, he focused his attention on playing violin and harpsichord
Adam de la Halle
Also known as Adam le Bossu (Adam the Hunchback)
Jeu de robin et marion II
Considered the earliest surviving secular French play with music
J.S. Bach
He came from a family of musicians
J.S. Bach
He has a beautiful soprano singing voice which helped him to be accepted at a school in Luneberg
Pope Gregory the Great
He initiated the compilation of a plainsong called the Gregorian Chant to establish the unity of the church
Thomas Morley
He was a singer in the local cathedral from his boyhood and he became master of choristers there
Adam de la Halle
He was the son of a well known citizen of Arras
Adam de la Halle
His literary and musical works include chansons and jeux partis (poetic debates)
Adam de la Halle
His works include Le jeu de Robin et de Marion and Le Chanson du roi de Sicile
Plainchant
It is a form of prayer song
Troubadours
It is a group of musicians that performed secular music across Europe
Middle Ages or Dark Ages
It is also known as medieval period
Neumes
It is the early form of musical notation used to transcribe the Gregorian chant
Secular music
It is usually monophonic, sometimes with improvised accompaniment, tell chivalry and courtly love, originated in France and written in the French language
Barroco
It is where the word baroque came from
Barroco
It means pearl of irregular shape
Feudal system
It was the form of government established during the middle ages
Baroque period
Its melody sound elaborate and ornamental, melodies are not easy to sing or remember and primarily contrapuntal textures with some homophony
Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina
Majority of his compositions are sacred music
Chorale
Musical composition that resemble harmonized version of hymmnal tunes of the protestant church
Plainchant
One of the distinctive music forms that mark the period
Adam de la Halle
One of the oldest secular composers
Robert II, Count of Artois and Charles of Anjou
Patrons of Adam
Concertino
Small group of solo instruments
Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina
The greatest master of Roman Catholic Church music during the renaissance period
Thomas Morley
The most famous composer of secular music in his time
Renaitre
The term renaissance comes from this word
Tutti
The whole orchestra
Monophonic, free meter, modal, usually based on latin liturgy, use of neume notation
These are the characteristics of t he Gregorian Chant
Medieval art and architecture
Was predominantly gothic in style
Dynamic contrast
alternation between loud and soft music genres.
Henri de la Halle
father of Adam de la Halle
