Music of Medieval, Renaissance and Baroque Period

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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


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