Medieval, Renaissance and Baroque Periods
Germany
Bach's birth country
Medieval Period
During this period, the Christian Church influenced Europe's culture and political affairs
Messiah
Handel's most famous creation
Madrigal
It is expressed in a poetic text and sung during courtly gatherings
Mass
is a form of sacred musical composition that sets texts of the Eucharistic liturgy into music
Thomas Morley
most of his Madrigals are light and easy to sing with aspects of Italian style
Chorale
musical compositions that resemble a harmonized version of hymnal tunes of the Protestant Church
George Frideric Handel
secretly taught himself to play the hapsicchord
Thomas Morley
was a singer in the local cathedral from his boyhood
Concerto Grosso
A form of orchestral music during the Baroque period wherein the music is between small group of solo instruents
Madrigal
A secular vocal polyphonic music composition which originated from Italy
Adam le Bossu
Adam de la Halle was also known as ?
10
Bach's age when he became an orphan
July 28, 1750
Bach's death date
Cantor
Bach's mot important and long - term position was ? at St. Thomas Church
George Frideric Handel
England's favorite composer
16th century
Giovanni was committed to sacred music and has a keen interest in satisfying the desires of church leaders in what century?
February 23, 1685
Handel's birth date
April 14, 1759
Handel's death date
Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina
He received his early training and spent the majority of his career in various churches in Rome, including the pope's chapel
Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina
He was an organist and choir master t both Sistine Church and St. Peter's and in St. Agapito which may have influenced his distinctively pure and restrained style in musical compositions
Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina
His career reflects his commitment to the music of the church
Madrigal
It is he most important secular form during the Renaissance period
Baroque Period
Major and minor tonality was created in this period
Pope Julius III
Palestrina's first book became popular and was greatly appreciated by
Renaitre
Renaissance comes from the word ?
Adam the Hunchback
What does Adam le Bossu mean?
George Frideric Handel
a Duke heard him play and insisted on a giving him a formal music education
Musica Transalpina
a collection of Italian madrigals fitted with English text,
Fugue
a contrapuntal piece, developed mainly by imitative counterpoint usually written in 3 or 4 parts, with a main theme called subject
Concerto
a form of orchestral music that employs a solo instrument accompanied by an orchestra
Chorister
a member of a choir, especially a child or young person singing the treble part in a church choir.
Notation
a series or system of written symbols used to represent numbers, amounts, or elements in something such as music or mathematics.
Neume
a sign for one or a group of successive musical pitches, predecessor of modern musical notes
Concertino
a small group of solo instruments
7
age when Bach entered school
Red Priest
also known as il Prete Rosso
Dynamic Contrast
alternation between loud and soft
William Byrd
an Elizabeth Composer
harpsichord and Organ
are the keyboard instruments that are commonly used in baroque period
George Frideric Handel
at age 7, gained access to a church organ and started to play
pearl of irregular shape
barroco means?
Thomas Morley
became a master of chorister
AB
binary
Johann Sebastian Bach
came from a family of musicians
Gregorian Chant
church music sung as a single vocal line in free rhythm and a restricted scale(plainsong), in a style developed for the medieval liturgy
Monophonic
consisting of a single musical line, without an accompaniment
Orchestra
consists of strings and continuo
Adam de la halle
famous composer of the medieval period
George Frideric Handel
had given his English audiences music that in variety and interest rivalled anything they could remember
Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina
had planned to became a priest but married to a wealthy widow that improved his wealth and enable to pursue his musical career
Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina
haw two sons but lost them during the plague epidemic
Antonio Lucio Vivaldi
his most famous is "The Four Seasons"
Renaissance Period
is a period of "looking back" to the Golden Age of Greece and Rome
Medieval Period
is also known as the Middle Ages or Dark Ages that started with the fall of the roman empire
Palestrina's Pope Marcellus Mass
is held up as the perfect example of counter-reformation style
Kyrie
is part of the two sections of the Pope Marcellus Mass
George Frideric Handel
is remembered for his operas and oratorios
Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina
is said to be the greatest master to Roman Catholic Church music during the Renaissance period
Antonio Lucio Vivaldi
is well known for giving the strings major role in his compositions
Oratorio
large scale musical composition on a sacred subject
1588
musica transalpina was published in?
il Prete Rosso
nickname for Vivaldi
Zachau
organist of Halle cathedral`
Troubadours
perform secular music across Europe by groups of musicians called?
1400s
period of the invention of printing
Renaissance Music
popular for entertainment and activity for amateurs and the educated
Free Meter
simply means that the music does not divide into a regular pattern of strong and weak beats
George Frideric Handel
studied counterpoint, canon and fugue
ABC
ternary
Roman Catholic Church
the influence of it started to decline as the new music genre arose
Thomas Morley
the son of a brewer
Eisanach
the town where J.S Bach live
Hallelujah
the very well chorus is part of Handel"s Messiah
Tutti
the whole orchestra
Thomas Morley
tried to imitate Byrd in his early works but veered towards composing madrigals
Modal
uses diatonic scales that are not necessarily major or minor and does not use functional harmony as we understand it within tonality
Antonio Lucio Vivaldi
was an Italian Baroque Composer, Catholic Priest and a Virtuoso Violinist
Thomas Morley
was believed to studied with William Byrd
Monophonic plainchant
was named after Pope Gregory 1
Secular Music
was not bound to Catholic traditions emerged
Johann Sebastian Bach
was taught to play violin by his father
Lute
was the prominent instrument of the renaissance era
George Frideric Handel
was the second son from the second marriage of a pastor
7
what age did Handel gained access to a church organ
Samson
when Handel conducted it a few in the audience were unaware that he had lost his eyesight
1525
when was Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina born
1594
when was Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina died
March 21, 1685
when was J.S. Bach born
1557
when was Thomas Morley born?
1602
when was Thomas Morley died
Norwich, East England
where was Thomas Morley born?
Barroco
word Baroque is derived from the Portuguese word?
1753
year Handel lost his eyesight
1583
year Thomas Morley mastered the choristers
1703
year Vivaldi was ordained