MUSIC 32 Midterm #2
Mass
(1) celebration of Holy Communion, (2) musical setting of Ordinary of the Mass
Roman legacy, Germanic tribes, Christian Church
3 elements of emerging European civilization during middle ages
pitch and rhythmic notation, change from monophonic to polyphonic, development of the motet
3 major developments in music during middle ages
Madrigal
A free, secular, imitative work for voices
jongleur
A medieval secular musician (wandering minstrel)
Cantus firmus
A preexisting melody that is used as the basis for a polyphonic vocal work
troubadours/trouveres/minnesingers
Aristocratic poet-musicians of the Middle Ages
urban society
City-states center of politics, economy, social life
Catholic Reformation, humans became main focus of the arts, and took place in Northern Europe
Other characteristics of the Renaissance period?
1350-1600
Renaissance dates (in history)
1450
Renaissance music really began in
Greek and Roman culture
Renaissance renewed interest in and reexamination of?
exploration and the "Golden Age" of vocal music
Renaissance was the Age of?
started shift towards polyphonic music
School of Notre Dame, Leonin, Perotin
Italy
Where did the Renaissance begin?
monasteries
centers of education during middle ages?
monophonic, unstressed meter, unaccompanied vocal, smooth movements, text in Latin, and religious subjects
characteristics of scared music
mono/homo/polyphonic, dance music, use of instruments, melodic leaps, text in vernacular, and courtly love, chivalry, news, and propaganda
characteristics of secular music
the printing press
during the Renaissance, importance of the invention of?
chansons
french songs (usually secular) but more simple and gentle; sometimes used for Mass
polyphonic and complex; beginning of homophonic
in general, the texture of Reniassance music was
Humanism
intellectual movement that focused on humanities, which included: grammar, poetry, moral philosophy, and history
drone
low continuous sound that lasts throughout a piece of music
plainchant/plainsong/Gregorian chant
monophonic chant originally sung unaccompanied in Latin by monks and priests of the Church
folk music
music of the common people of a society or geographic area
ethnic music
music that is characteristic of a particular culture or group of people
word painting (text painting)
music which attempts to depict words being sung
Organum
name for early polyphonic music of medieval times
Ordinary
parts of the Mass that are ordinarily included regardless of church season: Kyrie, Gloria, Credo, Sanctus, Agnus Dei
shifting to courts
patrons of music in the Renaissance were
gently flowing; rejection of isorhythm
rhythmically, what was Renaissance music like?
motet
sacred polyphonic composition for voices
a capella
unaccompanied music for voices
vocal music was more important
vocal music versus instrumental music?
lack of uniformity, composer or creator is unknown, oral tradition, heavy use of improvisation, preserved for a long time, and audience is not very important
what are some possible characteristics (not instruments) of folk music?
AD 476-1450
what are the middle ages dates?
the Church, taverns, and the courts
where could music be heard during the Renaissance?
Italian music director in St. Peters
who was Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina?
created pitch; the staff
who was Guido d'Arezzo?
one of the few Ahhew/Theologian poet-composers, youngest of 10 children
who was Hildegard of Bingen?
Flemish, wrote secular music, and split the Church
who was Josquin DesPrez?
codified liturgy and music, Gregorian chant named after him
who was Pope Gregory I?
English composer of madrigals, drunkyard
who was Thomas Weelkes?
