MU 120 MT 2

What major work features a jaunty sea-chanty where sailors are joyously anticipating their impending departure. This same work has a mournful song where the protagonist sings to her nursemaid, "thy hand, Belinda,"

Dido & Aeneas by Purcell

Major Historical figure found himself expelled from the church in the early 1500's because he had made public his 95 theses or complaints to the church (reformation)

Luther

The shift from "vertical" perspective to "horizontal" perspective occurred during which time period?

Renaissance

What event happened in the 12th century that fundamentally change Europeans' views of their mediterranean world

The crusades.

The "vernacular" is another word for anything that is

"regular" such as every-day language

The three selections "Los coflades de la estleya", "Xixochi conetzintel", and "Hanacpachap cussicuini" are all in languages spoken in the New World (african-american dialect of Spanish, Nauhatl, and Aymari, respectively) and are all examples of the genre known as the

villancico

The piece "wachet auf" is meant to depict a

wedding, since back was trying to match his music to the specific scripture reading (about brides bridegrooms) and the sermon (about waking up) that was to be given at his church on that day. The first movement, then, sounds a bit like a stately wedding march

Renaissance took place from

1400 to 1600

what major period is strongly associated with music that 1)is active and busy; 2)has continuity of rhythm; 3)has melodies that unwind and expand; 4) is ornate and full of detail; 5) is overwhelming and highly theatrical; 6)is rich in its splendor; and 7)is rich in contrast?

Baroque

The category of "African American" pieces that arose in Mexico and reflected aspects of Aftrican, American, and Spanish culture was the______. It is the earliest notated instrumental music of African_American origin and exhibits spunky, infectious rhythms

Cumbre

Associated with a style known as "New Art" (Ars Nova), Composed Messe de Nostre Dame (mass of our lady) in the 14th century , based on highly strucured mathematical principles. This piece marks the first time that a single individual composed a setting of the Mass in polyphony. Its "Kyrie" has traditional test that focuses on groups of 3, and the music itself focuses on the 4-part division. These Four Sections are related to each other in hightly symmetrical patterns

Guillaume De Machaut

Ruled in the late Renaissance and was known as a well rounded individual

Henry VIII

Great composer of the middle ages, dramatist, poet, scientist, authority on medicine, and advisor. This individual is one of the first musicians to become a "composer"

Hildegard

NOT a major Philosophical precept during the middle ages

Intellect and science will lead to the "truth"

what best describes josquin's piece "Ave Maria... virgo serena?"

It creates overlapping, imitiative phrases between the voiceparts in this renaissance motet. Its many stanzas begin with the same inital word, "Ave (Hail...)." Phreases build momentum as they drive to their endings

Has singers (without any instruments) singing phrases that have a rapid pitter patter that sounds almost like the chirping of crickets. It was written by a renaissance composer.

Josquin's El Grillo

of the following, who became involved in a controversial debate with the musical critic Artusi regarding dissonance and whether or not one can "break rules" of musical beauty? this artist thought that Artusi was part of the "older style" (prima prattica or first practice) that argued that music should alwasy be beautiful, even when the words might be distressing. This artist, though advoated a new style (that he called seconda prattica or second practice) in which music could be ugly, dissonant, or even distressing - as long as it made the test more expressive. for him, the words are more important than the musical rules. Who is this?

Monteverdi

most likely is "a cappella" and includes the words fa-la-la

Morley's "Now is the month of Maying" (a renaissance madrigal)

which work and composer were associated with the Notre School in the 12th century

Perotin and his work "Mors" from the Magnus Liber Organi, a music book containing a new way of writing music that solved problematic issues surrounding rhythm notation.

A style of singing arose in the baroque that was very speech-like. It followed the natural declamation of the words,had no steady beat, and had a sparswe musical accompaniment, plust it did not allow the cutting apart and rearranging or repetition of test. This style is called

Recitative

"As Vesta Was From Latmos Hill Descending" by Thomas Weelkes is representative of the

Renaissance because of its plentiful word painting and its use of voices without instruments at all

Appeal to emotions

baroque

During the baroque, a piece for solo voices, possibly a chorus, and a group of instruments (but not necessarily a large group) and that can be either secular or sacred, is the______. Generally, they are less grandiose and on a more modest scale than operas.

cantata

A baroque instrumental piece that is full of contrast, in which one instrumental (or very small group of instruments) is juxtaposed against a larger orchestra is called a(n)

concerto

There is a well known piece that features a spectacular violin soloist. It is title Primavera("spring") and is from a larger collection, The Four Seasons. each of theses four works in this collection are tied closely to the barking of a dog, and the like. All of this applies to a famous

concerto by Vivaldi

The term a cappella means that a musical piece

features voices and vocal sonorities

The term "neumatic refers to a performance that

has several different notes for each syllable of text (such 17 syllables set by a total of 26 notes

Concept that there is inherent dignity and value in humankind is called

humanism

The composer John Dowland was well known during his lifetime as a performer on the

lute (and he also wrote gorgeous songs for lute and voice together). Has Lachrymae is a show and melancholy piece

Renaissance work for voices only, that is in english or Italian, that is usually about love, that features work painting and often nonsense syllables, is the____.

madrigal

the works of "Alleluia: Vidimus stellam" and "Kyrie" from the middle ages are associated with the church service known as ___.

mass

The scale system (Dorian, Phrygian, etc.) that were inherent from the greeks that were the basis for most music in the Middle Ages were called the

modes

In the middle ages, Boethius defined music as being

number made audible (mathematics we can hear)

A large-scale vocal genre arose in the baroque that employs singers, an orchestra, costumes, and scenery, and that is almost always secular(often based on Greek Mythology) is the ______. For serious plots and themes, its preferred language is Italian. Utilizes castrati singers in major roles

opera

An accidental invention by the camerata at the end of the 1590s and early 1600's.

operas in florence

a large-scale religious piece in the baroque for voices and orchestra that is based on a sacred topic is the_____. It usually has a narrative test that tells a story. It is not staged, so there are no costumes or scenery, and it cal be in any language.

oratorio

a compositional category that arose in the baroque that emphasized a single instrument- or very small group of three or four instruments and NO orchestra at all is called a(n)

sonata

The baroque instrumental genre that consists of a series of dance-like or dance inspired movements was the

suite

The concept title "Music of the Spheres" stated that

the heavenly bodies that revolved around the earth actually made music. Thus the harmony of nature and of God's heaven was musical. Whenever humans died and made it to heaven, they too would hear this gorgeous music.

Medieval Philosophers considered the microcosm to be the

the human being who was a miniature encapsulation of the universe (ie 7 soft cavities of the head corresponding to the 7 planets, the 4 limbs corresponding to the elements, etc.). Everything in the entire cosmos can be seen reflected - in smaller form - in a human being

The "spirit number" and the "earth number" were considered to be

the numbers "3" and "4", and were applied to nearly every aspect of the Middle Ages life, including music, biology, astronomy, human nature, personality, etc.