Music Vocab ch. 5

chorale

German hymn

Josquin des Prez

1450-1521 - was one of the most influential composers of the Renaissance - wrote Ave Maria (ex. of a renaissance Motet)

Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina

1525-1594 - returned church music to the simplicity and purity of earlier times. Although his motets are masterpieces of composition, his Masses constitute his most important work.

embellished

added to or changed notes of the melody

transcriptions

arrangements of compositions for a medium other than those for which they were originally written

"Kyrie" ("Lord") from Missa Papae Marcelli (Pope Marcellus Mass)

giovanni pierluigi da palestrina Date: 1562-1563 Genre: Mass movement Texture: Polyphonic Voices: Six a cappella voices (soprano, alto, two tenors, and two basses) Language: Greek Meter: Duple, but with little accent on the beats; flows much like medieval chant Duration: 4:23 Context: This is the first section of the Ordinary of the Mass that would have been performed in St. Peter's Cathedral at the Vatican in Rome. The voices imitate one another, but they blend so gently that the imitation does not cause them to sound separate from one another. All voices come together rhythmically at the close of each section.

"Flow My Tears"

john dowland Date: Late sixteenth century Genre: Lute song Form: Strophic (all verses sung to the same, or close to the same, melody) Texture: Homophonic Voices and Instruments: Tenor voice and lute Meter: Duple Duration: 3:41 Context: This is a secular composition that might have been performed by an individual both singing and playing, or by two people, one singing and the other playing the lute. It was probably performed in an aristocratic home, but it could also have been performed by professional musicians in public, perhaps before a play or other type of entertainment.

"Fair Phyllis"

john farmer Date: 1599 Genre: English madrigal Texture: Mostly polyphonic with a homophonic ending Voices: Four Meter: Duple Duration: 1:20 Context: This might well have been sung in an aristocratic English home, after dinner, with the singers still sitting around the table, reading music from madrigal books.

Council of Trent

met from 1545 to 1563 to formulate and execute the means by which church reform could be accomplished

Three Dances from Terpsichore

michael praetorius Date: 1612 Genre: Dance music Texture: Polyphonic Voices and Instruments: Four melodic instrumental lines plus percussion Meter: Duple Duration: 3:16 Context: These dances might have been performed by the family and guests at an aristocratic home or a court with professional musicians playing the music.

sight sing

sing music by looking at it

word painting

the melody was written to represent the literal meaning of the text being sung

Counter-Reformation

the reaction by the Catholic Church to the spread of Protestantism

Lute songs

were composed for a lute accompanying a solo voice

a cappella

without instrumental accompaniment.