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What are Sacred music chants

Music for church services
The composers of the sacred chants are usually

unknown
Originally the sacred chants were transmitted

Orally
Another word for Plainchant

Plainsong and Gregorian Chant
Why is plainsong also known as Gregorian Chant

Pope Gregory was credited with cataloging chants
German nun born from 1098-1179

Hildegard of Bingen
Hildegard of Bingen was known for her chants having

Larger melodic leaps
How is the text of the Ordinary mass

Text is the same each day
What is the order of the Ordinary Mass
- Kyrie
- Gloria
- Credo
- Sanctus
- Agnus Dei
Organum

The earliest form of polyphony
Which 2 composers lead the organum development
- Leonin
- Perotin
What is the name of Hildegard of Bingen first book

Causae et Curae
What were the text of the Proper Mass

The text changed based on the church calendar
Guillaume de Mauchaut was a
- Clergyman
- Scribe
- Secretary
- Poet
What was Guillaume de Mauchaut credited for

Coomposing the earliest polyphonic setting of the complete ordinary
What song by G de mauchaut was written for four voices

Messe de Nostre Dame
Describe secular music

Non-religious topics written in the vernacular
What texture was secular music

Monophonic
Syllabic

One note per syllable
Melisma

Multiple notes per syllable
Was secular music mostly syllabic or melisma

Syllabic
Strophic form

Same melody for each verse
What were the french secular performers called
- Troubabadors
- Trouvers
What were the German secular performers called

Minnesingers
What were the traveling street performers called

Ministrels and Jongleurs
What time is known as the rebirth of ancient Greek ideas

Renaissance
Who invented the printing press

Gutenburg
What invention led to literacy and education gaining value

Printing press
Humanism

The increased respect for the individual and individual thought
What led to the transition away from the Catholic dominanance

Preotestant reformation
What German monk led the Protestant reformation in 1517

Martin Luther
What kind of music did Josquin des Prez write
- Motet
- Masses
- Secular
What Italian Roman-Catholic composer was credited with saving polyphony

Giovanni Pierluigi de Palestrina
What work of Palestrina was played for the Council of Trent

Pope Marc ellus Mass
What did the Council of Trent enforce
- Less polyphony
- Avoid loud instruments
- Abolish secular melodies from Mass settings
- No vernacular- Only Latin
What is the french word for song

Chanson
What is the italian word for song

Madrigal
What is the german word for song

Lied
What text were Italian madrigals in

Vernacular
What were Italian madrigals about

Sentimental or erotic subjects
Name an Italian Madrigal Composers

Claudio Monteverdi
English madrigal were also known as
- Song
- Sonnet
- Canzonet
- Ayre
English madrigal were predominately what kind of texture

Homophonic
Which madrigal started the use of non sense syllables

English madrigal
Literal representation of the text through music

Word Painting
What two English composers established genre
- William Byrd
- Thomas Morley
The most popular renaissance instrument

Lute
Ayres

Vocal songs with lute accompaniment
What range can the clavichord play

Only soft
Consorts

chamber emsembles for the home
What instrument classes were popular for outside performances

Brass and reeds
Catholic church service

Mass
Christians came to height in what civilizations

Roman
Hildegard became what of the convent

Abbess

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Music Chp 4&5

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Music Chp 4&5

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