Music Appreciation Middle Ages – Flashcards
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scales containing seven tones with an eighth tone duplicating the first an octave higher, but with patterns of whole and half steps different from major and minor scales; used in medieval, Renaissance, and twentieth-century music an in folk music
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Church modes (68)
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consists of one or more long, sustained tones accompanying a melody
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Drone (71)
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during the Middle Ages, poet-musician who lived in southern France and wrote poems in the Provencal Language
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Troubadors (73)
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when you hear 2 more melodic lines of relatively equal interest, at the same time
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Polyphony
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a medieval dance that is one of the earliest surviving forms of instrumental music
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Estampie (74-75)
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the period of European history from the fall of the Roman Empire in the West (5th century) to the fall of Constantinople (1453), or, more narrowly, from c. 1100 to 1453.
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What does "Middle Ages" mean? "in between time"
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450-1450
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What years did the Middle Ages span?
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Nobility , peasantry, and clergy
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What were the 3 main social classes during the Middle Ages? (62)
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heresy
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What was the gravest crime during the Middle Ages?
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They worked for the church and their career was liturgical singing
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What was the Vocation (career) of most important musicians? What institution did they work for? (67)
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because of their role in pagan rites
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Why did the church frown on instruments in the early Middle Ages? (67)
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Gregorian chant
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What has been the official music of the Roman Catholic Church for over 1,000 years? (67)...It consists of the following 3 things: (1) melody set to sacred Latin texts (2) it is sung without accompaniment, which means voices only are used (3) the texture is monophonic, which means that it is a single line-just a melody
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Pope Gregory I (The Great)
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Who is Gregorian chant named after?
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organum
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What is the term for Medieval music that consists of Gregorian chant and one or more additional melodic lines? (76)
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Paris
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What city became the intellectual and artistic capital of Europe after 1150? (76)
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mercy and peace
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The Agnus Dei is a prayer for (79)
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Secular (non-church) music become more important/popular than sacred music in the fourteenth century because of the 100 Years' War, The Back death plague, and the weakening of the Catholic Church
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