Unit 3 Test Review – Flashcards
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Gregorian chant
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earliest notated European music
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polyphony
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music comprised of two or more independent lines
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cantus firmus
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chant melody with elongated rhythms sung beneath one or more faster melodies
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organum
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early style of polyphony
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antiphonal psalmody
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chant which is sung by alternating groups
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direct psalmody
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singing a melody without alternating voices or groups
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responsorial psalmody
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style of chant where a soloist alternates with a choir
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Messe de Notre Dame
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the first complete musical setting of the Ordinary sections of the Roman Catholic Mass; written by Guillame de Machaut
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Ordinary
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the first complete musical setting of the Ordinary sections of the Roman Catholic Mass
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Ars Subtilier
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style of music that frequently incorporated codes or puzzles
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madrigal
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Medieval and Renaissance secular composition
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Burgundian school
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composers wrote a smooth style of polyphony
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humanism
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a movement emphasizing human emotions and appealing to human values; predominant philosophy during the Renaissance
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classical
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culture of ancient Greece and Rome
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Reformation
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period of religious turmoil started when Martin Luther posted his 95 Theses
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Andrea Amati
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inventor of the violin
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William Byrd
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English Catholic composer who wrote both Catholic and Anglican music
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Michael Praetorius
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German composer who invented the chorale concerto
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Guido d'Arezzo
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invented one of the earliest forms of music notation (Guidonian hand)
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consort
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a group of instruments; whole -- same instruments; broken -- different instruments
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form
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the way a composition is constructed
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ABA
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common form, three-section musical composition where the music for the first and third sections is the same
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tempo
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the speed of the music
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andante
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walking pace (tempo), Italian
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largo
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very slow (tempo), Italian
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dynamics
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how loud or quiet the music is
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piano
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soft (dynamic), Italian, abbreviated p
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mezzoforte
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medium loud (dymanic), Italian, abbreviated mf
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forte
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loud (dynamic), Italian, abbreviated f
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crescendo
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gradually increase volume (dynamic), Italian
