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MUS 100 Exam 1
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Music
Undergraduate 2
09/12/2013

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Renaissance Composers
Definition
Desprez: polyphony, sacred, and secular
Palestrina: Italy, polyphony, Vatican and counter reformation
Weelkes: polyphony, English, madrigals
Praetorious: polyphony, German
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Medieval composers
Definition
Hildegard von Bingen: monophony, sacred
Leonin: polyphony, sacred
Perotin: polyphony, sacred
Machaut: polyphony, sacred, secular
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word painting
Definition
Renaissance practice of music directly reflecting words.
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motet
Definition
polyphonic choral work set to sacred Latin text
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Gregorian chant
Definition
Primarily vocal. Official music of the RCC for over 1,000 years.
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organum
Definition
originated at the school of ND with Leonin and Perotin. Consists of gregorian chant and one or more melodic lines.
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composers of medieval polyphony
Definition
Leonin and Perotin
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Mass Ordinary
Definition
Kyrie, Sanctus, Gloria, Agnus Dei, Credo. Originally composed by Machaut.
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meter
Definition
organizes beats into regular groups
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harmony
Definition
refers to the way chords are constructed and progress. Consonance, dissonance, and arpeggios.
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polyphonic
Definition
The musical texture when two or more melodies of equal interest are performed simultaneously
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musical form
Definition
repetition, contrast, variation. Organization of musical elements in time. Binary and ternary.
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triad
Definition
chord made up of three notes
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madrigal
Definition
Renaissance vocal music set to poetry (secular) and uses extensive word painting. Written for amateur performers.
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Secular Renaissance music was primarily for:
Definition
Dancing
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pitch
Definition
highness or lowness of sound
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Dynamics
Definition
degrees of loudness or softness. Italian terms
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timbre
Definition
Tone color. Quality of sound that distinguishes one instrument or voice from another.
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rhythm
Definition
ordered flow of music through time. Meter organizes it into groups.
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beat
Definition
regular recurrent pulsation that divides music into equal units of time
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tempo
Definition
basic pace of music
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accent and syncopation
Definition
emphasis of a note. accenting of a note at an unexpected time...between two beats or on a weak beat
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musical notation
Definition
system of writing music so specific pitches and rhythm is communicated. Notes and rests.
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melody
Definition
series of single tones that add up to a whole. begins, moves, and ends
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key
Definition
centering around one note/scale
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texture
Definition
layers of sound and how they relate. Monophony, polyphony, and homophony
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musical instruments
Definition
string, woodwind, brass, keyboard, percussion, electronic
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church modes
Definition
different whole and half steps than contemporary scales
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secular music
Definition
written by nobles for court use
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troubadours and trouveres
Definition
South France and North France. Medieval poet-musicians
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school of ND
Definition
Parisians developed rhythmic notation. Leonin and Perotin
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Ars Nova
Definition
profound changes in rhythmic notation
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characteristics of Renaissance music
Definition
vocal more than instrumental. Word painting. Both church and courts.
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Renaissance Mass
Definition
five-part polyphonic choral work. Palestrina at the Council of Trent
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Counter Reformation
Definition
Catholic response to Martin Luther's reformation and protestantism
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