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| English quality of many 3rds and 6ths. Sweet-sounding. |
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| Period of art, cultural, and music history between the middles ages and baroque period, marked by humanism, a revival of ancient culture and ideas, and a new focus on the individual |
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| A 4th above the middle voice, and a 5th below it. Moves in parallel 3rds. |
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| Two voices moving in parallel 6ths and 8ths. Third voice is written a 4th below that. |
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| Cycle of polyphonic settings (kyrie, gloria, sanctus, etc) |
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| Fixed melody. Pre-existing chant put in tenor. |
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| Polyphonic settings of ordinary using one consistent melody throughout. Takes on a section of text. |
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| Exactly the same phrase being imitated in all four voices. |
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| 2 duets that do not overlap |
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| Point of imitation and paired imitation together. |
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| All voices move together as one in mostly the same rhythm |
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| Two or more simultaneous lines of independent melody |
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| Strophic hymn in Lutheran tradition, intended to be sung by the congregation |
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| Metric, rhymed, strophic translations of psalms in the vernacular that were set to newly composed melodies or tunes adapted to chant. |
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| Full anthem is for unaccompanied choir in contrapuntal style. Verse employs 1 or more solo voices with organ or viol accompaniment, alternating between choir and instrumental parts. |
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| 5-6 voices were used more commmonly, chant melodies were treated more freely, and text was treated carefully |
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| Particularly evocative, or if used in a disparaging sense, thoroughly conventional instance if text depiction or word painting. One stanza of poetry with no repetition or refrain. |
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| French style of text in chansons where stressed syllables get longer notes than unstressed |
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| Loud vs. Soft. Loud= trumpet, shawm, sackbut. Soft = viola da gamba |
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| Consort vs. broken consort |
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| Ensemble with a family of instruments. Broken = differing instruments |
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| Specific to church, usually refers to a divided choir which alternates antiphonally. |
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