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-Reform of RC practice where only choir and clergy sing. -Congregation sings chorales in unison |
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-Originally sung unison melodies (adaptations of GC, existing German devotional songs, contrafactum, and entirely new compositions) |
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-Secular song with new sacred words |
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-Chorale used as a cantus-firmus (sung by choir or in the home) |
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Altered strophic and rhymed translation of psalms in the vernacular; monophonic |
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Anglican version of a motet |
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-Most widely printed secular music genre of 16th c. -Through composed (new music for each line), and text painting dominates. |
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Free verse most often associated with recitar cantando |
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-Italian homophonic song, strophic w/ simple harmonies. -Usually multiple voices or one voice with instrument. |
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-8 syllable lines 12345678 |
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-Arrangements of vocal pieces using tablature (notation of hand/finger placement) |
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Functional vs. Stylized dances |
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-Functional: ensemble dances; suitable for social dancing -Stylized solo dances; enjoyment of players/listeners |
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-Style of dance music, three-part form (AABBCC) -Stately, duple meter |
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-Three-part form -Lively triple meter |
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Single-Impression printing |
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-After Petrucci -Three steps in one (staff, notation and syllables) -Cheaper, but not as elegant |
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Triple Impression printing |
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-Created by Ottaviano Petrucci (earliest to print w/ moveable type) -Staff, then notation, then words (fairly expensive) |
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-Placing choirs and/or instruments in different positions throughout an acoustical space |
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-Polyphony in the chromatic and text-driven style of Gesualdo |
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– Musical texture that features both the bass line and an improvised harmonic accompaniment |
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-Moving instrumental bass with lyrical singing in the vocal line |
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-Mixture of recit. and aria style -Recit. + moving basses + minor passacaglia. |
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-Later called recitative, sung speech that imitates the inflections of spoken Italian |
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-Full orchestra plays ritornelli (thematically related passages; soloist plays episodes (virtuosic passages) -R – E – R2 – E2 – R3 – E3 – R4 – E4 – R5 – E5 – R6 |
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-Extended episodes of singing and dancing (Sometimes extraneous to the plot) |
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Trio sonata da camera/chiesa |
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-Sonata da camera (chamber) – instrumental dance suite -Sonata da chiesa (church) – series of “abstract” movements used in liturgical settings |
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-Instrumental form for string instruments (1650-1730) -Tempo designations serve as titles (e.g. “adagio,” allegro,” etc.) -Arranged slow fast slow, often |
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-Hybrid of drama, music, and ballet (sung in French) -Sung in 5 acts (adaptations of classical mythology) |
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-Grand music to accompany the King entering the theatre -Stately march with dotted rhythm; lively imitative section |
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-French recit. Simpler, measured, and more tuneful than Italian recit. |
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-Dramatic religious piece for singers and instrumentalists with narration and dialogue |
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-Sectional improvisatory piece for keyboard, each section based on a new motive |
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-Repeating the bass line of a popular dance, while the voices move freely above. |
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-Descending tetrachord (major =love, minor = pain and suffering) |
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secular composition for solo voice and BC with alternating sections of aria, arioso, and recitative |
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polyphonic piece for instruments |
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