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Music History
Classical music from the middle ages to present
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Undergraduate 1
10/12/2010

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Node
Definition
A point on the string that does not vibrate.
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Absolute music
Definition
instrumental music free of any explicit connection with nonmusical images
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Program music
Definition
instrumental music that attempts to depict nonmusical ideas, images, or events
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cadence
Definition
point of arrival
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conjunct melodic motion
Definition
melodic motion that is primarily stepwise
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disjunct melodic motion
Definition
melodic motion that is primarily through leaps, it leads to excitement
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Sequence
Definition
repetition of a short melodic figure on a higher or lower pitch, it must come in the same instrument or voice and follow immediately after the first statement
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imitation
Definition
repetition of a melodic figure in a different instrument or voice
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musical texture
Definition
the relationship among the various parts of a piece occuring simultaneously
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monophony
Definition
a single line of music with no harmony
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homophony
Definition
a melody line with an accompaniment. the accompaniment generally moves faster or slower, it must be clear that the melody is dominant
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homo-rhythmic texture
Definition
if the melody and accompaniment move at the same speed a series of chords result
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polyphony
Definition
several melodies are played or sung at once
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non-imitative polyphony
Definition
two or more independent, different melodies are played at once
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imitative polyphony
Definition
the same melodic line appears in different instruments, but at different times
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Medieval music
Definition
development of musical style bound up with the church
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Melismatic
Definition
multiple notes per syllable
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Kyrie
Definition
text' ABA
music:3-fold repetition within each section
word repetition,musical repetition, melismas
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Hildegard Von Bingen
Definition
Given to church as tithe
she composes new chants, ecstatic musical style
disjunct melodic motion
many melismas
inexact repition
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Motet
Definition
from french word "mot"
the tenor holds the melody, however it is not a newly composed melody,
simple rhythm, with no text

the upper parts have more complex rhythms, they have text:different in each part.
Only occurs in triple mete, most commonly uses 4ths and 5ths
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Cantus Firmus
Definition
A previously composed melody used as the basis for a new piece
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14th Century
Definition
Was referred to as "Ars Nova"--New Art
Major Changes:
first time duple meter notated
isorythm used in tenor
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Isorhythm
Definition
is a musical technique that arranges a fixed pattern of pitches with a repeating rhythmic pattern.
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hocket
Definition
alternation of note and rest
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Gloria
Definition
mostly syllabic, the end Amen is melismatic
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Gregorian Chant
Definition
pre 9th century
monophonic;no rhythmic notation; limited range
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New Chants
Definition
12th century
composers continued to add to the monophonic repertoire
Hildegard Von Bingen 1098-1179
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Secular Songs (non religious)
Definition
early 15th century
use of 3rds and 6ths-makes music sound sweeter and more modern
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Guillaume Dufay
Definition
Lived in northern france Bungundy
lived in italy for awhile
wrote in french, latin and italian
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Vergine Bella
Definition
italian text by Petrarch, composed by Dufay
sonnet:7 and 11 syllable lines
through composed
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Renaissance
Definition
1450-1600
simplicity:beauty derived from nature, emphasis on human endeavor
music's purpose to move the passions, it emphasizes text with sweet harmonies
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Chanson
Definition
musical setting of a secular french poem
the chanson rhythm is "long-short-short-long"
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Music Printing
Definition
Ottaviano Petrucci
first print of polyphonic music in 1501
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Galliard
Definition
very fast dance in compound duple
jumpy, very athletic
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Pavane
Definition
slow, in simple duple, uses chanson rhythm
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Coranto
Definition
dance in a quick triple
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