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Music History test I
Terms and important things for test 1 in Dr. Fader's music history course
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Undergraduate 2
09/11/2012

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How do you differentiate between Proper and Ordinary Mass chants?
Definition
Ordinary chants are called by their title

Proper chants are called by their function.
Term
Where did the Roman Catholic Mass originate?
Definition
It evolved from commemorations of the Last Supper of Jesus and his disciples.
Term
Define ANTIPHON
Definition
Chant sung before and after a Psalm.
Term
Responsories
Definition
Musical responses to lessons/Bible readings
Term
Some parts of the Mass and Office are chanted to __________ __________.
Definition
Recitation formulas.
Term
Recitation Formula
Definition
Simple melodic outline that can be used with many different texts.
Term
Responsorial performance
Definition
A soloist alternates with the choir or congregation
Term
antiphonal performance
Definition
two groups or halves of the choir alternate
Term
direct performance
Definition
All solo or all the choir and congregation; NO alternation.
Term
Syllabic style
Definition
Chant style in which almost every note has one syllable attached to it.
Term
Neumatic Style
Definition
Chant style in which each syllable can carry between one and six notes or so.
Term
Melismatic Style
Definition
Chant style in which long melodic passages can be associated with one or a very small amount of syllables.
Term
Psalm tones
Definition
Formulas for singing Psalms in the Office. Designed to be adapted to fit ANY Psalm.
Term
Doxology
Definition
Sung at the end of all chants.
Term
Seculorum Amen
Definition
Last six syllables of the Doxology, often abbreviated: E U O U A E (sEcUlOrUm AmEn)
Term
E U O U A E
Definition
Abbreviation of the last six syllables of the Doxology.
Term
Hymn
Definition
Strophic; consists of several stanzas that are all sung to the SAME melody. (Modern example, Amazing Grace)
Term
Pslamody
Definition
The singing of Psalms
Term
Chants of the Mass Ordinary
Definition
Kyrie
Sanctus
Agnus Dei
Gloria
Credo
Term
ONLY chant written in GREEK
Definition
Kyrie
Term
What form does a Kyrie follow?
Definition
AAA BBB CCC
Term
What is the form "AAA BBB CCC" symbolic of?
Definition
The Holy Trinity. Three times repeated for three sections.
Term
trope
Definition
expanded an existing chant in three different ways
Term
What three ways could tropes expand chant?
Definition
1)Adding new words and music before the chant/between phrases

2)expanding melody by extending melismas/adding new ones

3)Adding new text to currently existing melismas (Prose).
Term
Were tropes typically melismatic, neumatic, or syllabic?
Definition
Neumatic, so as to fit with the chant to which they were attached.
Term
Sequence
Definition
Genre popular from the late ninth through twelfth centuries.
Term
When were sequences most often performed?
Definition
After the Alleluia at Mass.
Term
Liturgical dramas
Definition
tropes in the form of dialogues and elaborate, Christian plays in Latin.
Term
Were Liturgical dramas part of the liturgy?
Definition
No; Not strictly part of the liturgy, but they were linked to it, recorded in liturgical books, and performed in church.
Term
When was Epitaph of Seikilos written?
Definition
1st Century C.E.
Term
What was significant about Epitaph of Seikilos to the people in that time?
Definition
It was written on the tombstone of Seikilos to mourn his death
Term
Why is Epitaph of Seikilos important to us today?
Definition
It is one of the only remaining ancient Greek pieces.
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