music quiz 2

A cappella

vocal music without instrumental accompaniment

Cadence

the ending of a musical phrase providing a sense of closure, often through the use of one chord that resolves to another

Chant

Chant

text set to a melody written in monophonic texture with un noted rythms typically used in religious worship

Courtly love

love for a beloved, without any concern for whether or not the love will be returned, called “courtly” becasue it was praised by those paticipationg in medieval courts.

Drone

a sustained pitch or pitches often found in music of the middle ages or earlier and in folk music

Hymn

religious song most generally having multiple stophes of the same number and length of lines and using strophic form

Mass

catholic celebration of the Eucharist of liturgical texts set to music by composers starting in Middle Ages (kyrie, gloria, credo, sanctus, agnus dei)

Melisma

multiple pitches sung to one syllable of text

Polyphony

musical texture that simultaneously features two or more relatively independent and important melodic lines

Refrain

a repeating musical section, generally also with repeated text; sometimes called a “chorus”

Rythm according to the text

rhythm that follows the rhythm of the text and is not notated

Song

a composition sung by voices

Strophe

section of a poem or lyrics text generally of a set number of line length; a text may have multiple strophes

Strophic

musical form in which all verses or strophes of a song are sung to the same music

Syllabic

music in which each syllable of a text is set to one musical note

Verse and Refrain Form

a musical form (sometimes referred to as verse and chorus) in which one section of music is sung to all the verses and a different section of music is sung to the repeating refrain or chorus

Anthem

a muscial composition of celebration usually used as a symbol for distinct group, particularly the national anthems of countries. Originally, and in music theory and religious contexts, it also refers more particularly to short sacred choral work and still more particularly to a specific form of Anglican

Church Music

sacred music written for performance in church, or any musical setting of ecclesiatical liturgy, or music set to words expressing propsitions of a sacred nature, such as a hymn. CHurch music director is a postion responisble the musical aspects of the church’s activities

Chanson

is in general any lyric driven French song, usually polyphonic and secular.

Galliard

was a form of Renaissance dance and music popular all over Europe in the 16th century

Madrigal

a musical piece for several solo voices set to a short poem. they originated in Italy around 1520. Most were about love.

Motet

is a highly varied sacred choral musical composition. it was one of the pre-eminent polyphonic forms of Renaissance music.

frets

is a raised strip on the neck of a stringed intrument.

Pavane

is a slow processional dance common in Europe during the 16th century Renaissance