IB Music HL: Renaissance Era Vocab

Chapters 14 - 16

ronde

• a circle or line dance

saltarello

• energetic Italian or Spanish dance

• for one couple

• characterized by leaps and skips

pavane

• stately dance

• in slow duple time

• popular in the 16th and 17th century

• performed in elaborate clothing

nakers

• small hand drums

• played in pairs

sackbut

• an early version of the trombone

tabor

• a cylindrical drum

cornetto

• wooden instrument with finger holes like a recorder

• cup-shaped mouthpiece

the shawn

• nasal-sounding ancestor of the oboe

rebec

• bowed string instrument

lute

• plucked-string instrument

• including the rebec

the recorder

• soft instrument

• an end-blown flute

• breathy tone

haut

• loud or outdoor

• category of instrument based on purpose

bas

• soft or indoor

• category of instrument based on purpose

embellishments

• the action of adding details or features

• added to instrumental dance music by both professionals and amateurs

council of trent

• the church organized what is viewed as the longest meeting in history

• a topic within madrigals

reformation

• protestant movement

counter reformation

• extended from the 1530s into the early decades of the next century

jacques arcadelt

• elderly master of the Italian Madrigal

• died in 1521

• died around the time of major religious reforms in europe

congregational singing

• the practice of congregational participating in the music of a church

• 1950s protestants argued for the simple unity of congregational singing

• catholics affirmed the power of professional choirs and complex textures especially in polyphonic settings of the mass

angus dei

• lamb of god who takes away sin of the world

sanctus

• holy holy holy

credo

• the belief of one god

gloria

• glory to be god on high

kyrie

• a prayer for mercy

• dates from the early centuries of christianity as its greek attests

proper

• texts that vary according to the day

ordinary

• text that remains the same for every mass

mass

• daily service with two categories of prayers

homorhythm

• where all voices move together rhythmically

motet

• a sacred work with a latin text

• used in the mass and other religious services

• EX: songs in phrase of the virgin mary were popular and the songs emphasize the humanistic spirit of a new age

cantus firmus

• fixed melody in one voice as the bassist

• elaborate ornamentation in other voices

• renaissance sacred music was called a motet and was built on this

• the preexisting melody

• EX: latin text from the church or religious in nature

imitation

• when musical ideas are exchanged and repeated

acapella

• singing without instrumental accompaniment

humanism

• new way of thinking centered on human issues and the individual

french chanson / italian madrigal

• two important secular dramas

• arose from the union of poetry and music

word painting

• making the music to directly reflect the meaning of the words

madrigal

• the 16th century’s most important genre of the era

• a form of poetry and music that flourished at the Italian courts

• features expressive text setting word painting and multiple meanings

• EX: love desire humor satire and politics

• notable musician: Jacques Arcadelt

Visual arts

• EX: paintings