Music History Exam 2

cori spezzati

“broken/separated choirs” in Italian, musical style from late Renaissance and early Baroque era

declamation

the fit between notes and syllables. Clear text declamation was important in the High Renaissance style

15C motet

any polyphonic setting of a Latin text other than the Mass Ordinary

Franco-Flemish

composers from France/low countries

cyclic mass

all movements share a common “often borrowed” musical idea

Motto mass

cyclic mass but each movement starts with the same motive

Calvin’s psalter

collection of monophonic psalm settings with poetic, metrical texts

Basso continuo

bass line with upper voices indicated by numerical shorthand

clear text declamation

text is clear and always understandable

text painting

depicting words with music

point of imitation

short, canonically imitative passages for two or more voices, that IS NOT A CANON

Council of Trent

emergency legislative body of the Church that periodically met between 1545-1563 to instigate internal church reforms in response to the protestant reformation

contrafacta

retexted secular songs

indulgences

paying the church to atone for sins

fundamentalist

Someone who follows the literal interpretation of the bible

Seconda practica

breaking contrapuntal rules for artistic expression

ayres

like arias

lute songs

songs with lutes, Flow My Tears is a lute song

early madrigal

1510-1540, mainly Italian

middle madrigal

1540-1560 Italian and Franco-Flemish composers

madrigal

composition for several voices set to a short secular poem

faburden

English tradition, three-part homophonic vocal work based on borrowed chant, chant melody in middle voice

fauxbourdon

French tradition, three-part homophonic vocal work based on borrowed chant, chant melody in the upper voice with voices a sixth and a fourth below

ars perfecta

“perfected art” given to Josquin’s music, triad is perfect harmony, new rules governing dissonance

humanism

study of ancient texts that informed the ideals of the renaissance, new emphasis on the value of the individual

tenor tacet

“tenor is silent” subsection where cantus is split down the middle and tenor doesn’t sing