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Mass Ordinary

The musical portions of the Mass, in order: Kyrie, Gloria, Credo, Sanctus, Agnus Dei.

Responsorial, Antiphonal, Direct

the 3 ways chants are performed

Divine Office

A series of 8 services from midnight to midnight focused on prayers and psalm singing.

Tetrachord

A series of four pitches spanning a perfect fourth, foundational in Ancient Greek music theory.

Neumes

The earliest notation signs in the Western tradition, named from the Latin word for 'gesture'.

Inspired by Greek philosophy, Boethius divided music into 3 types:

Musica Mundana, Musica Humana, Musica Instrumentalis.

Troubadour

A poet-composer from southern France who spoke Occitan.

Trouvere

A poet-composer from northern France.

What did the ancient Greeks think about the connection between music and what they were called "ethos"?

Humans, music, and the universe are made of the same ratios; thus music can affect our behavior

The body of early Christian chant is called Gregorian Chant because:

the compilation of the Roman chant books was at- tributed to the pope

Notre Dame Polyphony

Distinguished by its use of rhythmic modes.

The abbess and composer, Hildegard of Bingen, wrote a sacred musical drama in which:

The virtues resist and then bind the devil

Fine Amour

A concept of devoted yet unrequited love central to troubadour and trouvere poetry.

Final

In the church modes, the anchor pitch that functions as the root of the mode (similar to a tonic, in a modern scale) is called:

What is a defining characteristic of motets?

different texts among the voice parts.

Liturgy

The prescribed body of texts to be spoken or sung and ritual actions to be performed in service

Organum

A body of early church polyphony.

Josquin Desprez

A Renaissance composer recognized as the best of his era.

What musical characteristic is most associ-ated with the contenance angloise (English guise or quality)?

Predominant intervals of 3rds and 6ths

Josquin Desprez and Hendricus Isaac both used "points of imitation" in their polyphony. What is this technique?

Staggered vocal entries where multiple voices cy- cle through the same melodic idea

Similar to Ars Nova chansons, the trecento (14th century) italian madrigal and ballata follow what kind of formal structure?

Strophic form with refrains

Guillaume du Fay wrote a Mass based upon his own song, "Se la face ay pale" (If the Face is Pale). Why do scholars think du Fay used this particular song for creating a Mass in service of his patron, the Duke of Savoy?

It alludes to the suffer- ing of Christ and the Holy Shroud, a relic owned by his patron.

Why, in general, was the period called the Re- naissance given this label (meaning "rebirth" or "renewal")?

It was built on the re-discovery and new translations of classical texts from Greek and Roman antiquity

Cantus-Firmus Mass

A mass using the same borrowed tune(sacred or secular) in the tenor voice for each movement.

Similar to Johann Sebastian Bach, Johannes Ockeghem enjoyed the following type of compositions:

Musical puzzles, like canons and pieces that can be sung in multiple modes

Formes Fixe

A song type where the text and music follow a specif- ic pattern of repetition and refrain

Duchy of Burgundy

A territory in central France that encompassed Belgium and the Netherlands

John Dunstable

And English composer praised for helping create the contenance algoise

What is the name of the Mass technique where each movement begins with the same short melodic phrase?

Motto Mass

Since du Fay's "Missa se la face ay pale" uses a borrowed tune in the tenor of each movement, the same short melody at the beginningof each movement, and includes sections of music where the melodies of other voices from the original chanson are borrowed, what type of mass is it?

A cantus-firmus/motto/imitation Mass

Paraphrase Mass

A Mass technique where a borrowed tune is varied and placed in different voices.

Fauxbourdon

When voices move in parallel 1st-inversion triads (two voices sing in parallel 6ths and a third voice sings in a parallel 4th below the top voice)

Guillaume de Machaut

Composer associated with the Ars Nova style.