music 1010 music history study

time period

500-1400

music in this period was primarily associated with the ______

Church

the main type of sacred music was called ____________

Gregorian chant

Gregorian chant characteristics

Monophonic, free rythm Latin religion

Important figure Pope______ the great is credited with organizing chants

Gregory

Hildegard of bingen

one for the first known female composers

early polyphony was called

organum

notre dame school composers

Leonin and perotin

what makes Gregorian chant different

simple but ethereal free rhythm

Syllabic

one note set to each syllable of text

neumatic

a few notes set to one syllable

Polyphany

based on immitation 2 or more musical lines

word painting

music reflects meaning of text

balance and clarity

equal importance of voice: Blended sound

Modes

Scale systems: Major and minor didnt become to relevent

Sacred examples

Mass, Motet

Patronage

What supports music and art, church, wealthy patrons, courts

Josquin des prez

Master of polyphony

palestrina

smooth, balanced, clear polyphony

Thomas Morley

English madrigals

music printing

printing press made music accessable

improved notation

standardized notation exact rhythm and notes

Baroque originally meant

misshapen pearl

Monody

Single melodic line with Basso Continuo

Basso Continuo

Continuos base line with improvised harmony

Opera combines

Music drama and stagecraft

Recitative

speech like singing

aria

beautiful soaring melodys

cantata

multi movement work for voices and instruments

Cantata is associated with the

lutherine church

oratorio is similar to opera but

unstaged and sacred

Suite

a collection of stylists

concerto features

soloist vs the orchestra

ritornello form

a musical idea that repeats

Fugue central theme called the

subject

fugue second entry is the

Answer

fugue composer

JS Bach

classical era main characteristics included

clarity balance nd order

music became more accessible through the rise of

public concerts

the primary texture of this period was

homophonic

symphony written for ____ typically has ___ movements

Orchestra 4

father of string quartet

Franz Joseph hayden

Sonata

written for solo or duo in allegro form

concerto

features soloist with orchestra 3 movements. cadenza

opera Buffa =____ Seria =_____ important composer_____

comic serious motzart

requium

a mass for the dead

sonata allegro form

includes expesition development and recapitulation

theme and variations

a theme is presented then altered

minuet and trio written in

triple meter