Middle Ages and Renaissance - Music Appreciation Unit 3

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What was the oldest notated song in Europe?
The Gregorian Chant, this is an a cappella (Without instrumental accompaniment).
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What music would composers not use?
Tritone, as its harsh sound was associated with the devil!
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Who was Hildegard von Bingen?
the most famous women of the Middle Ages, an expert in many different subjects, her original musical compositions had an otherworldly quality.
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What did the Nostre Dame School do?
they developed a new polyphony w/ cantur firmus in the tenor part.
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What is the most famous medieval song?

Sumer is Icumen In (by a Frenchman and is the story about Robin Hood).

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What was the greatest composer of the 14th Century (1300s)?
Guillaume de Machaut. His most famous work is music for the Ordinary of the Mass called Messe de Nostre Dame.
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What were madrigals
It is secular medieval-Italian music. There were four kinds of secular musicians
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What are some important medieval composers?
Leonin, Perotin, Hildegard von Bingen, Adam de la Halle, and Guillaume de Machaut.
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What does Renaissance mean?
French for "rebirth" or "revival."
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What were new compositional techniques of the Renaissance period?
imitative counterpoint and word painting.
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What did Renaissance composers appeal to?
the listener's emotions.
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What began in the Renaissance?
Modern music theory, harmonies and triads.
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What great invention was created in the Renaissance?
the printing press.
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How were music scores published (in their form)?
in part books, rather than full scores.
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Who began the Protestant Reformation in 1517?
Martin Luther.
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What did Martin Luther do?
He objected to what he saw as abuses in the administration of the Catholic Church, and developed the chorale hymn for congregational singing in his newly founded church.
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What was Martin Luther’s most famous Choral?
Ein Feste Burg ist Unser Gott (A Mighty Fortress Is Our God).
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Who began making violins in 1564?
Andrea Amati, the first luthier and three generations after him!
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Important Renaissance composers
Josquin des Prez, Thomas Tallis, Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina, Orlando de Lassus, William Byrd, Giovanni Gabrieli, Thomas Morley, Michael Praetorius, and TomĂ s Luis de Victoria.
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How were people taught music before musical notation?
they were taught in person.
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Who was an important music theorist?
Guido d'Arezzo, who contributed to the development of music notation.
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What are later developments of music notation?
rhythm and meter.
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What is a psalmody?
a performance style that simply sings the melody as a group with no alternation
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Responsorial psalmody
a performance style where a soloist alternates with a choir to sing a piece of music
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Antiphonal psalmody
a performance style where two choirs or the choir and the congregation alternate singing a piece of music
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What is a lute?
a string instrument that was plucked. It was the most famous and popular musical instrument of the Renaissance.
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What is a recorder?
an important wind instrument of the Renaissance, coming in different sizes.
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What are some keyboard instruments of this time?
organs, harpsichords and clavichords.
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What are some percussion instruments of this time?
drums, bells and jingles
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Tempo
the speed of music
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Largo
very slow
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Metronome
a mechanical or electronic device that divides a minute into even segments.
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Accelerando
used when a composer wants a gradual increase in Tempo.
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Ritardando
used when a composer wants a gradual decrease in Tempo.
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Dynamics
the loudness/softness of music (forte, piano, crescendo, decrescendo).
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Balance
the varying of volume levels between different performers to allow for the most important parts to be heard above the rest of the group.
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What are the two things Form refers to in music?

it can identify the way that sections of a composition are put together — for example, ABA or ABCBA - and refer to a prescribed way of putting a composition together.

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What are common forms?
Symphonies, Theme and Variation, and Blues.
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How are forms created?
through repetition, contrast, and variation.