RCM LEVEL 10 HISTORY - TERMS

💥 Yo if this helped you drop a review Based on the Glossary section at the back of the textbook (pg 144)

a capella

a capella

the “Affections” (affects)

agréments

aria

ars nova style

balett

Baroque

bas

basso continuo

binary form

cadenza

canon

cantata

cantus firmus

castrato

chamber music

chanson

chorale

chromaticism

Classicism

clavecin

concertino

concerto grosso

da capo aria

discant style

double exposition

dulcimer

estampie

figured bass

fugue

gradual

Gregorian chant

ground bass

harpsichord

haut

heterophony

hocket

homorhythmic texture

hornpipe

idiomatic writing

imitative counterpoint

isorhythm

libretto

lute

madrigal

Mass

Mass Ordinary

Mass Proper

melismatic text setting

modes

modified sonata form

monody

monophonic texture

monothematic exposition

motet

musica ficta

neumatic text setting

neumes

nonsense syllables

notes inégales

opera

opera buffa

opera seria

oratorio

ordre

organal style

organum

plainchant

points of imitation

polyphonic texture

polytextuality

psaltery

recitativo accompagnato

recitativo secco

Renaissance

responsorial singing

rhythmic modes

ripieno

ritornello

ritornello form

rondo form

rounded binary form

sackbut

shawm

sonata

sonata cycle

sonata form

stile rappresentativo

string quartet

strophic form

suite

syllabic text setting

tenor

ternary form

terzetto

trouser role

trouvère

variations

vielle

virginal