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Ordo virtutum
________ is a morality play with allegorical characters who all sing in plainchant except the devil, who can only speak.
Responsorial
________- choir responds to a soloist.
5th 9th
________ centuries- people in western and northern europe converted to Christianity and adopted the doctrines and rites of the roman church.
Prayers every few hours
________- provides the ritual around which life in a monastery or convent is structured.
oral cultures
All 3 repertories were primarily monophonic, originated in ________, and were performed from memory.
Communion
________ is a short chant consisting of one verse.
verbal message
Music can't be separated from the ________ or from its place in the worship service.
Neumatic
________- two to seven notes per syllable.
Gregorian chant
________ was established and all important developments in european music took place north of the alps because the southern Christian regions were either occupied or under threat of attack.
Introit
________ was originally a complete psalm but was shortened to consist of the original antiphon, a single verse and a repetition of the antiphon.
Plainchant
________ calls for word repetition only where it exists in the text of the prayer, melodies rarely use emotional or pictorial effects.
Free form
________ can be entirely original or incorporate traditional melodic formulas into original composition.
theatrical representation
Music consists of a number of chants strung together with processions and actions that approach ________.
Non sacred songs
________ (secular monody) were courtly and elite or popular and traditional, intended for entertainment and communicating feelings.
Florid chants
________ prioritize the melodic curve rather than syllables.
Melodic lines
________ have more leaps, especially thirds, and introduction of new melodies and new forms of chantgenres and forms of chant.
Formulas
________ are simple melodic outlines that can be used with many different texts.
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