Chant and Monastic Life

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.