Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina - Pope Marcellus Mass

Vocabulary flashcards covering key terms, musical concepts, and biographical details regarding Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina and the Pope Marcellus Mass.

Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina

A prolific composer named from Palestrina, near Rome, who worked as a musician in churches in and around Rome, composed 104 settings of the Mass and more than 270 motets, as well as sacred and secular madrigals, and whose music continued to be performed long after his death.

Ordinary of the Mass

The category of the Mass to which the "Gloria" from the Pope Marcellus Mass belongs.

A cappella music

Music performed without instruments, as demonstrated by the Pope Marcellus Mass.

Motet

A sacred choral work used by both the Catholic Church and the Protestant Church.

Polyphonic

The musical texture of the Pope Marcellus Mass, in which all lines are equal across voice sections ranging from 3 to 6 voices.

Choral music

Music performed by a vocal ensemble where there is more than one person per part.

Consonat

The sounds of notes together that our ear finds naturally right.

Dissonance

The sound of notes that clash, either harmonically or melodically, and do not seem to belong together; understood in music as a relative concept.

Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina

A prolific Renaissance composer named after his town of origin near Rome, who worked as a musician in churches in and around Rome.

Compositions of Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina

Composed 104 settings of the Mass, more than 270 motets, as well as sacred and secular madrigals.

Legacy of Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina

His music continued to be performed long after his death.

Ordinary of the Mass

The category of the Mass to which the "Gloria" from the Pope Marcellus Mass belongs.

A cappella music

Music performed without instruments, as demonstrated by the Pope Marcellus Mass.

Motet

A sacred choral work used by both the Catholic Church and the Protestant Church.

Polyphonic

The musical texture of the Pope Marcellus Mass, in which all lines are equal across voice sections ranging from 3 to 6 voices.

Choral music

Music performed by a vocal ensemble where there is more than one person per part.

Consonant

The sounds of notes together that our ear finds naturally right.

Dissonance

The sound of notes that clash, either harmonically or melodically, and do not seem to belong together; understood in music as a relative concept.