MU130 - Quiz 5 Flashcards

Jivari - From Hindi jiva (life), aesthetic of buzzing frown in the design of many Indian chordophones

Diple - Bagpipe from the central Balkans

Sutartinės - Lithuanian multipart music

Heterophony - musical line accompanied by similar-sounding elaboration(s)

Musica Enchiriadis: Music Handbook, the earliest treatise on polyphony (anonymous, late 9th century)

Léonin - First known significant composer of Western polyphonic music (late 12th century)

Organum - Earliest form of Western polyphony, built around a chant (France, 9th century)

Homophony - musical lines of different pitches using the same (or similar) rhythm

Polyphony - two or more independent musical lines

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - One of the most important composers during the Classical period (lived 1756 - 1791)