instruments
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composers
100
ancestor to the oboe; used to create dance music
What is the shawm
100
many notes per syllable of text
What is melisma/melismatic
100
ancient Greece social gathering of adult males for conversation and entertainment
What is symposium
100
canon where 2 voices sing the same music at different speeds
What is mensuration canon
100
name the first 3 composers
Pythagoras, Gregory, Guido
200
slide trumpet; ancestor of the trombone
What is sackbut
200
set of madrigals to honor Queen Elizabeth I
What is Triumphes of Oriana
200
4 scientific disciplines of the liberal arts -includes arithmetic, geometry, astronomy, and music
What is quadrivium
200
art song from the 1600's; solo singer accompanied by string instrument
What is lute ayre
200
name the last 3 composers in the list
Victoria, Gesualdo, Dowland
300
6 stringed bowed instrument played on legs like a cello
What is viol
300
through composed setting of Italian poetry
What is 16th century madrigal
300
chants of the Mass that can be sung most every day of the year
What is the Ordinary
300
slow, stately dance with the dancers feet close to the ground
What is basse danse
300
name composers 1-8
What is Pythagoras, Gregory, Guido, Leoninus, Perotinus, Machaut, Petrarch, Landini
400
keyboard instrument with strings parallel to the keys; small, ideal for women
What is a virginal
400
motet that includes a repeated rhythmic pattern-usually in the tenor
What is isorhythmic motet
400
refrain of an English carol
What is burden
400
name the 4 parts of the quadrivium
arithmetic, geometry, music, astronomy
400
name composers 1-12
Pythagoras, Gregory, Leoninus, Perotinus, Machaut, Petrarch, Landini, Cordier, Dunstaple, Dufay, Jospuin, Luther
500
wooden instrument played with a mouthpiece, pitch changes using fingerholes; sounds like a soft trumpet
What is cornett
500
addition of music/text to a preexisting chant
What is trope
500
piece of music notated in tablature for specific solo instruments
What is intabulation
500
council of bishops and cardinals who began the Counter-Reformation; almost didn't allow music in church AT ALL
Council of Trent
500
name all the composers in order
Pythagoras, Gregory, Guido, Leoninus, Perotinus, Machaut, Petrarch, Landini, Cordier, Dunstaple, Dufay, Jospuin, Luther, Claudin, Calvin, Palestrina, Lassus, Byrd, Victoria, Gesualdo, Dowland (and that's it)
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