Eras
Era that spans the 5th - 15th centuries
The Middle Ages
Most important female composer of Gregorian Chant
Hildegard of Bingen
Texture of early Gregorian Chant
Monophony
What classification of music is this example?
Gregorian Chant
Who sang Gregorian Chant?
Nuns and monks (clergy)
Era that oversaw great artistic and academic expansion
The Renaissance
Known as a virtuoso lute player, singer, and composer in England
John Dowland
School in which Leonin and Perotin developed musical notation and polyphony in the Middle Ages
School of Notre Dame
What type of secular Renaissance music is this?
Lute Song
Who funded the great expansion of Renaissance arts and music?
Era in European history that the Renaissance drew inspiration from
Classical Antiquity
Italian composer known for writing polyphonic choral works on behalf of the Catholic Church
Palestrina
The name of a Renaissance sacred work with text that is NOT related to the Mass Ordinary. (Hint: Starts with M!)
Motet
Is this dance in Triple or Duple meter?
Triple Meter
The Renaissance concept of rationally focusing efforts on improving humanity rather than purely focusing on the divine or supernatural
Humanism
The era of Troubadours and Troveres in France
The Middle Ages
Composer that arranged over 300 Renaissance dance tunes in a single book, "Terpsichore"
Michael Praetorius
The name of a secular Renaissance song (Starts with M!)
Madrigal
This song from the Middle Ages is sung in Occitan (an early dialect of French). Therefore, is this a sacred or secular piece of music?
Secular
Who did Thomas Weelkes dedicate his madrigal, "As Vesta Was Descending" to?
Queen Elizabeth I of England
Era in which the Council of Trent decided that polyphony was appropriate in a Mass setting
The Renaissance
Poet and composer during the Ars Nova movement in France. (Wrote both sacred and secular music)
Guillaume de Machaut
New technique used in ars nova music where the beat is displaced
Syncopation
What texture is this music?
Polyphony
Give one historical occurrence in the Late Middle Ages
100 Years War, Peasant Revolt, The Plague, Scandal in the Church...