Meet the Composers
A teacher, designed the "Guidonian Hand"
Guido d'Arezzo
If you had a lot of children, respectful to send one of them here
Convent
Earliest music that we have notation for
Gregorian Chant
The dates of the Renaissance
1400-1600
Your fav student teacher
Ms. Lafferty
Successful Lute Player in
John Dowland
dove whispered to this Pope about what songs were important
Pope Gregory
Music that doesn't have any accompaniment, only voices
A cappella
Ars Nova
Idea in Renaissance, more refined and complex, developments in rhythm, meter, harmony, moving to humanistic ideals
A composer for the courts
Troubadour
First composer to self-consciously collect his works, wanted a legacy
Guillaume Machaut
Each syllable has its own note
Syllabic
Two or more distinct melodies happening at the same time
Polyphony
Committee met to change music in the church. Disagreed with direction music was going
Council of Trent
Sounds designed to inspire the faithful to worship
Sacred
Wrote many compositions with help of printing press, some people made money off of his name with their own compositions
Josquin des prez
A single melody without harmony
Monophony
A composer for the courts
Troubadour
These were sung around tables at parties, sparked social music making
Madrigals
Someone who played for the Courts, middle class
Minstrel
Brought women and made her own convent, wanted to be her own boss
Hildegard von Bingen
An instrument that you crank and it turns the wheel
Hurdy Gurdy
main instrument that accompanies the voice in solo singing
Lute
Top hit in England towards the end of the Renaissance
Flow My Tears
Difference between the mass ordinary and mass proper
Mass ordinary: texts remains same
Mass Proper: texts that change