Church Modes
A minor mode that starts on the second scale degree of our major scale. "Don't" you know?
What is dorian?
Two french renaissance dances often paired together. One is stately, the other is fast.
What are the pavane and galliard?
A Renaissance composer of masses.
Who was Palestrina?
An emotive piece sung in the vernacular.
What is a madrigal?
The language sacred music was sung in during the Renaissance.
What is Latin?
A Major mode with a lowered 7th scale degree. Mix it up!
What is mixolydian?
Two Italian renaissance dances often paired together. Both are fast.
What are the passamezzo and saltarello?
A Renaissance composer of Italian Madrigals. He wrote some "killer" stuff.
What was Gesualdo?
A sacred piece sung in Latin.
What is a motet?
A French renaissance dance in binary form.
What is a basse danse?
You don't play like your aunt who?
Who is Lola?
A "leaping" Italian dance from the Renaissance.
A French composer of motets.
Who was Josquin des Prez?
A man that sings a secular french song.
What is a chanteur?
A keyboard instrument with two sets of bellows.
What is a Regal?
A Major mode that is essentially our basic Major scale.
What is Ionian?
A sprightly dance in compound meter.
What is a courante?
The part of the music that was put to the forefront when Palestrina made it the most important, thus saving polyphony.
What is the text?
What is a motet?
The third church mode.
What is phrygian?
What is Aeolian?
The form of a pavane or galliard.
What is AABBCC?
When composing this work of music, composers already had the text written for them.
What is the mass?
A sacred choral work that can be performed a capella or accompanied by instruments.
During the Renaissance, this became more restrictive... especially toward dissonances.
What is counterpoint?