Chapters 1&2 Review
What term do we use to describe the place where music is performed?
What is a venue?
What is the type of song sung in the local language at Christmas, Easter, or military events?
What is a carol?
This term refers to the "rebirth" of this time period. Intellects of this time reflect on the works and writings of ancient Greek and Roman philosophers.
What aesthetic theory believed that different musical moods could and should be used to influence the emotions, or affections, of the listener?
What is the Doctrine of Affections?
What is the highest female vocal part?
What is a soprano?
What term do we use to describe the text set to music?
What are lyrics?
What do you call it when you sing many notes on one syllable?
What is melismatic singing?
Which Renaissance dance is in a fast, leaping triple meter? (Hint: Queen Elizabeth did this every morning for aerobics)
What is Galliard?
This Italian word means "to return" or "to refrain" and is a major theme in Baroque music.
What is ritornello?
What is the lowest male vocal part?
What is a bass?
What term do we use to describe someone's personal taste in music or what sounds good or bad to each individual?
What is a musical template?
Who was one of the first directors at the Notre Dame of Paris? He composed Viderunt omnes- one of the first organums to use the tenor vocal line to sing the Gregorian chant.
Who was Perotinus the Great?
After Martin Luther wrote his 95 complaints to the Roman Catholic Church, this movement took place that encouraged reform in the Roman Catholic Church and led to a conservative approach to art and music.
What is the Counter-Reformation?
This term refers to the emotionally charged speech often sung in an opera, oratorio, or cantata. It often advances the plot.
What is recitative?
What is the job title of the person that acts as the musical "traffic cop" to direct choirs/ orchestras?
What is a conductor?
What term do we use to describe the sounds that support, compliment, and enrich the melody?
What is harmony?
Who were the French poet-musicians that traveled around Europe singing about love and devotion while informing their audience of current gossip?
Who are Troubadours and Trouvères?
This composer worked in the Sistine Chapel, was known for his fiery temper, and wrote numerous motets- often meant to be sung a capella.
Who is Josquin Desprez?
In Vivaldi's "Spring," he often applied this technique to add abrupt volume contrasts and to enhance the meaning of his program music.
What is terraced dynamics?
What is it called when everyone is singing the same pitches? (clue: think "Happy Birthday")
What is unison?
What term do we use to describe the unpleasant mingling of sounds that sound unstable?
What is dissonance?
Who was the abbess who proclaimed to get visions from God and would go on to write over 70 Gregorian chants?
Who is Hildegard of Bingen?
This genre of music was composed of four to five voices, was usually about love, and best exemplified the humanist requirement that music express the meaning of the text. Within a hundred years, over 40,000 pieces had been printed to satisfy popular demand.
What is a madrigal?
This term in Latin means "flight" and is a polyphonic work with three or more voices. It includes a subject, an exposition, and several episodes. Bach was a master of this genre!
What is Fugue?
Which musical texture has multiple independent parts?
What is polyphony?