Church
The language of all sacred music.
What is Latin?
Began to accompany voices more in secular music.
What are instruments?
Voices echoing each other (early form of rounds)
What is imitation?
The meaning of Renaissance
What is rebirth?
One of the earliest forms of music in the church sung by monks
What is Gregorian chant?
Music created for entertainment outside of the church.
What is secular?
Musical texture that came after monophony that consists of two or more voices moving independently.
What is polyphony?
A movement that focused on the individual, human reason, and earthly life.
What is humanism?
All music of the church that was composed with the intent of worship. (Hint: Not secular)
What is sacred?
The language of secular music
What is the Vernacular?
Music that reflects a text's meaning.
What is word painting?
An invention that allowed music books to spread.
What is the Printing Press?
A sacred choral piece, but not a Mass.
What is a motet?
Music central to social life at courts-- included the Pavane and Galliard.
What is dance music?
Singing without instruments
What is a cappella?
poet musicians who wrote songs about love, chivalry, and daily life alongside touveres.
What are Troubadours?
Made up of Kyrie, Gloria, Credo, Sanctus, and Agnus Dei.
What is a Mass?
A secular work, usually written for several voices, often about love, nature, or mythology.
What is a madrigal?
Emerged later in the Renaissance alongside polyphony and features chords moving together
What is homophony?
Composer of the first complete polyphonic Mass Ordinary.
Who was Guillame de Machaut?