Forms and Structures
Composers and History
Compositional Techniques
Period Characteristics
100
Structure in music is:
How a piece is organised into sections
100
Who is this?
Hildegard von Bingen
100
Playing the same thing at the same time
Unison
100
The main topic of music from the Middle Ages and Renaissance
God/religion
200
The name given to an ABA structure
Ternary
200
The Renaissance Period was between____ and ____
1450 - 1600
200
Multiple tones per syllable of lyrics
Melisma
200
Middle Ages precursors to major and minor scales
Modes
300
A religious vocal piece with multiple voices
Motet
300
The Middle Ages was between ____ and ____.
450 - 1450
300
The same melodic material alternated between instruments
imitation
300
Two chord patterns that end a piece or a section of a piece
cadence
400
A form of melismatic church music from the Middle Ages
Gregorian Chant
400
Hildegard von Bingen was:
A benedictine abess (nun) who composed Gregorian Chants during the Middle Ages.
400
The same melodic material imitated in staggered entry
canon
400
Relating to sacred texts
liturgical
500
A piece with no discernable sections
Through composed
500
Pronounce Josquin Des Prez correctly
Yoscaan de pray
500
Melodic material that repeats up a tone
ascending sequence
500
Name the seven modes
Ionian
Dorian
Phrygian
Lydian
Mixolydian
Aeolian
Locrian