Medieval
Name two items of the Mass
Introit, Gradual, Alleluia, Sequence, Offertory, Communion,
Kyrie, Gloria, Credo, Sanctus, Agnus Dei, Ite, Missa Est
This technique involves using music to mimic the lyrics, often quite literally.
What is "Word Painting"?
This word is derived from the Portugese word for misshapen pearl, often with the connotation 'bizarre.'
What is "Baroque" (barroco)?
This musical form came to dominate both instrumental and symphonic works.
What is Sonata Form?
This composer got into a street brawl with a bassoonist after having told him he sounded like a "nannygoat."
Who is Johann Sebastian Bach?
This is the difference between a Mass Ordinary and a Mass Proper.
This composer is often referred to as "The Beethoven of the Renaissance."
Who is Josquin de Prez?
This genre was favored heavily by Antonio Vivaldi in his composing for the Ospedale della Pieta.
What is the concerto?
This composer is typically framed as the transitory figure between the Classical and Romantic periods.
Who is Ludwig van Beethoven?
This composer wrote a piece called "Leck Mich im Arsch."
Who is Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart?
This practice involves taking an ordering of pitches and an ordering of rhythms and looping both of them, with a different number of each in the loop, producing a lengthy melodic line out of minimal material.
What is Isorhythm?
This music theorist gave the church modes the names we now call them by, such as "Dorian" and "Mixolydian."
Who is Gioseffo Zarlino?
This composer claimed to have created the "Seconda Prattica."
Who is Claudio Monteverdi?
Concertos began including this kind of instrument as a soloist, and this afforded composers like Mozart and Beethoven the ability to be their own soloist.
What is the piano?
This piece by ___ is scored for 40-part polyphony in 8 choirs of 5 each.
What is "Spem in Alium" by Thomas Tallis?
This is the practice of improvising a secondary line above or below the chant.
What is Organum?
This was the first piece of music in the first printed collection of polyphony, which was published by Ottaviano ___ in the year ___.
What is Josquin's "Ave Maria," published by Ottaviano Petrucci in 1501.
This is the most common form of Baroque aria.
What is the "Da Capo" Aria?
This genre of opera featured both singing and speaking, and was in German.
What is "Singspiel"?
Medieval women were constantly using these to spin thread, and the song "Cuando i oselli Canta" ends with a woman smacking a pervert with one.
What is a distaff?
Describe the different mensural signs and the modern meters that they roughly accord to.
Circle with dot (9/8), Circle with no dot (3/4), Half circle with dot (6/8), Half circle with no dot (2/4)
This practice of improvised vocal accompaniment often resulted in lots of parallel 6/3 chords.
What is Fauxbourdon?
This word was used to describe arias that singers heavily favored and carried around with them to swap into operas if they wanted to.
What is a "Suitcase Aria"?
This son of Johann Sebastian Bach taught Mozart.
Who is Johann Christian Bach?
These two composers were both blinded by the same ophthalmologist who botched their cataract surgery.
Who are Handel and J. S. Bach?