Composers
Compositions
Terms and Definitions
Secular Music of the Middle Ages
Sacred Music of the Middle Ages
100
Wrote Play of Virtues
Who is Hildegard von Bingen?
100
An example of a ballata
What is Behold Spring?
100
The approximate dates for the Middle Ages.
What is 400-1450?
100
Subjects of secular music.
What are love, pain, and heroism?
100
Another name for Gregorian Chant
What is Plainchant?
200
Believed to have written 1/3 of all Italian music form the 14th century.
Who is Francesco Landini?
200
A polyphonic setting of courtly love poetry.
What is I Can All Too Well Compare My Lady?
200
New art that appeared in France in the 14th century.
What is Ars Nova?
200
Secular musicians from Germany who roamed the streets.
Who are minnesingers?
200
Most important sacred structures of the Middle Ages
What are the churches/cathedrals?
300
His music introduced a new freedom of rhythm with gentle syncopations.
Who is Guillaume de Machaut?
300
The drone bass makes it homophonic in texture
What is He Who Gladly Serves?
300
Unknown composer
What is anonymous?
300
The main social activity during the Middle Ages
What is dance?
300
The purpose of Gregorian Chant
What is to clearly project the text of the scared liturgy?
400
Most notable for writing organum.
Who is Perotin?
400
An example of a morality play.
What is Play of Virtues?
400
A musical resting point.
What is a cadence?
400
Most important secular structures of the Middle Ages?
What are universities?
400
Most important church service of the Middle Ages
What is the Mass
500
Hildegard von Bingen, Franscesco Landini, Guillaume de Machaut.
Who are composers of the Middle Ages?
500
Mythological character of I Can All Too Well Compare My Lady.
Who is Pygmalion?
500
Melody repeated with every stanza.
What is strophic form?
500
Served sacred and secular purposes.
What is the function of music during the Middle Ages?
500
The three main classes of melodies in Gregorian Chant.
What are syllabic, neumatic, and melismatic?
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