Medieval
Basic scales made of different whole & half-step patterns
What are church modes?
A song, usually with sacred text
What is a Motet?
An organ piece based on a chorale (hymn) tune
A nun who wrote chant for her convent
Who is Hildegard of Bingen?
A musical drama with orchestra
A short, mostly stepwise, monophonic song used in the early mass
What is plainsong or chant?
A song, usually with secular text
What is a madrigal?
A piece for virtuoso solo and orchestra
What is an Concerto?
He wrote Dido and Aeneas
Who is Henry Purcell?
An opera without the drama, costumes or staging
What is an Oratorio?
A heterophonic chant using 5ths and octaves
Development of polyphony with modal harmony of the late medieval period
What is Ars Antiqua?
What is a Ritornello?
Who is Antonio Vivaldi?
A rhythmic narrative in an opera with occasional singing
A Medieval dance
What is an Estampie
A repeated bass line played over and over as the foundation of a song
What is an ostinato?
He wrote Orfeo
Who is Claudio Monteverdi?
An instrumental piece is several varying sections
What is a Suite?
What is Ars Nova?
Verse and Chorus (AB)
What is strophic?
He wrote Notre Dame Mass
Who is Guillaume de Machaut?
A structured, imitative, compositional procedure popular in the Baroque period