Musical Terms
A name for religious music.
What is sacred?
Has a famous chant named after him.
Who is Pope Gregory?
What type of church ruled in Medieval Europe?
What is Roman Catholic?
Where Noble people lived.
What is a Castle?
Sacred text and music used for worship.
What is Liturgy?
A name for non-religious music.
What is secular music?
Poet-musicians wrote epic poems and composed songs about the Crusades and courtly love (from the Southern region of France).
Who are troubadours?
Plain song is used in church and sung in what language?
What is Latin?
This hit Europe during the Middle Ages, causing millions to suffer from sickness and die.
What is the bubonic plague?
Mass consisted of readings of Scripture, prayers, sung chants in two types:
A name for music containing only one line of music.
What is monophonic?
Well known female composer, poet, artist, and abbess.
Who is Hildegard von Bingen?
Although frowned upon by the church, this type of music was composed during this time period.
What is secular music?
Medieval tradition of love between a knight and a noblewoman
Dashes, dots, curved, hook-like figures used to represent notes
A word that describes music that contains multiple lines of melody.
What is polyphonic?
His love songs are known as chansons
Who is Guillaume de Machaut?
This type of song was used in the church. It had no rhythmic structure or meter.
What is chant or plain song?
These buildings became the new centers for polyphony.
What are Cathedrals?
The idea that stars and planets move in musical harmony, emitting inaudible humming that expresses simple mathematical ratios (Ancient Greeks)
What is the music of the spheres?
Series of notes or chords that denote a pause or full stop in music
What is a cadence?
A composer who popularized organum (church polyphony of Paris in the late 12th and 13th centuries).
Who is Leonin?
In the Roman Catholic Church, chant was sung in two types of rituals:
What is Divine Office and Mass?
Secular music was written for this reason. (3 possible answers, name 2)
What is a Court Occasion, Secular Love Song, or Dances?
Type of polyphonic vocal composition in 13th century France