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Poet composers of court songs in North France
What are trouveres
100
Composed plainchant melodies in her own highly individual style to go with poems she wrote for special services
Who is Hildegard of Bingen
100
Scale, if playing on all white keys, begins and ends on E
What is Phrygian
100
A style of plainchant, simple, with few melismas.
What is antiphon
100
Singing many pitches on one syllable.
What is melisma
200
"New art" - after 1300
What is ars nova
200
Assembled and standardized all of the basic chants required for church services of the time
Who is Pope Gregory I
200
Scale, if playing on all white keys, begins and ends on G
What is Mixolydian
200
Poet-composer of court songs in Germany
What is minnesinger
200
"Old art" - before 1300
What is are antiqua
300
Successive lengthy passages in identical rhythms but with distinct melodies
What is isorhythm
300
These men composed organum at the Notre Dame Cathedral
Who are Perotin and Leonin
300
Scale, if playing on all white keys, begins and ends on D
What is Dorian
300
A two note chord played as an "accompaniment" to chants
What is drone
300
Poet-composer in South France
What is Troubadour
400
Alternation of very short melodic phrases, or single notes between two or more voices
What is hocket
400
One of the finest troubadour poets. Some troubadour and trouvere songs were derived from his pieces.
Who is Bernart de Ventadorn
400
Considered our "minor" mode.
What is Aeolian
400
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What is strophic form
400
Unassuming one-line pieces in which the same or similar musical phrases are repeated many times in varied forms
What is estampie
500
Dorian Phrygian Lydian Mixolydian
What are the Medieval Modes
500
Composer who was serving the courts of France and Luxembourg. He was considered to be one of the greatest French poets of his time.
Who is Guillaume de Machaut
500
Scale, if playing on all white keys, begins and ends on F
What is Lydian
500
Piece of sacred music that is always liturgical. A voice is added above or below the chant, using the same words
What is organum
500
Seduction dialogue between a knight o horseback and a country maid
What is pastourelle