Music written for a religious or non-sacred event or purpose
What is secular music (pg. 45)
100
Musical texture in which two or more INSTRUMENTS simultaneously play different versions of the melody
What is heterophony (pg. 46)
100
The most widely used chant in western Europe
What is Gregorian Chant (pg. 52)
100
The most solemn ritual of the Roman Catholic church
What is the Mass
100
without musical accompaniment
What is A Capella (pg. 74)
200
Monophonic liturgical music
What is chant (pg. 45)
200
Used to describe chant text setting having one note per syllable of text
What is syllabic (pg. 53)
200
Music used in both the Mass and the Divine Office
What is chant (pg. 52)
200
Used to describe chant text setting that generally has two to four notes per syllable
What is neumatic (pg. 53)
200
Test to be sung in an opera
What is Libretto (pg. 93)
300
Everyday language of a particular region
What is venacular (pg. 45)
300
Multi-faceted entertainer who, by the 13th century, was typically an instrumentalist usually attached to a court
What is minstrel (pg. 57)
300
Drama, either tragic or comic, in which all dialogue is sung
What is an Opera (pg. 85)
300
Parts of the Mass that change from day to day
What is the Proper (pg. 69)
300
Used to describe the most elaborate form of text setting in which a single syllable may be sustained for many notes
What is mellismatic (pg. 53)
400
Early polyphonic music with a simple secondary part added to a chant melody
What is organum (pg. 46)
400
Unchanging parts of the Mass
What is the Ordinary (pg. 69)
400
Polyphonic setting of a secular poem, composed in the 16th and early 17th centuries
What is a madrigal (pg. 74)
400
Poet-musican who wrote and sang about courtly love
What is a troubadour (pg. 59)
400
Accompanied solo with operatic melody
What is an Aria (pg. 85)
500
Secular French song of the 15th and 16th centuries
What is a chanson (pg. 45)
500
Polyphonic technique in which other parts restate---imitate--- a melodic idea soon after its first presentation
What is imitation (pg. 69)
500
Musical form in which multiple stanzas of text are set to the same melody
What is strophic form (pg. 72)
500
Strategy to highlight meaning in a text with striking musical gestures: a melodic inflection, a bold harmony, or a quick change of rhythmic pace
What is Word Painting (pg. 76)
500
Section of an opera that generally contains dialogue to further the action; features syllabic setting of the text, delivered in a rhythmic approximating speech, often with strings of repeated notes