Ancient Greece
Greek philosopher and mathematician who is credited with the discovery of pitch. Thank the blacksmith!
Who is Pythagoras?
Traveling poets/musicians who sang at court and sure sang a lot about love
Melody with accompaniment (usually chords)
What is homophony?
A musical form that repeats the melody in more than one staggered part. No, it is not a weapon.
What is a canon?
German theologian who played the flute and believed that everyone should be included in worship and made religious texts more accessible for the common people. Nailed it!
Who is Martin Luther?
One of the early developers of music education and the author of the "Republic". Believed that music deals in concepts such as emotion and morals.
Who is Plato?
One of the first important women composers and a contributor to Gregorian chant; wrote 77 chants with music that involves more leaps and a drone
Composed by Carl Orff in 1937 and is very cliché for action scenes in movie trailers despite depicting folk songs from the 14th century
What is Carmina Burana?
Renaissance composer who composed El Grillo and was one of the first composers to print his music via Gutenburg's printing press
Who is Josquin des Prez?
French theologian who developed the Christian theology known as Calvinism and thought "fancy" music was "a deadly and devilish poison". No homophony!
Who is John Calvin?
A doctrine often traced to Pythagoras and fusing together mathematics, music, and astronomy. In essence, the heavenly bodies, being large objects in motion, must produce music.
What is Harmony of the Spheres?
The very first "Christmas song" that started as a plainchant but was developed in polyphony by Leonin and Perotin
What is Viderunt Omnes?
Renaissance composer who disproved the Harmony of the Spheres and proclaimed nothing written before 1430's was worth hearing (liked those newfangled jams)
Johannes Tinctoris
Renaissance wind instrument, with a double reed enclosed in a cap so the player's lips do not touch the reed
What is crumhorn?
16th-century collection of popular dances published by Tielman Susato; the first big INSTRUMENTS ONLY work!
What is Danserye?
Ancient Greek reed instrument, usually played in pairs (Plato hated this! Bad instrument!)
What is the aulos?
First known composer to write music with more than two voices (3 and 4 part organum!) and was Leonin's protegee; composed the best version of Viderunt Omnes
Who is Perotin?
The most important composer of the 14th century, who worked in Paris and composed over 140 works
Who is Guillaume de Machaut?
A plucked stringed instrument with a long neck bearing frets. When you think of the Renaissance, you think of this instrument
What is lute?
The church mode that is the same as a major scale (C major)
Believed that music should be understood by ear and by melodies, not by math
The first composer of polyphonic music and author of "The Great Book"
Who is Leonin?
Establishes a system where notes get a certain rhythmic value and crafted Ars Nova (1322)
Who is Phillipe de Vitry?
Pitch orders that date back to ancient Greece, adopted by the Roman Catholic church in the 6th century
What are church modes?
The church mode that is the same as a minor scale (A minor)
What is aeolian?