Terminology
A traveling performer from the south of France during the middle ages.
Troubadour
A traveling performer from the north of France during the middle ages.
Trouvere
Gregorian Chant is named after this person.
Pope Gregory I
This movement of mass comes first and is a praise chant. Often very melismatic in nature.
Kyrie
The meaning of Renaissance.
Rebirth, Reborn
A famous wooden string instrument during the Middle Ages and Renaissance.
The Lute
This woman of the Middle Ages is known for creating her own convent where women were free to worship, compose, and perform.
Hildegard von Bingen
This movement is in the middle of mass and is a prayer/ profession of faith. Often very syllabic in nature.
Credo
This writing technique would often create imagery through how the text and musical lines of a piece interact.
Word Painting
An Italian love song, famous during the Renaissance, and sung a cappella.
Madrigal
This Ars Nova era French composer is famous for his masses. Additionally, he was the first to publish a mass written entirely by one composer.
Machaut
This movement acts a hymn of praise, marking the start of the final protion of mass. Has a mixture of melismatic and syllabic material.
Sanctus
The medieval version of a scale. The type and name changes depedning on what note comes first.
Church Modes
This group of composers, based in Venice during the late Renaissance, focused primarily on new compositional techniques and the rise of instrumental music.
The Venetian School
A celebrated Italian Renaissance composer, known for his expansive repertoire, most famously his Pope Marcellus Mass.
Palestrina
The final musical movement of mass. Sung during the breaking of bread. Contains both melismatic and syllabic material.
Agnus Dei
This societal movement is the primary catalyst for the Renaissance.
Humanism
This term refers to the original chant melody used in the tenor line of later versions of organum.
Cantus Firmus
The leading and most famous composer of the Venetian School. Known for "creating" the genre of instrumental music through his organ compositions.
Gabrieli
The second musical movement of mass. A hymn of praise and often the most "musically complex" movement.
Gloria