Plainchant
Secular Music
Opera
Notation
Dance through the ages
100

This Pope is responsible for the standardization of chant melodies across the Roman Empire.

Who is Pope Gregory?

100
A genre of German song that makes use of solo voice with piano accompaniment.

What is Lied?

100

This composer who lived from 1567-1643 wrote the first largely successful opera, L'Orfeo.

Who is Claudio Monteverdi?

100

This type of plainchant led directly to the creation of western notation.

What is Gregorian chant?

100

This 1970s genre of dance music was initially popular with the LGBTQ+ community in clubs.

What is disco?

200

This Plainchant performance technique sees the choir splitting in half and taking turns singing the chant.

What is antiphonal?

200

This technique is used in Madrigals to have the music represent what the lyrics are saying.

What is word painting?

200

The first earliest opera, written by Jacopo Peri and Giulio Caccini in 1600, with a fully surviving score.

What is L'Euridice?

200

These early symbols only indicated intonation of voice when singing.

What are neumes?

200

Music that sounds like a popular dance style, but is not meant for dancing.

What is stylized dance?

300

This chant is represented by the fourth word in the phrase "Karen's got crazy southern aunts"

What is Sanctus

300

This lute composer from the mid 1500s to early 1600s is known for his song Lachrimae, which he made several arrangements of.

Who is John Dowland?

300

This technique is used for the accompaniment in a recitative style opera song.

What is Basso Continuo?

300

Franconian notation was the first system to use these to show the duration of a note.

What are note shapes?
300

This slow dance in triple meter gained popularity in France through the 1600s and 1700s.

What is the minuet?

400

This style of writing has several notes sung over one syllable.

What is melismatic?

400

This composer of Madrigals from the 1500s made a lot of money through the publication of his works.

Who is Jaques Arcadelt?

400

This instrument, commonly used in opera, is like a lute with bass strings.

What is the theorbo?

400

These early time signatures expressed meter and beat subdivision in either 2 or 3.

What are mensuration symbols?

400
This type of medieval era dance in triple meter uses phrases, on puncta, that repeat with a different ending.


What is the estampie?

500

This French composer from the 1300s wrote the first known mass cycle.

Who is Guillaume de Machaut?

500

This type of music relinquishes control from the composer, allowing for improvisation or interference from the environment.

What is aleatoric music?

500

This group, including Perri and Caccini, was responsible for putting on the first opera.

What is the Florentine Camerata?

500

This Chinese instrument uses written language describing what should be played in its notation.

What is the guqin?

500

This Brazilian dance style also doubles as a martial art.

What is capoeira?