Composers
This composer is best described as a composer of Ars Nova.
who is Machaut?
Musical texture made up of two or more melodic lines heard at the same time
What is polyphony
refers to loud instruments (literally "high" but referring to volume, not to pitch) which were suitable for outdoors. This type of instrument included the shawm, sackbut, pipe and tabor.
What is haut instrument?
Music drama that is generally sung throughout, combining the resources of vocal and instrumental music with poetry and drama, acting and dancing, scenery and costumes.
What is opera?
This librettist contributed to most of Mozarts operas.
Who is Lorenzo da ponte?
This important composer composed cantatas and oratorios for the church and was very devout in his Lutheran faith.
Who is Bach?
This genre is described as
monophonic texture/modal melodies/narrow melodic range/ unmeasured rhythm
What is Gregorian chant?
Renaissance secular work (originating in Italy) for voices, with or without instruments , set to a short lyric love poem
more serious in content. could be political.
What is a madrigal?
A reoccurring musical passage that acts as a refrain.
What is ritornello form?
An important Baroque orchestral suite composed by Handel.
What is Watermusic?
This composer from the Middle Ages stood out as a strong female composer who often has mystical visions.
what is Hildegard von Bingen?
The earliest form of polyphonic music
*new melodic lines were added to an existing chant (cantus firmus)
*most intervals were P4, P5, and P8.
What is organum?
texture in which all voices or lines move together in the same rhythm
what is homorhythm?
A group of humanists, musicians, poets and intellectuals in the late Renaissance who held meetings to discuss the arts. They wanted to recreate the Greek dramatic style. Using “the new style” (monody- a single vocal line sung over simple chords) they created the musical drama we now know as opera.
What is the Florentine camerata?
A contrapuntal composition in which a subject prevails.
What is a fugue
Opera was central to his career - he composed opera seria, opera buffa, singspiel.
What is Mozart?
Refers to the style forged by composers in the 12th and 13th centuries.
*Two of the leading composers were Léonin and Pérotin.
What is the Notre Dame School
Sections of the Roman Catholic Mass that remain the same throughout the throughout the church year
solo vocal declamation that follows the infections of the text, often resulting in a disjunct vocal style; found in opera, cantata, and oratorio. Can be secco or accompagnato.
what is recitative?
This middle section of sonata form.
what is the development?
Who is Beethoven?
Medieval poet-musicians in southern France
What is Troubadours?
The Roman Catholic church response to the complaints of Reformation involving modification in service structure and music/worship.
What is ritornello form.
A virtuosic solo passage in the manner of improvisation that comes toward the end of a movement. (piano concerto)
what is a cadenza?