Musical Eras
Ambrosian chant, Beneventan chant, Gallican chant, and Celtic chant are part of this period
Medieval Period
Monophonic liturgical music used in the Roman Catholic liturgy during the Medieval and Renaissance periods
Gregorian Chant
What years did the Medieval Period span?
500-1400
Example 1 - which period?
Medieval - Introitus: Gaudeamus... Mariae... solemnitate... by Anonymous
Renaissance translates to what word?
Rebirth
Vivaldi, Bach, and Monteverdi are from this period
Baroque period
What type of musical notation was extensively used in the Medieval Period?
Neumes
What years did the Renaissance Period span?
1400-1600
Example 2 - which period is?
Baroque - Toccata and Fugue in D minor by Bach
The first composer to write a full mass?
Guillaume de Machaut
Shift towards polyphony, with composers exploring complex harmonic structures and intricate contrapuntal techniques happened in this period
Renaissance
What is the name for a complex composition for FOUR or more musical lines where each melody is similar but one doesn't begin until after the one before it. Similar to a "round".
Fugue
What years did the Baroque Period span?
1600-1750
Example 3 - which period?
Renaissance - El Grillo by Joasquin de Prez
Artusi and Monteverdi had a kerfuffle due to their differing views on compositional style. What were the names of the two opposing approaches that each one defended?
Prima Pratica vs Seconda Pratica
Secular vocal groups like the troubadour and trouvere songs were also prevalent in this period
Medieval
What is the term for a Baroque instrumental composition characterized by a fast-slow-fast structure, which later became a symphony?
Italian Overture
The years that J.S. Bach lived.
1685-1750
Example 4 - which period?
Baroque - March for the Turkish Ceremony by Jean Baptiste Lully
Léonin and Pérotin were part of which School?
Notre Dame School
The development of the printing press helped composers from this period.
Renaissance
Anonymous compilation of poetry and music that were a satire on abuses in the medieval church
Roman de Fauvel
How long did Handel take to compose "Messiah"?
24 days
Example 5 - which period?
Medieval - Franconian and Perotian motet
What was the term for the musical harmonization technique employed by composers of the Burgundian School, involving the cantus firmus accompanied by additional parts in specific intervals?
Fauxbourdon technique