Music History Review

Ancient-Medieval

100

1. Person that Gregorian Chant was named for

1. Pope Gregory

200

Person responsible for assigning Greek mode names to Church modes.

Famous Medieval female composer who composed (among other things) liturgical dramas

Boethius

Hildegard von Bingen

300

1.Person generally credited with discovering that the octave, fifth and fourth (consonances) are related to numbers-simplest ratios.

2. Type of chant where there are long melodic passages on one syllable

1. Pythagoras

2. Melismatic

400

1. Ancient Greek idea of one's ethical character or way of being/behaving. They thought music could affect this.

2. Name for earliest type of polyphony

1. Ethos

2. Organum

500

1. Name for early (medieval) music notation-- served as reminders for correct melody and shape—didn’t help someone who didn’t already know the melody.

2. Person who is credited with coming up with what we now call solfege (do re mi fa....)

1. Neumes

2. Guido D'Arezzo

Renaissance

100

Most popular texture of the Renaissance Era

Word for when a musician was supported financially by a wealthy individual

polyphony

Patronage

200

Secular polyphonic a cappella form that became popular in this era

Sacred polyphonic a cappella form that became popular in this era

Madrigal

Motet

300

Type of polyphony when voices imitate each other at different times

Imitative Counterpoint

400

Name for when musical elements reflect what is happening in the text

Composer of the Pope Marcellus Mass, that "saved polyphony" after the Council of Trent

Text Painting

Palestrina

500

Crossover Renaissance/Baroque composer who is responsible for some of the oldest compositions for Brass instruments we have today

Gabrielli

Baroque

100

1. Similar to an opera, but unstaged and usually sacred in topic

2. Similar to form above, but on a smaller scale

1. Oratorio

2. Cantata

200

definition of Baroque

meant abnormal, bizarre, exaggerated or in bad taste

300

1. In operas, the more speech like singing that often presents plot material

2. In operas, the type of work that expresses emotion, usually a “show off” vehicle for the singer

1. Recitative

2. Aria

400

Form written for a small group of soloists playing with an orchestra

A piece that sounds complete in itself but is part of a larger composition

Concerto Grosso

movement

500

1. Name for when composers wrote out a bass line and left it to performers to fill in the appropriate chords (often on harpsichord or lute)

2. Number system used to tell the performer what chords to play in the above system

1. Basso Continuo

2. Figured Bass

Classical

100

Primary texture of the Classical era

homophonic

200

Second "large section" of sonata form

Development

300

City where Mozart was born

Salzburg

400

Family that Haydn worked for for 30 years

Esterhazy family

500

Dates for Classical Era

1750-1820

Listening

100

1. name era and genre

2. Name Era, Genre and Composer

1. Mass for Christmas Day- Medieval, Gregorian Chant

2. Hallelujah Chorus, Baroque, Oratorio, Handel

200

1. Name Era and Composer

2. Name Era

1. Winter, Baroque, Vivaldi

2. Sing Joyfully- Renaissance

300

1. Name Composer and Genre

2. Name Era and Genre

1. Bach Fugue

2. Baroque Opera

400

1. Name era and texture

2. Name era and Composer

1. Renaissance/ Polyphonic

2. Renaissance/Palestrina

500

1. Name Era, Composer, and Genre

2. Name Era, Composer, and Genre

1.  Baroque, Haydn, Symphony

2. Baroque, Bach, Concerto