Composers
Often called the “Beethoven of the Renaissance
Who is Josquin de Prez?
The texture created by two or more independent melodic lines.
What is polyphony?
This word describes music written for religious purposes.
What is sacred?
This vocal performance style uses no instrumental accompaniment.
What is a cappella?
DAILY DOUBLE: This physical practice preserved a boy's high singing voice into adulthood.
What is castration?
This composer spent much of his career during the rise of humanism.
Who is Claudio Monteverdi?
The earliest form of polyphony built upon Gregorian chant.
What is organum?
The sacred language used in most Renaissance church music.
What is Latin?
This compositional technique uses many notes on a single syllable of text.
What is melisma?
DAILY DOUBLE: The city where Monteverdi spent much of his career.
What is Venice?
In Monteverdi's madrigals, words such as "Ahi!" ("Ah!") are emphasized using this musical clash between notes to create emotional tension.
What is dissonance?
This city became the center of the Notre Dame School of composers.
What is Paris?
Sacred choral genre is traditionally based on a Latin text.
What is a motet?
This musical form follows the poetry rather than a repeated musical pattern.
What is through-composed?
Unlike a motet, this type of vocal music was written for entertainment rather than worship.
What is secular music?
Compiled the Magnus Liber Organi (“Great Book of Organum”)
Who is Léonin?
This musical concept became possible when composers began thinking vertically instead of melodically.
What is harmony?
This church institution commissioned and preserved much of the sacred music studied in this unit.
What is the Catholic Church?
He Helped establish opera as a major genre
Who is Monteverdi?
The text of Ave Maria Virgo Serena is addressed to this biblical figure.
Who is the Virgin Mary?
English translation of "Si ch’io vorrei morire"
What is "Truly I want to Die"
Using descending melodic lines or clashing notes to express sadness or pain demonstrates this compositional technique.
What is word painting?
This church in Venice employed Claudio Monteverdi.
What is St. Mark's Basilica?
The famous collection of vocal specialists who preserved soprano voices before puberty.
Who are the Castrati?
One of the first operas written that is still regularly performed today.
What is L'Orfeo?