Secular Music
notably different from sacred music, secular music uses instruments and has a ...
beat or rhythm/meter
Define Gregorian Chant and identify who it is named after
the official music of the Roman Catholic Church in the Middle Ages - Pope Gregory I
There were 3 social classes in the Middle Ages, what were they?
Gregorian chants texture is described as...
monophonic.
Parallel motion
Secular music was used for many things, name 1.
Dancing, Festivals, Drinking Songs, "spinning", delivering news, and story telling
What is significant about Gregorian chant in the context of music history?
first form of music notation.
Nobleman who travelled the countryside performing music were known as...
Troubadours or Trouveres
in approx 700, an additional voice was added to Gregorian chant that moved parallel with it - that was known as...
Organum
When two voices move in different directions
Contrary Motion
While sacred music was about religion and based on sacred texts, secular music often was about... [pick one, many possible answers!]
Love, adventure, stories, poetry, life, etc.
There are 7 church modes, what are they...
Ionian, Dorian, Phrygian, Lydian, Mixolydian, Aeolian, and Locrian
Who was allowed to sing in church during the Middle Ages?
With the addition of a second voice, the Gregorian chant voice in organum became known as this term...
Cantus Firmus
When one voice doesn't move at all it is called a...
Drone
Lower class, usually poor, musicians who travelled to towns and courts to perform music were known as...
Minstrels or Jongliers
What are the 6 characteristics of Gregorian chant
monophonic, latin, meditative, church modes, non-metric, and narrow pitch ranges
What are 2 major events impacted Europe in the 14th Century?
100 year war and the Black Plague
The composers associated with the Notre Dame Cathedral known for their use of measured rhythm in written notation.
Leonin and Perotin
Organum where voices move with the same rhythm is described as what sort of texture?
Homophonic
The musical form often used in Secular music where the music repeats but the words are changed.
Strophic Form
This composer is noted for being the first female composer in history and also prolifically composed Gregorian chant.
Hildegard of Bingen
The term that describes Italian and French music from the 14th century that focuses more on graph realism rather than Religious repercussions
Ars Nova
Composed by Guillame de Machaut, this mass is the first example of polyphonic sacred music.
Notre Dame Mass
When organum moves with different rhythms in each voices or they are each playing a unique line, it is known as what type of texture
Polyphony