Worship History Through the Reformation

Musical Developments

100

The musical term for multiple different melodies happening with different rhythms is:

Polyphony

200

Instead of being based on fourths and fifths like in the Middle Ages, Renaissance music was largely based on what type of intervals?

Thirds

300

The first style of polyphony used in the church used a drone underneath the melody. This style of writing is called:

Organum

400

This was a tool used by musicians to learn their scales an solfege, as well as a tool to help memorize melodies:

The Guidonian Hand

People & Events

100

This person kickstarted the Reformation, and wrote the hymn "A Mighty Fortress Is Our God" for congregational singing:

Martin Luther

200

What invention allowed for much quicker spreading of specific musical writings across the world, and Europe specifically?

Printing Press

300

This composer is the earliest well-known female composer, who wrote for female voices, and also wrote books on herbal medicine and history:

Hildegard von Bingen

400

This event was part of the "Counter-Reformation," which led to Catholic church music becoming simpler overall (among other things):

Council of Trent

Catholic vs. Protestant

100

How were Catholic and Protestant music different linguistically?

Catholic - only in Latin

Protestant - in common language (English, German, etc.)

200

How did Catholic and Protestant churches treat singing differently?

Catholics - singing led by priest or trained musicians

Protestant - congregational singing

300

Catholic churches almost exclusively use monophonic and polyphonic music. Protestant churches also used what other musical texture? (and for 50 bonus points, describe how it's different from the others)

Homophonic

400

While in Catholic churches, music is meant to reflect the traditions of the church, Protestant church music is meant to do what two things?

Teach the faith and encourage personal devotion

Genres

100

This genre of church music used all of the Ordinary, just as before (though sometimes without the Credo), and often took 20-25 minutes to perform:

Mass

200

This genre of church music was polyphonic, but did not use the ordinary. It was usually a passage of Scripture or a particular prayer, and lasted a few minutes.

Motet

300

During/After the Protestant Reformation, this style of largely homophonic, congregational vocal music became popular in the Protestant church:

Hymn

400

The practice of setting new texts to old melodies (often done in the Renaissance Era) is called what?

Contrafactum