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Cards Term Gregorian chant Definition large body of unaccompanied vocal music, setting sacred lain texts, written for the Western Church over the course of 15 centuries Term ordinary of the mass Definition chants with unvarying texts that were sung virtually every day Term proper of the mass Definition texts changed to suit the feast day in question Term office Definition religious rite? Term syllabic singing Definition only 1 or 2 notes for each syllable of text Term melismatic singing Definition many notes for 1 syllable Term organum Definition early church polyphony, new lines atop old chants as base Term trouvere Definition northern France troubadours Term humanism Definition people have the capacity to shape their world, to create many things good and beautiful, that they are something more than a mere conduit for gifts descending from heaven. Term Motet Definition composition for a choir, setting a lain text on a scared subject, and intended to be sung in a church or chapel, or at home in private devotion Term point of imitation Definition distinctive motive that is sung or played in turn by each voice or instrumental line Term word painting Definition process of depicting the text in music, be it subtly, overtly, or even jokingly, by means of expressive musical devices Term a cappella Definition unaccompanied vocal music, originated in the expression a cappella sistina, in the Sistine chapel of the pope, where instruments were forbidden to accompany singers Term madrigal Definition popular genre of secular vocal music that originated in Italy during the renaissance, in which usually four or five voices sing love poems Term madrigalism Definition device, originating in the madrigal, by w which key words in a text spark a particularly expressive musical setting Term basso continuo Definition small ensemble of at least two instrumentalists who provide a foundation for the melody or melodies above, heard almost exclusively in baroque music Term concerto grosso Definition 3 movement concerto of the baroque era that pits sound of a small group of soloists again that of the full orchestra Term tutti Definition full orchestra in concerto grosso Term concertino Definition group of instruments that function as soloists in a concerto grosso Term ritornello Definition Italian word for return or refrain a short musical passage in a baroque concerto grosso invariably played by the tutti Term representative style Definition no style just singing your heart out and showing off in opera Term sequence Definition Gregorian chant, sung during the proper of the mass, in which a chorus and a soloist alternate Term fugue Definition composition of 3, 4, 5 parts played or sung by voices or instruments, which begins with a presentation of a subject in imitation in each part and continues with modulating passages of free counterpoint and further appearances of the subject Term subject Definition principle theme in a fugue Term exposition Definition in a fugue, opening section in which each voice in turn has the opportunity to present the subject, in sonata allegro form, the principal section , in which all thematic material is presented Term episode Definition passage of free, non imitative counterpoint found in a fugue Term chorale Definition German word for the hymn of the Lutheran church, hence a simple religious melody to be sung by the congregation Term cantata Definition “something sung” in its mature state it consists of several movements including one o more arias, ariosos, and recitatives, cantatas can be on secular subjects, but those of JS Bach are primarily sacred in content Term opus Definition term adopted by composers to enumerate and identify their compositions Term movement Definition large, independent section of a major instrumental work, such as sonata, dance suite, symphony, quartet, or concerto