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Music History Unit 2
Study guide for music history 1 unit 2 chap.7-11
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Undergraduate 3
11/08/2010

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Humanism
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achievement of personal fulfillment
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Empricism
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Theory of knowledge
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Panconsonance
Definition
English concentration on the imperfect consonances and avoidance of dissonance
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Burgundy
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Northern France. Guillaume DuFay.
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Ars Perfecta
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Perfect art. Josquin des Prez
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motto
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head motive. to begin all the movements of the mass w/ the same opening idea. (DuFay)
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Cantus Firmus Mass
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a purely man-made order. (DuFay)
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Fuga
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contrapuntual imitation
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familiar style
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phrases set homorhythmically
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musica reservata
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sensitivity to the relation between words and music
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sogetto cavato
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subject carved out. could produce musical readings of any words by matching the vowels w/ those of the hexachord syllables
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Renaissance sound ideal
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4, 5, to 6 voices and accapella
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sprezzatura
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nonchalance. Baldassare Castiglione.
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Leise
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soft, gentle
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Mimesis
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imitation of life
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mannerism
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period of European art
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vers mesuree
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somewhat artificial plan that can sometimes produce a stilted result quite unlike the natural french language.
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tablature
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a special notation which was developed, particularly for lute and vihuela players
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chest
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a set of matched instruments usually constructed in SATB voice ranges. -(family)
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Consort
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a performance group of similar instruments
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Deutsche Messe
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german Mass modeled on the gregorian liturgy and music, but was simplified and translated into the vernacular.
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cantional setting
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when chorale melody was placed in the topmost voice and the other voices matched it in familiar style.
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psalters
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collection of psalms and their music that were published.
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virtu
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personal success and honor achieved through the cultivation of one's own talents and personal fulfillment in this life
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Fantasia
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improvisatory and virtuasic meant to be played by the lute, keyboard, or string instruments
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toccata
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a work traditionally for keyboard which represented fast fingers
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intonazione
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highly improvisatory piece which might preface some other work
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prelude(preambulum)
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another name for a prefatory work
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frottola
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likely grew from the practice of singing poetry to accompaniment improvisatory. Syllabic, familiar, top voice.
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chorale
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advocated by luther, singable, everyone could participate
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ricercar
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imitate the motet in instrumental style
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lied
Definition
still used bar form. commonly relied on a preexisting tune in the tenor voice, presented in slow moving note values
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galliard
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more vigorous french version of the saltarello
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canzona
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the instrumental equivalent of the french chanson. Instrumental.
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The council of Trent
Definition

18 year meeting

-corruption of chant by embellishment

-use of certain instruments in religious services

-incorporation of popular music in masses

-secularization of music

-irreverent attitude of church musicians

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Italian Madrigal
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sophisticated vocal chamber music

-polyphonic chanson style

-demand for music in social contents

-cultivation of excellent poetry

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Adrian Willaert

 

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went to the netherlands to Italy and followed Josquin's trail

 

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Heinrich Glarean
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swiss music theorist who seuggested that there were 12 modes instead of 8
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Gioseffo Zarlino
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Willaert's pupil who codified the practice of Josquin in "Le Instituioni Harmonique", which became the classic composition text of the century. Emphasize the importance of relating music to the words.
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Martin Luther
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began the reformation posting his 95 thesis on the door for the church at Wittenberg. The chorale.
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Jaques Arcadelt
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flemish composer who led the papal choir of rome provides good examples of simple madrigals.
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johannes ockeghem
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used canons. began the abadonment of preexisting material and started using four or five voices in his compositions.
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Jacob Obrecht
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next generation of franco-netherlands composers after ockeghem textures are more transparent. sections shorter and more easily grasped, imitation.
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Capriano de Rore
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leading composer of Italian Madrigal
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Johannes Tinctoris
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Music theorist, french but spent a lot of time in Itay. Wrote 8 rules on composition dictating theory rules for cantus firmus composition.
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Francesco Petrarch
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began the sonnet style
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Henry VIII
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declared spiritual independence from rome in the act of supremecy when the pope would not declare his divorce. Quickly fragmented the church.
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Jean Calvin
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follower of luther in Germany and Scandinavia. Reformer.
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Ottaviano de Petrucci
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published "Harmonicae musices odhecaton A" which was the first publication from movable type.
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