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Written By: Hildegard Von Bingen
Language: Latin
Texture: Polyphonic
Proper or Ordinary: Proper – Sequence
Structure: AABBCCDDE |
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Origin: Navajo
Text: Pathogenic (non-translatable text)
Texture: Monophonic
Includes the call of the yei (ancestral spirits).
Comes from Nightway Ceremony which is a healing or purification
ceremony lasting 10 days. |
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Language: Navajo
Text – Logogenic.
Part of enemyway ceremony.
This is a swai song. |
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Texture: Monophonic
Language: Ewe
Originally used to prepare for war. Now used for funeral Rites.
Origin: Gana |
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| Burparan "Kembang Pacar" pelog pathet nem |
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Instrumental: so no language
Metric Scheme: Burparan
Tune: Kenbang Pacar
Tuning system: Pelog
Mode Used: Pathet Nem
Type of Music and Name of Ensemble: Gamalan
Origin: Indonesia
Used to accompany shadow puppet shows.
Primarily uses percussion instruments in interlocking polyrhythms. |
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Language: Hindi
Texture: Monophonic
Contains three layers: Drone, Percussion, and Melody
Musical Elements: Raga, Tala (mode/scale , Rhythmic structure) |
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Language: Latin
Texture: Monophonic
Ordinary or Proper: Proper – Introit
Used for Christmas Midnight Mass
Form: ABBA
A section is antiphon which is neumatic (neither syllabic nor melismatic)
B is psalm tone (syllabic - one syllable per note)
B1 is Gloria Patri (syllabic)
A is antiphon again. |
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Written by: Machaut
Language: Latin
Ordinary of Proper: Ordinary – dismissal
Texture: Polyphonic
Historic significance: First example of a unified ordinary with all the parts of it composed to match. |
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Written By: Perotin
Language: Latin
Ordinary or Proper: Proper –gradual
Texture: Polyphonic
This chant contains clausulas, both organum and discant.
Discovered by Anonymous |
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| Kyrie (Missa Dum Complerentur) |
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Written By: Victoria
Language: Greek
Texture: Polyphonic
Excerpted from a cantus firmus mass
Source Material: his own motet missa dum complerentur
The other three types of mass (besides cantus firmus mass) and their sources are:
Missa Choralis: corresponding chants in a preexisting mass
Motto Mass: a recurring head mode
Paraphrase Mass: uses a freely applied cantus firmus that isn’t confind to tenor line and can be freely ornamented. |
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Written By: Thomas Tallis
Language: English
Form: Anthem (Anglican version of Catholic Motet)
The differences:
Motet: Latin
Polyphony more florid and less syllabic
Anthem: English
Polyphony more reserved and more syllabic
Texture: Opening line is homophonic. Then Imitative polyphony until the end. |
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Written by: Palestrina
Language: Latin
Texture: Polyphonic
Form: Motet
Describe Form: Each phrase has its own melody treated with imitative polyphony. The phrases dovetail or overlap which allows for text painting. |
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