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| the higher authority of the church |
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| the official music of the Catholic church in the middle ages (Gregorian chant) |
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| D,E,F,G - the modes that were mostly used in the middle ages were usually not major or minor |
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| the pitch on which the text is sung in Gregorian recitation. It is repeated at the beginning and end of phrases to punctuate the text and make it easier to understand and sing |
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| one of the simplest genres of plainchant, usually workaday little pieces. |
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| the first compiler of Gregorian chants |
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late medieval plainchant genre, consisting of short tunes sung twice with slight variation - A A' B B' C C' D D'
a soloist sings the first phrase, and choir the repeat, etc. |
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| a chord or note playing continuously |
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| members of upper class that were poets and composers. women were also allowed to be troubadours. (called troubadours in south france, trouveres in north france, Minnesingers in Germany) |
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| members of upper class that were poets and composers. women were also allowed to be trouvere. (called troubadours in south france, trouveres in north france, Minnesingers in Germany) |
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| members of upper class that were poets and composers. women were also allowed to be Minnesingers. (called troubadours in south france, trouveres in north france, Minnesingers in Germany) |
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| a song of courtly love, written in the vernacular. usually one line, maybe with accompaniment |
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| earliest type of polyphony. a traditional plainchant melody with another added melody sung to the same words simultaneously |
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| one single repeated melody that occurs over and over and over (A A A A A A) |
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| center of art music development in modern times |
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| the main roman catholic service |
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| the music associated with mass, in 5 sections: Kyrie, Gloria, Credo, Sanctus, and Agnus Dei |
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| one melody starts, then another group starts the same melody a few bars later, repeat |
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| songs of courtly love with complex polyphony |
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| a pre-existing melody forming the basis of a polyphonic composition - taking an old melody and making a whole new piece with that base |
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| the singing of a single syllable of text while moving between several different notes in succession, opposite of syllabic |
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| each syllable of text is matched to a single note, opposite of Melismatic |
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| Old music notation that evolved to the modern notation we use now |
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