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Antiquity through Renaissance
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08/01/2012

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Trecento
Definition
1300's in Italy, 14th century madrigals
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formes fixes
Definition
dance genres: ballade, rondeau, virelai,
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lai
Definition
poem
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Ars Nova
Definition
New French style, innovations in notation and rhythm Phillipe de Vitry
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Mannerism
Definition
exaggeration
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Old Hall Manuscript
Definition
Mass ordinary settings, primary source of fifteenth-century English polyphony
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cantus firmus Mass
Definition
cantus firmus tenor is the same as basis for all five mass movements
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Missa prolationum
Definition
two voices notated but sung by four voices in mensuration canon
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points of imitation
Definition
quick successive imitative entrances
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chorale
Definition
Martin Luther created devotional songs from secular melodies, wholesome music
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Council of Trent
Definition
1545-1563 Eliminated tropes and all but four sequences
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fauxbourdon
Definition
Only the cantus and tenor were written out, unwritten third voice sang a parallel fourth below
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mensuration canon
Definition
voices sing at different rates
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paraphrase technique
Definition
all four voices sing cantus firmus at some point
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anthem
Definition
English equivalent of motet, solo alternates with choir
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Full anthem
Definition
unaccompanied, contrapuntal
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Verse anthem
Definition
Verse anthem: for solo voice(s) with organ or viol accompaniment, alternating with passages for full choir
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word painting
Definition
Josquin expressive technique to reflect meaning in words
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plainsong mass
Definition
each mass movement based on existing chant
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cyclic mass
Definition
Grouping Ordinary music into cycles, including Plainsong and Motto
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Motto mass
Definition
beginning each mass movement with the same musical motive
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imitation/parody mass
Definition
borrowed material makes it sound "churchy"
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Burgundian chanson (Dufay, BInchois)
Definition
15th C any polyphonic setting of French secular poem
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Franco Flemish chanson (Ockegam, Busynoys)
Definition
Three-voice texture in treble-dominated style
Use the formes fixes, especially rondeau
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New Generation chanson (Josquin)
Definition
Strophic texts, with virtually no use of the formes fixes
Four- or five-voice texture, all voices meant to be sung
All parts equal
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frottola
Definition
Italian secular 4-part late 15th-early 16th C, forerunner of madrigal
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madrigal
Definition
secular text setting 5+ voices, Italy to England, through-composed
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Lied technique
Definition
chorale setting with melody in tenor
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anthem
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Polychoral motets
Definition
works for two or more choirs
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