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Middle Ages
1450-1600
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Music
Undergraduate 1
09/17/2008

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Who was the Gregorain Chant named after?
Definition
Pope Gregory I
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The Gregorain Chant was in ______ texts.
Definition
Latin
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What are two main forms of sacred Renaissance music?
Definition
Mass and Motet
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What is the Motet?
Definition
A polyphonic choral work set to sacred Latin text.
Term
What texture is Ars Nova?
Definition
Polyphonic texture
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Who was Guillaume de Machaut?
Definition
1300-1377, french musician and poet. very influential. He wrote secular music about LOVE. Best known for the Notre Dame Mass.
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What is Ars Nova?
Definition
New Art
Term
Who did Guillaume de Machaut fall in love with and Name the song he wrote for her.
Definition
Fell in love with Peronne, Song was called Since I am forgotten by you.
1363
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What texture is the Gregorian Chant in?
Definition
Monophonic Texture
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The School of Notre Dame is known for what?
Definition
Measured Rhythm
Term
What are the 5 sung prayers?
Definition
Kyrie,Gloria,Sanctus,Agnus Dei,Credo.
Term
What are the years of the Middle Ages?
Definition
1450-1600
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The Agnus Dei was based on ________.
Definition
Gregorain Chant
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What is the Agnus Dei?
Definition
a prayer for mercy and peace
Term
What is the mass?
Definition
The 5 sung prayers(Kyrie,Agnus Dei,Sanctus,Credo,Gloria), a polyphonic choral composition.
Term
Out of the two main forms of sacred renaissance music which has a longer composition?
Definition
Mass
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What texture is the Kyrie in?
Definition
Rich Polyphonic texture.
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What meter is the Agnus Dei in?
Definition
Triple meter, symbolizes the holy trinity.
Term
The Agnus Dei consist of what?
Definition
Hollow-sounding chords, full triads, and stark dissonances.
Term
What is the "universal man"?
Definition
It meant that every educated person was expected to be trained in music.
Term
What texture is Renaissance Music?
Definition
Chiefly Polyphonic
Term
What is word painting?
Definition
Musical representation of specific poetic images.
Term
Who competed for the finest composers?
Definition
Kings, princes, dukes.
Term
The church remained an important patron of music, but what happen later?
Definition
Musical activity gradually shifted to the courts.
Term
Who were regarded highly and held important positions through out Europe, but especially in Italy?
Definition
The Flemish Composers
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