service, all sung

-matins, lauds, vespers, complive

-prime, sext, terce, none

-proper

-ordinary

within ordinary

kyrie-mercy

gloria- glory

credo- believe in one god

sanctus- holy

agnus dei- lamb of God

plain chant or plainsong

named after pope Gregory who gave the gift of song.

direct- all together now

responsorial- lead vocalist and choral response

antiphonal- two seperate alternation choral groups

medieval polyphony most often based on a canuts firmus

imitative polyphony

preexistent melody used as the basis of a new polyphonic composition.

fixed song

the most important service

derives from commemoration of the Last Supper

divided into spoken and sung parts and the Proper and Ordinary.

Sung Proper- Introit, Gradual, Alleluia, Offertory, Communion

Sung Ordinary- Kyrie, gloria, credo, sanctus, Agnus Dei, Ite missa est

Proper changes, Ordinary doesn't

Tenor has the cantus firmus that is the foundation for the composition.

polyphonic setting of a sacred Latin text.

Song.

Music and poetry cultivated by all classes of society

the troubadour

fixed form

ABaAabAB

Italian poetic and musical form

usually pastoral in theme

aba bcb dd, abb cdd ee are typical rhyme schemes

Perotin student of Leonin

They wrote Polyphonic stuff at Notre Dame

-mass ordinary

-Latin v Vernacular

-Early masses based on Gregorian Chant

-Later Masses incorporated secular tunes

Guillaume de Machaut

used the Chanson

started during the Ars Nova period, or New Art period

 forms?

ballade aabc

virelai AbbaA

Rondeau ABaAabAB