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Middle Ages and Renaissance Test Prep
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Music
Undergraduate 1
01/27/2016

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Kyrie, Gloria, Credo, Sanctus, and Agnus Dei
Definition
What are the 5 parts of Renaissance mass?
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Church
Definition
During the Middle Ages, where was the center of musical life?
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Dance
Definition
Renaissance instrumnetal music was intended for what purpose?
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Ars Nova
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Where was syncopation used/emphasized?
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Preach/Sing
Definition
Priests in the Middle Ages served multiple purposes. What were they?
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Purify the music in Catholic churches
Definition
The Council of Trent met to accomplish what primary purpose(s)?
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Venice, Italy
Definition
Where was the leading music center in the 1500s?
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1600
Definition
Renaissance era took place during 1450 - ?
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Troubadours and Trouveres
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Notated secular songs sung by French nobility where the ______ and ________
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True
Definition
The Middle Ages jongleurs played instrumental dances and were the lower echelon of society (T/F)
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The Gabrielli brothers and Willaert
Definition
16th century Venetian school was comprised primarily of what 3 composers?
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Monophonic
Definition
What is the texture of Gregorian chant?
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Musical representation of poetry
Definition
What is word painting?
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Polyphonic
Definition
The texture of Renaissance music is primarily what?
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Renaissance
Definition
When was the golden age of a cappella music?
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Love/Solo voices
Definition
The Renaissance madrigal is about what subject? For what voices?
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One or more lines of melody
Definition
Organum was comprised of Gregorian chant and ______?
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Monks
Definition
What group of people sang Gregorian chant?
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Modes
Definition
The church _____ were the basic music scales.
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The courts (kings/queens etc.)
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Renaissance music shifted from the church to where?
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Became weaker
Definition
How did the Catholic church's influence change during the Renaissance from the Middle Ages?
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Very important/Be able to read music
Definition
How did the aristocrats and the upper middle class view education? What were their expectations?
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Accomplishments of man/humanity
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What was secular humanism?
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Council of Trent
Definition
What was the effort to purify Catholic Church music called?
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Leonin and Perotin
Definition
Two Middle Ages composers were the first to notate measured rhythm. Who were they?
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Paris
Definition
After 1150, where was the center of polyphonic music in Europe?
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Medieval dance music
Definition
What is an estampie?
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St. Marks/Lofts wide apart for intensified reverb
Definition
Venice's musical center was where? What was unique about the choir lofts in the edifice?
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Not for church/Soloists or groups/Sometimes
Definition
Name some important characteristics about Renaissance instrumental music. For what uses was it intended? Was it used to accompany vocal music?
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Lute
Definition
What is the pear-shaped string instrument popular in the Renaissance?
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Mass and Motet (M&M)
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What are the two main forms of sacred Renaissance music?
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Pope Gregory the 1st
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Who is credited for having created Gregorian chant?
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Polychoral
Definition
A motet for two or more choirs is called what type of music?
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Pictures
Definition
Knowledge about instruments used in church is mainly derived from what source?
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Vocal
Definition
Was most medieval music vocal or instrumental?
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France and Italy/14th century
Definition
The Ars Nova occured where? During what era of time?
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450 and 1450
Definition
Middle Ages music occured between the years ____ and ____
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A Cappella
Definition
Choral music without accompaniment is called _ ______ music
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Church/Convents
Definition
Women were not permitted to sing where? They did sing in ______.
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Secular/Scared
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_____ vocal music contains more rapid shifts of mood than _____ music.
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True
Definition
Renaissance music does not indicate tempos and dynamics, or the specific instruments or number of performers on a part. (T/F)
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Outside of the church
Definition
Where did secular music and dance thrive?
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