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the complex thought that caused deep changes in Europe from 1400-1600's, beginning in Italy |
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| the procedure used by renaissance composers which embellished Gregorian chants and made them polyphonic structural foundations |
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| a tuneful plainchant genre - a tune sung with several stanzas, ending with an 'Amen' |
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| largest and most important service in the Christian liturgy |
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| a brief passage of imitative polyphony usually using a single musical motive |
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| words sung to rhythms that were very similar to normal speech |
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| matching music to the meaning of the words in the text - if you say 'high' a soprano would be singing, etc. |
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| relatively short composition with Latin words, made up of short sections of homophony and imitative polyphany |
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| a short composition set to a one-stanza poem (usually a love poem) with a rapid turnover of ideas and images |
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| a form of classical music, written for a small group of instruments which traditionally could be accommodated in a palace chamber |
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| a format for printing or copying sheet music in which each book contains the part for a single voice or instrument |
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| madrigals in english because queen elizabeth the first liked them. |
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| a collection of literary works chosen by the compiler |
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| music that is not repetitive. each idea is different than each other idea. |
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| a patriotic anthology written in honor of Queen Elizabeth I |
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| a fast dance in triple meter. usually paired with a pavan |
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| a solemn dance in duple meter, paired with a gailliard |
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| a popular dance tune that was presented in Elizabethan theaters after the main play |
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