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unaccompanied
monophonic
no fixed rhytm
ex. Gregorian Chant |
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| a Genre of plainchant unually in a simple melodic style with very few melismas |
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| a type of plainchant in which successive phrases of text recieve nearly identical melodic treatment (A A' B B' C C') |
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plainchant melody
polyphonic - 2 melodies, same words
1200ish |
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| kyrie, gloria, credo, sanctus, agnus dei |
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started by macho
troubador songs with polyphony
no trace of chant |
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latin
short sections of homophony and imitative polyphony
palestrina, bird |
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music to a love poem
rapid change between homophony and imitative polyphony |
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| stolen from italy in english, about queen elizabeth |
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drama in music
characters singing instead of speaking |
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combined music and speech
part of opera
montiverdi |
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solos in operas
montiverdi |
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| groups of dances that were played apart from an actual stage performance |
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| sectional pieces where each section repeats musical elements while others change around them |
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polyphonic
3/4 voices
theme called 'subject' |
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| an opera based off of a religious subject |
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piece of moderate length for foices and instruments
mainly lutheran |
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