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| English song, usually on a religious subject, with several stanzas and a refrain, mostly polyphonic, has simple 2-3 part harmony, text in English or Latin, similar to folk music |
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| Secular song with French words; used especially for polyphonic songs of the fourteenth through sixteenth centuries |
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| Sixteenth-century genre of Italian polyphonic song in mock-popular style, typically syllabic, homophonic, and diatonic, with the melody in the upper voice and marked rhythmic patterns |
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| Latin "to praise," Italian devotional song based on sacred piece |
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| Sixteenth-century Italian poem having any number of lines, each of seven or eleven syllables Through composed (no repeated sections), Word painting, generally romantic *homophonic contrapunal textures. *2000 collections written in 70 years |
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| Also known as ayres, *Solo songs with lute accompaniment were popular in the early 1600s and were more intimate in nature than the madrigal *Leading composers included John Dowland and Thomas Campion *More personal than madrigal, as well as less word painting *The lute is always subordinate to the melody. *The lute part is written in tablature |
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| *Spanish song, polyphonic, Rustic pastoral setting, represented native Spanish Music,short, strophic, homophonic, syllabic *The name of the genre is derived from the word for peasant *Intended for the elite class, the texts were rustic and popular in style. *The music was short, strophic, syllabic, and mostly homophonic, in reaction to the Franco-Flemish style. |
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| *very simple and metrical verse written in native tongue. Some melodies were preexisting chants; some popular secular tunes. Polyphonic setting around the cantus firmus. The goal was for more people to be able to sing and perform devotional music. *Adapted Psalter melodies for their own services. |
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| Calvinist, monophonic tunes. Only music allowed in church. Polyphonic psalm settings *For devotional use at home, polyphony was allowed. *Many had four or more parts, with the tune in the soprano or tenor. *Settings were often in chordal style, but some had more elaborate motet-like arrangements. |
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| derived more than one voice from a single line of notated music, as when several voices sing the same melody, entering at certain intervals of time or singing at different speeds simultaneously. |
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| Anglican church sacred son |
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| *Secular based motet, more broad in basis on other parts of music. |
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