Shared Flashcard Set

Details

Music History Test Review
Medieval, Renaissance, and Baroque Eras
43
Music
11th Grade
01/05/2009

Additional Music Flashcards

 


 

Cards

Term
Medieval Period
Definition
500 A.D. to 1430
Term
Plain Chant
Definition
Traditional songs common in the Catholic Church in Medieval period. Uses vocals only.
Term
Drama
Definition
In which embodies emotion. Medieval Period.
Term
Secular Songs (Troubadour)
Definition
Songs written as a news source from village to village. Medieval Period.
Term
Organum
Definition
Early polyphonic chant, sometimes called Gregorian chant. Medieval Period.
Term
Motet
Definition
An unaccompanied choral composition with sacred lyrics; intended to be sung as part of a church service in Medieval Period.
Term
Ars Nova
Definition
A stylistic period in the late Middle Ages. Vocal and instrument accompaniment.
Term
Master Perotin
Definition
Medieval Composer
Term
Hildegard von Bingen
Definition
Medieval Composer
Term
Walter von Der Vogelweide
Definition
Medieval Composer
Term
Guillaume de Machaut
Definition
Medieval Composer
Term
Giovanni da Firenze
Definition
Medieval Composer
Term
Francesco Landini
Definition
Medieval Composer
Term
Monophonic
Definition
One line; One voice
Term
Polyphonic
Definition
Multiple Lines; Multiple Voices
Term
Renaissance
Definition
1430 A.D. to 1600
Term
Individual voices
Definition
Mostly Independent
Term
Madrigal
Definition
An unaccompanied song for 2 or 3 voices; follows a strict poetic form. Renaissance.
Term
Mass
Definition
A form of sacred musical composition, is a choral composition that sets the fixed portions of the Eucharistic liturgy to music. Renaissance.
Term
Gilles Binchois
Definition
Renaissance Composer
Term
Heinrich Issac
Definition
Renaissance Composer
Term
Josquin Desprez
Definition
Renaissance Composer
Term
Thomas Weelkes
Definition
Renaissance Composer
Term
Giovanni Peirluigi de Palestrina
Definition
Renaissance Composer
Term
Rodrigo de Ceballos
Definition
Renaissance Composer
Term
Giovanni Leonardo Primavera
Definition
Renaissance Composer
Term
William Byrd
Definition
Renaissance Composer
Term
Renaissance: Things to Remember
Definition
Gradual adaption of Triad as basic sonority.
Term
Interrelated Voices
Definition
Popularity in Renaissance
Term
Baroque Period
Definition
1600 to 1750
Term
Italian Continuo Madrigal
Definition
Type of Secular music. Baroque.
Term
Concerto Grosso
Definition
A baroque composition for orchestra and a group of solo instruments.
Term
Suite
Definition
A musical composition of several movements only loosely connected.
Term
Fugue
Definition
A musical form consisting of a theme repeated a fifth above or a fourth below its first statement.
Term
Oratorio
Definition
A large musical composition including an orchestra, a choir, and soloists.
Term
Cantata
Definition
A musical composition for voices and orchestra based on a religious text.
Term
Early Opera
Definition
Earliest form of opera.
Term
Giovanni Gabrieli
Definition
Baroque Composer
Term
Girolamo Frescobaldi
Definition
Baroque Composer
Term
Claudio Monteverdi
Definition
Baroque Composer
Term
Henry Purcell
Definition
Baroque Composer
Term
Arcangelo Corelli
Definition
Baroque Composer
Term
Johan Pachelbel
Definition
Baroque Composer
Supporting users have an ad free experience!