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World Rel. & Music Mid. Term Christ.
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Religious Studies
Undergraduate 3
03/04/2013

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new testament hymns
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the way the nt hymns were written suggests that certain passages were sung or chanted
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new song vs. old song
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love vs. fear
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cantillation
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many syllables per note - psalms, sanskrit, prayers
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syllabic
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syllable = note - hymns, dhrupad
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melismatic
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many notes per syllable (word)
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gregorian chant
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pope gregory the great, by the time of charlemagne it was the uniform style of christian chant
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monophonic
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sung in unison, one note for each syllable
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three styles of gregorian chant
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responsorial (psalmody style)
antiphonal - two alternate choirs of psalms
direct - individual or entire choir sings compostion without responses
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church modes
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there are 8 church modes
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roman liturgy: ordinary five parts
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kyrie eleison
gloria
credo
sanctus
agnus
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requiem mass
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many musical composers created settings of this mass for musical reasons
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clemont marot
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prepared 30 metrical psalm translations in the vernacular
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louis bourgeois
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father of the modern hymn tune
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isaac watts
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father of english hymnody, "joy to the world"
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john newton
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wrote "amazing grace", started out not believing but was turned around
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pauline and pharisaic
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church father, put ban on musical instruments, had a fear of greek melody, believed music was a type of sorcery or "pagan"
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st. ambrose
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father of christian hymn
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st. augustine of hippo
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cautions about the effects of melody, de musica - analysis of poetic meter and numbers
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st. john chrysostom
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psalms were given to god to fight evil and uplift humans to god
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