Motet Flashcards
Which is correct?
- In the motet or Haec Dies, different new texts are sung at the same time as the Haec dies cantus firmus.
- In the motet, two new texts alternate with the Haec dies cantus firmus creating an ABA structure.
- In the motet, different new texts are sung at the same time as the Haec dies cantus firmus.
What are the characteristic features of the early motet?
polytextuality
What are vernacular languages?
anything that isn’t Latin
Which country incorporated secular materiel into their motets?
France
All in all, if an organum is an upgraded version of “bore-you-to-death” plainchant, (patent pending,) what is motet?
Motet happens when someone is rooting through the garbage and chucking stuff willy-nilly
What does “a vocal composition with or without instrumental accompaniment” refer to?
motet
What does “can be sacred or secular” refer to?
motet
What does “flourished from the 13th to the 16th centuries” refer to?
motet
What does “two or more texts heard simultaneously” refer to?
polytextuality
What does “as a result, the words can sometimes be hard to distinguish” refer to?
polytextuality
What does “a characteristic feature of the 13th-century motet” refer to?
polytextuality
What was the Bamberg Codex?
two treatises on music theory and a collection of 13th-century polyphonic works.
What was the Bamberg Codex?
two treatises on music theory and a collection of 13th-century polyphonic works.
Which is true?
- Medieval motets are often in three or four voices.
- Medieval motets are often in two or three voices.
- Medieval motets are often in two or three voices.
Which is true?
- The lowest voice sings the cantus firmus.
- The highest voice sings the cantus firmus
- The lowest voice sings the cantus firmus.
