Music And Text

Question 1

Kyrie

Answer 1

The first part of the mass ordinary

Question 2

Lord, have mercy

Answer 2

Kyrie Eleison

Question 3

Christ, have mercy

Answer 3

Christe Eleison

Question 4

Isorythms

Answer 4

a technique of composition which utilizes a rhythmic structure (talea) and melodic structure (color) of differing lengths in combination with each other to create interesting musical structures. Focus is less on presentation and more on complexity and beauty of music

Question 5

Giovanni Pierlugui da Palestrina

Answer 5

Italian composer active in the 16th century

Question 6

Counsel of Trent

Answer 6

a response by the catholic church to the reformation where a variety of reforms were implemented. In music, the church demanded greater clarity in the presentation of text. The music was to serve the text

Question 7

Liturgy

Answer 7

a group o texts that is used in conjunction with a public religious service

Question 8

Mass

Answer 8

A particular service in the roman catholic liturgy which celebrates communion

Question 9

Mass ordinary

Answer 9

the parts of the liturgy of the mass that are always performed during a mass service

Question 10

overture

Answer 10

music written to introduce the opera. It sometimes contains hints of music that will show up later in the main body of the opera or sometimes just freely composed music which evokes a particular mood or character to get the audience in the right frame of mind before the opera really beings

Question 11

Recitative

Answer 11

music designed to replace conversation in the drama. Two main types. Secco and Accompagnato

Question 12

Secco

Answer 12

italian “dry”: accompanied only by one or at the most a few instruments playing simple chords

Question 13

Accompagnato

Answer 13

italian “accompanied” this type sounds more sung than spoken and is accompanied by a larger contingent of the orchestra or sometimes by the whole orchestra

Question 14

Aria

Answer 14

a piece of music that is sung by one character. It usually occurs at a point in the opera where a character is reflecting on her/ his situation ( similar to a soliloquy in Shakespeare

Question 15

Ensemble

Answer 15

involves more characters singing at the same time. 2 people= duet 3=tri 4=quartet 5= quintet

Question 16

Program Music

Answer 16

music whose meaning is to some extent dictated by extra musical associations. Often these associations are with literature in the form of poetry, stories, and myths references by the compose in the title of the music or in quotations in the musical score

Question 17

Symphonic Poem

Answer 17

A short to moderately long orchestral work with an extra-musical program. In symphonic poems, words (titles, quotations, references to literary works or historical events) serve to help illuminate and interpret the musical text in a reversal of the process in art song, where music serves to illuminate the text

Question 18

gregorian chant

Answer 18

It is monophonic.

2. It tends to not have explicit word painting.
3. The use of music is functional.
4. It is also decorative in that it adds beauty to the presentation of the text.
5. Music symbolic of the harmonies and proportions that exist in the world as whole.