Middle Ages Flashcards
1
Q
Gregorian Chant
A
melody set to sacred Latin texts and sung without accompaniment
2
Q
Church Modes
A
scale types characterized by a specific pattern
3
Q
The Divine Office
A
- 8 services a day
- observed by monks and nuns
- book of Psalms recited every week
4
Q
Hildegard of Bingen
A
- polymath
- mystic & visionary
- wrote O Successores
5
Q
Organum
A
Medieval music that consists of Gregorian Chant
6
Q
cantus firmus
A
fixed melody
7
Q
Troubadours/Trouveres
A
- “to find”
- diverse
- songs about love
8
Q
Minstrels
A
- traveled
- entertained
- low social class
9
Q
A Chantar
A
- By: Beatriz Countless of Dia
- sung by women
- no clear meter
10
Q
Estampie
A
- medieval dance
- earliest surviving piece of instr. music
- drone
11
Q
14th Century
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- secular>sacred
- syncopation
- polyphonic music not based on Gregorian chant
- drinking songs
12
Q
Francesco Landini
A
- born in Florence
- blind
- Italian composer
13
Q
Ballata
A
italian poetic and musical form to accompany dancing
14
Q
Guillaume de Machaut
A
- famous musician and poet
- service to royal families
15
Q
Mass Ordinary
A
Kyrie Gloria Credo Sanctus Agnus Dei
