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When was the Medieval Music Era

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450-1450

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Gregorian Chant

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unaccompanied melody set to sacred Latin texts official music of the Roman Catholic church

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Cantus firmus

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chant melody

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Troubadour

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French medieval poet-musicans singing courtly love songs

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Jongleurs

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wandering musicians/ acrobats

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Motet

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polyphonic vocal work with two or more independent voices

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Polyphonic

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multiple voices

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Lute

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like guitar with bowl-shaped body

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Sackbut

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early trombone

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Portative Organ

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small, portable organ played by one person

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Clavichord

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small, table-top keyboard-ancestor to harpsichord and piano

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Medieval Composers to know

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Hildegard of Bingen, Guillaume de Machaut, Francesco Landini

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Renaissance Music Era

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1450-1600

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A capella

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vocal work without instrumental accompaniment

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Mass

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polyphonic choral composition made up of 5 sections for use in CATHOLIC worhsip

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Hymn

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polyphonic, strophic settings of RELIGIOUS tests

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Strophic

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each verse of text repeats the same musical material

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Stanza

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the verses of a hymn

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Refrain

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the repeated chorus of a hymn

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Madrigal

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polyphonic a capella vocal piece using SECULAR text with multiple stanzas

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Renaissance Composers to know

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Giovanni Pierluigi Palestrina, Thomas Weelkes, Giovanni Gabrieli

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2 Italian Renaissance Composers

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Giovanni Pierluigi Palestrina, Giovanni Gabrieli

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English Renaissance Composer

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Thomas Weelkes

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Baroque Music Era

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Homophonic
all voices singing same text at same time
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Pipe organ
multiple levels of keys with tone produced by air passing through pipes
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Harpsichord
piano-like instrument with sound produced by strings plucked by quills
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Tone painting
music vividly mirroring the words of a song
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Virtuosity
display of technical skills on any instrument
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Improvisation
spontaneous invention of music while performing
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Opera
drama with continuous music, staged with scenery, costumes, and action
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Single most important musical achievement of Baroque Era
OPERA
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Recitative
vocal singing in an opera that mimics speaking
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Aria
lyrical monologue in an opera or other large choral work
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Concerto Grosso
instrumental work that exploits the contrast between a small ensemble of solo instruments and a larger ensemble
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Counterpoint
combination of 2 or more simultaneous melodies according to a set of rules
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Cantata
narrative or descriptive musical work with vocal solos, duets, chorus and orchestra
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Passion
musical setting depicting the final days of Christ's life
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Oratorio
dramatic musical work combining narrative, dialogue, and commentary through arias, recitatives, ensembles, choruses and instrumental music (unstaged opera)
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Baroque Composers to know
Claudio Monteverdi Henry Purcell Antonio Vivaldi Johann Sebastian Bach
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Italian Baroque composer
Antonio Vivaldi | Claudio Monteverdi
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German Baroque composer
Johann Sebastian Bach
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English Baroque composer
Henry Purcell
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Classical Music Era
1750-1830
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Symphony
large work for orchestra, usually in 4 movements
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Concerto
multi-movement work with soloist contrasting with larger orchestral group (piano most common in this period)
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Chamber Music
work for small instrumental group to be performed in a space smaller than a concert hall
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String Quartet
chamber group consisting of 2 violins, viola, cello
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Opera Buffa
comic opera
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Singspiel
German opera with spoken dialogue interspersed with songs, choruses, and instrumental music
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Requiem Mass
mass for the dead
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Sturm und Drang
"storm and stress"- extremes in emotion given free expression by composers, including Beethoven
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Sonata
multi-movement "symphony" for a solo instrument
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Opus
Latin for "work"- used to identify a work based on chronological dating
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Classical Composers to know
Franz Joseph Haydn Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Ludwig van Beethoven

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