music Flashcards
(26 cards)
the official chant of the Greek orthodox church
byzantine chant
unaccompanied monophonic song by the western catholic church in the 9-10th century
gregorian chant
gregorian chant
unaccompanied monophonic song by the western catholic church in the 9-10th century
well known for it’s hymns and antiphonal singing
ambrosian
female troubadours
trobairitz
chant used by the Germanic tribe
gallicant
one of the secular composers whose literary and musical works include chansons and poetic debates
Adam De La Halle
the chant used in Spain that influenced Moors who invaded Liberian Peninsula
mozarabic
the travelling composer-singers who sang songs about chivalry and courtly love
troubadours
French lament song on the desth of a distinguished person
planh
the first great opera of Claudio Monteverdi
orfeo
the French spinning echoing song
chanson de la terre
the song in dialouge from between the knight and sheperdess
pastourelle
German poet composer
minnesang
the literature of German poetry and songs
minnelied
the shifting of intensity of the volume from soft to loud or vice versa
terraced dynamics
group of forentine writers, artists, and musicians
florentine camerata
vocal composition for a soloist or choir accompanied by instruments
cantata
dramatic but unstaged telling of a religious story
oratorio
an Italian composer and most importsnt figure in the transition from Renaissance to Baroque music
Claudio Monteverdi
master of English oratorio and Italian opera
George Frediric Handel
the composer of the late medieval period
Guillaume de Machaut
poem of love
canso
poem in a form of dialouge
tenso
