Terms

Question 1

Ethos

Answer 1

Moral and ethical character

Question 2

Plainchant

Answer 2

A unison unaccompanied song

Victimae paschali laudes

Question 3

Neume

Answer 3

Sign used in the notation of chant to indicate a certain number of notes and general melodic direction

Question 4

Solmization

Answer 4

Method of assigning syllables to steps in a scale, makes it easier to identify and sing whole and semitones

Question 5

Liturgy

Answer 5

Prescribed body of texts to be spoken or sung and ritual actions to be performed in a religious service

Question 6

Mass

Answer 6

The most important service of the Catholic church

Mass for christmas day

Question 7

Mass Proper

Answer 7

Texts of the Mass that are assigned to a particular day in the Church Calendar

Question 8

Mass Ordinary

Answer 8

Texts of the Mass that remain the same on most or all days of the Church calendar, the tunes may change

Question 9

Office

Answer 9

Series of 8 prayer services of the Roman church, celebrated daily at specified times
Matins
Lauds
Prime
Terce
Sext
Nones
Vespers
Compline
Vespers for Christmas Day

Question 10

Psalm tone

Answer 10

Melodic formula for singing psalms in the office

Question 11

Antiphon

Answer 11

Liturgical chant that comes before and after a psalm in the office
Tecum principium

Question 12

Responsorial

Answer 12

Manner of performing in which a soloist alternates with a group

Question 13

Antiphonal

Answer 13

Manner of performing in which 2 or more groups alternate

Question 14

Direct

Answer 14

Manner of performing chant without alternating

Question 15

Syllabic

Answer 15

One note / syllable of text

Question 16

Neumatic

Answer 16

Chant having about 1-7 notes sung to each syllable of text

Question 17

Melismatic

Answer 17

Has lots of melismas

Question 18

Trope

Answer 18

Adding words, melody, a melisma, or just words to a chant

Quem queritis in presepe

Question 19

Sequence

Answer 19

Latin chant that follows the Alleluia in some masses. Restatement of a pattern, melodic or harmonic, on successive or different pitch levels
Rex caeli domine

Question 20

Liturgical Drama

Answer 20

Dialogue on a sacred subject set to music, usually performed with action, linked to liturgy
Quem pueritis in presepe

Question 21

Goliard song

Answer 21

Songs associated to the Goliards

Question 22

Chanson de Geste

Answer 22

Medieval french epic recounting the deeds of national heros

Question 23

Jongleur

Answer 23

Medieval musician or street entertainer

Question 24

Troubadour

Answer 24

Poet-composer of southern france who wrote monophonic songs in occitan

Question 25

Trouvere

Answer 25

Poet-composer of northern france who wrote monophonic songs in old french

Question 26

Contrafactum

Answer 26

Replacing the text of a vocal work without really changing the music

Question 27

Strophic

Answer 27

Consists of 2 or more stanzas that are equivalent in form and can be sung to the same melody

Question 28

Parallel Organum

Answer 28

Polyphony where an added voice moves in exact parallel to a chant a P5 below it

Question 29

Discant

Answer 29

Style of polyphony where the upper voice has 1-3 notes for each note of the lower voice

Question 30

Organum

Answer 30

Style of polyphony where you add one or more voices to a chant Viderunt omnes, Perotinus

Question 31

Florid Organum

Answer 31

Style of polyphony where the lower voice holds a note while the upper voice does its own thing

Question 32

Rhythmic Mode

Answer 32

6 durational patterns used in polyphony

Question 33

Conductus

Answer 33

Serious medieval song | Ave virgo virginum

Question 34

Clausula

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Self-contained section of an organum that closes with a cadence Clausula on Dominus

Question 35

Substitute Clausula

Answer 35

A new clausula designed to replace a segment of a chant

Question 36

Motet

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Polyphonic vocal composition | Te deum, Lully

Question 37

Franconian notation

Answer 37

using note shapes to indicate duration

Question 38

Ars nova

Answer 38

Style of polyphony that allows for greater rhythmic flexibility

Question 39

Isorhythm

Answer 39

Repetition in a voice part of a pattern of durations | Hugo, hugo, Vitry

Question 40

Hocket

Answer 40

Alternating rapidly between two voices, as if they share a melody

Question 41

Rondeau

Answer 41

ABaAbAB | Robins m'aime, Halle

Question 42

Trecento

Answer 42

The 1300s

Question 43

Ballata

Answer 43

AbbaA | Non avra ma pieta, Landini

Question 44

Ars subtilior

Answer 44

Style of polyphony with complex rhythms and notation

Question 45

Fauxbourdon

Answer 45

Two voices are written, and a third unwritten voice sings below the upper voice Criste, Redemptor omnium, Du Fay

Question 46

Cantus Firmus

Answer 46

A new polyphonic piece based on an existing melody | Missa se la face ay pale, Du fay

Question 47

Motto Mass

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Polyphonic mass where the movements share the same opening motive

Question 48

Imitation Mass

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Polyphonic mass where each movement is based on the same polyphonic model Missa o magnum mysterium, Victoria

Question 49

Paraphrase mass

Answer 49

Polyphonic mass where each movement is based on the same monophonic model

Question 50

Canon

Answer 50

Composition where the voices enter in order at intervals

Question 51

Lied

Answer 51

Song with german words | Innsbruck, ich muss dich lassen, Isaac

Question 52

Chorale

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Strophic hymn in the Lutheran tradition | Ein feste burg, Walter

Question 53

Anthem

Answer 53

Polyphonic sacred work in English | If ye love me, Tallis

Question 54

Villancico

Answer 54

Polyphonic song in spanish | Je ne puis vivre, Busnoys

Question 55

Frottola

Answer 55

Italian polyphonic song | Mal un muta per effecto, Cara

Question 56

Madrigal

Answer 56

Italian poetic form | Non al suo amante, Bologna

Question 57

Lute song

Answer 57

English genre of solo song with lute accompaniment | Flow my tears, Dowland

Question 58

Tablature

Answer 58

System of notation used for plucked string instruments

Question 59

Variations

Answer 59

Form with a series of variants on a theme | John, come kiss me now, Byrd

Question 60

Canzona

Answer 60

Instrumental work adapted from a chanson