Overview Music History To 1900

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Decks in this class (17)

1 - Folder 1 - Medieval Monophony: Sacred Music
How and when was the division of ...,
Name the aspects of plainchant 1,
What were the different rites rel...
29  cards
2 - Folder 1 - Medieval Monophony: Secular Music
Describe the troubadours and trou...,
Who wrote courtly love songs 1,
Describe troubadours specifically 2
8  cards
3 - Folder 1 - Medieval Polyphony to 1300
Name the three types of early org...,
Describe the organum 1,
Describe the parallel organum 2
12  cards
4 - Folder 1 - Medieval Polyphony after 1300
What is mensural notation 0,
What is ars nova the new art 1,
What was the roman de fauvel c131...
13  cards
5 - Folder 2 - Early Renaissance: English & Burgundian Music
Describe and define the renaissan...,
Describe 15th century english mus...,
Describe the english discant unre...
18  cards
6 - Folder 2 - High Renaissance: Franco-Flemish Music
Describe the franco flemish school 1,
Describe the high renaissance in ...,
Within the franco flemish school ...
23  cards
Music History Study Guide 1
How did the term medieval origina...,
What were some of the consequence...
2  cards
7 - Folder 2 - Renaissance: Secular Music
Describe how secular music was gr...,
What is the frottola 2,
Describe the musical characterist...
30  cards
8 - Folder 2 - Late Renaissance: Sacred Music
What was the reformation and who ...,
What were luther s reforms 2,
Describe the chorale 3
17  cards
9 - Folder 3 - Early Baroque: Monody and Early Opera
Approximately when was the baroqu...,
Define barroco and describe its c...,
Describe the use of the terms pri...
30  cards
10 - Folder 3 - Early Baroque: Instrumental Music & the Venetian Style
Sacred music in venice describe v...,
Describe st mark s cathedral in v...,
How were ensembles divided in the...
25  cards
11 - Folder 3 - Middle Baroque Vocal Music
Describe the spread of italian op...,
Describe the spread of italian op...,
What was naples role in the sprea...
26  cards
12 - Folder 3 - Middle Baroque Instrumental Music
Describe the sonata 1,
In what way were sonatas categori...,
In what ways were sonatas categor...
22  cards
13 - Folder 4 - Late Baroque: Vivaldi & Rameau
Give some background information ...,
How was the late baroque era a pe...,
Describe the life and output of a...
12  cards
14 - Folder 4 - Late Baroque: Handel
Where was george frideric handel ...,
How did handel spend his time in ...,
How did handel spend his time in ...
20  cards
15 - Folder 4 - Late Baroque: Bach
Most broadly who was johann sebas...,
Describe bach s early life home t...,
What was he bach doing in arnstad...
28  cards
16 - Folder 5 - Early Classical Instrumental Music
Early classicism 1730 1770 overla...,
What defined this classicism clas...,
What were the classical aesthetics 3
9  cards

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