Music Appreciation - Medieval/Renaissance

Question	Answer
cloisters	religious communities monasteries-men cloisters-women
liturgy	set order of church services and the structure of each service
Gregorian chant	Monophonic melody with a freely flowing, unmeasured vocal line; liturgical chant of the Roman Catholic Church
syllabic	one note sung to each syllable of the text
neumatic	small groups of up to 5 or 6 notes sung to a syallable
melismatic	many notes set to a single syllable
modes	variety of scale patterns
Hildegard of Bingen	"Alluelia, o virga mediatrix" - prayer to the Virgin Mary -German -Sainted -Wrote music
plainchant	nonmetric, monophonic melodies set in one of the church modes
a capella	voices alone, without accompaniment
imitation	musical ideas exchanged between vocal lines, imitating one another so that a similar phrase is head in different registers
motet	sacred work with a Latin text, for use in Mass and other religious services
Josquin des Prez	- example for other composers - motet -"Ave Maria...virgo serena" "Hail Mary...gentle virgin"
homorythmic	all voices move together rythmically
Mass	central service of the Roman Catholic Church
Martin Luther	Augustinian monk that launched the Reformation 95 Theses
Council of Trent	church organized longest committee meeting in history 1545-1563
Giovanni Perluigi da Palestins	c. 1525-1594 "O Magnum Mysterium"

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