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Music History Exam 2
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Who composed De plus en plus and what is the genre | Gilles Binchois; Rondeau |
| Who composed Se la face ay pale and what is the genre | Guillaume Du Fay; Ballade |
| Who composed Mille reretz and what is the genre | Josquin des Prez; Chanson |
| Who comped Solo e pensoso and what is the genre | Luca Marenzio; Madrigal |
| Who composed Ein feste Burg and what is the genre | Martin Luther; Lutheran Chorale |
| Who composed Pope Marcellus Mass: Agnus Dei and what is the genre | Palestrina; Mass |
| Who was Johannes Tinctoris | He wrote the Liber de arte contraputi |
| Who was Gioseffo Zarlino | He took the ideas from Tinctoris and wrote them in his book, Le institutione harmoniche |
| Who was John Dunstable | English composer, wrote in all genres but was well known for his sacred music |
| Who was Antoine Busnoys | Known for his chansons |
| Who was Jean de Ockeghem | Wrote masses, he extended the voice ranges more than previous composers; Wrote the Missa Prolationum |
| Who was Josquin de Prez | His music was performed and emulated both during his life and decades after his death |
| Who was Juan del Encina | Known for his Vilancicos |
| Who was Franceco Petrarcha (Petrarch) | Big poet of the Renaissance, madrigals used his poetry |
| Who was Cipriano de Rore | Madrigal composer |
| Who was Maddalena Casulana | Female madrigal composer |
| Who was Orlando de Lassus | Madrigal composer |
| Who was Martin Luther | Started the Reformation and the Lutheran Church |
| Who was Jean Calvin | Started the Calvinist church |
| Who was William Byrd | English late Renaissance composer |
| Who was Palestrina | Known for saving polyphony in the church, wrote a lot but was famous for his masses |
| Who was Tomas Luis de Victoria | Spanish composer, known for his masses |
| Who was Giovanni Gabrieli | Worked at St. Mark's; Wrote instrumental and polychoral music |
| What is Humanism | Intellectual movement; Comes from Ancient Greek and Roman ideas; Stressed human knowledge and experience |
| What were Bas instruments | Soft instruments meant for the chamber; Ex: Lute and other string instruments |
| What were Haut instruments | Loud instruments meant for outside spaces; Ex: Cornett, trumpet, shawm |
| What was Le institutioni harmoniche | Written by Zarlino; Refines the rules described in Tinctoris' Liber de arte contrapunti |
| What is a Hemiola | Instead of 2 beats divided into 3, it's 3 beats divided into 2 like in the song "America" from West Side Story |
| What is a Fauxbourdon | The Cantus and Tenor are written out but the 3rd voice is not wirtten it is improvised at a certain interval |
| What is a Polyphonic Mass | A mass that is polyphonic, a cycle is all 5 movements written together |
| What is a Plainsong Mass | Movements of the mass are based on the chants of it's texts |
| What is a Motto Mass | Same opening motives used for each movement |
| What is a Cantus-firmus Mass | The same cantus-firmus, or borrowed melody, is used in each movement |
| What is a Canon | Deriving 2 or more voices from a single notated voice |
| What is a Mensuration Canon | 2 voices sing simultaneously from the same part but with different durations |
| What is a Villancico | Spanish song; A composer is Juan del Encina |
| What are the dates of the Renaissance | 1400-1600 |
| What is Renaissance French for | Rebirth |
| What are the general styles of Renaissance much | Expressiveness, Focus on consonance, Importance of text, Strict rules for dealing with dissonances, Homogenous sound for instrumental music |
| What changes did printing have on music | Allowed for wider dissemination, led to amateur music making, composers were more well known, new outlet for composers, and new repertoire and genres were encouraged |
| What was interesting/different about Missa prolationum by Ockeghem | Notated in 2 voices, but sung in 4 using the four prolations of mensural notation |
| National vs. international style | International style was used by 15th century composers, National style was used by 16th century composers especially for vocal secular music |
| Who were early madrigal composers | Philippe Verdelot, Jacques Arcadelt |
| Who were mid-century madrigal composers | Cipriano de Rore |
| Who were late madrigal composers | Orlando de Lassus, Luca Marenzio, Carlo Gesualdo |
| What was music's role in the Lutheran church | Music was important, the main genre was chorales, and instruments were used, specifically the organ |
| What was music's role in the Calvinist church | Music was important, it was seen as a way to unify worship, instruments were not used, it was only homophonic vocal music |
| What changes were made to the Catholic church music due to the Council of Trent/Counter-reformation | 1) Suppressed variation in the liturgy by eliminating all but 4 tropes and sequences 2) Some wanted to restrict polyphony but they did not because of Palestrina's works |
| What were some of the instruments in the Renaissance | 1) Sackbut: early form of trombone, 2) Lute: pear-shaped mostly double stringed instrument, 3) Vihuela: spanish guitar, 4) Clavichord: keyboard instrument strings struck by a brass blade, 5) Harpsichord: keyboard instrument strings plucked by a quill |
| What were the common Renaissance dance forms | Basse dance, Pavane, Galliard, Allemande, and Moresco |
| What were the Introductory/Improvisatory Forms (Instrumental genres) | Prelude, fantasia, ricercare, toccata, canzona |
| Where was the center of music in late Renaissance/early Baroque | Venice, specifically St. Mark's |
| What was the importance of Sonata piano e'forte by Gabrieli | It was the first time dynamics and specific instruments were indicated in music |
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