Definitions the IB Wants You to Know: Renaissance

Question 1

#1 in Mass: Lord have mercy, Christ have mercy, Lord have mercy.

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Kyrie

Question 2

Notes were rarely written out and left to the performer to interpret.

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Embellishment, Ornament

Question 3

Musical setting of the text used in the Roman Catholic service.

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Mass

Question 4

Renaissance secular vocal genre that sets short poems to music

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Madrigal

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#4 in mass: Holy, holy, holy, Lord God of Hosts. Heaven & earth are full of thy glory

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Sanctus

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Medieval Latin term for polyphonic church music.

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Organum

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Scales that utilize different whole and half step structures.

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Modes

Question 8

Re-enacting the last Passover supper by drinking wine / grape juice and eating unlearn bread

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Eucharist

Question 9

Music written to reflect the meaning of the words.

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Word Painting

Question 10

Meaning "melody against melody" it refers to acombination of two or more melodic lines.

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Counterpoint

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Choral music without accompaniment, literally 'for the chapel'.

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A cappella

Question 12

The decoration of the musical line.

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Ornament, Embellishment

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Same rhythm in all parts. A special type of homophonic texture.

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Homorhythmic

Question 14

Identify this musical form.

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Binary

Question 15

During mass, placing the wine / grape juice and unlearn bread on the altar

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Offertory

Question 16

#5 in mass: Go, it is the dismissal

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Ite, missa est

Question 17

Many notes sung to one syllable of text.

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Melisma

Question 18

Solo pieces for lute or keyboard that are improvisatory in nature.

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Fantasia

Question 19

What style of texture does counterpoint ALWAYS have?

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Polyphony

Question 20

High male voice. Next to the lowest musical voice.

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Tenor

Question 21

Used at St. Mark's in Venice and culminated in the work of Giovanni Gabrieli. (1557- 1612)

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Polychoral

Question 22

How did the church comes up with the names of the modes?

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Named after Ancient Greek scales.

Question 23

The liturgical chant of the Roman Catholic Church

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Gregorian Chant

Question 24

A mass for the dead.

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Requiem

Question 25

Designation for a song in which all stanzas of the text are sung to the same music.

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Strophic

Question 26

Fast Medieval or Renaissance monophonic dance

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Saltarello

Question 27

Where did Madrigals originate?

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Originated in Italy and became popular in England.

Question 28

Roman Catholic masses that mark special occasions, such as Christmas, Easter, Saints days, etc.

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Mass Proper

Question 29

Sacred vocal form with a single Latin text used in masses.

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Motet

Question 30

#3 in mass: I believe in one God, the Father Almighty, and in one Lord, Jesus Christ,

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Credo

Question 31

#2 in mass: Glory be to God on high And in earth peace, goodwill towards men, We praise thee

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Gloria

Question 32

Fugues and canons and is often referred to in the music of the Middle Ages andRenaissance.

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Polyphonic

Question 33

'Rebirth', the era from about 1400 (or 1450)-1600.

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Renaissance

Question 34

The form of the piece is in two sections, A and B. Each section contains a melodic idea.

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Binary

Question 35

Melody remains the same for each verse, only the text or words change

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Strophic

Question 36

Is a refrain sung with psalm recitation during the distribution of the Eucharist

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Communion

Question 37

Which mass adds additional sections? Introit, Gradual, Offertory and Communion?

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Mass Ordinary

Question 38

Song subject matter focused on religious themes such as the Virgin Mary.

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Motet

Question 39

Composition style used most often by Giovanni Gabrielli in Venice.

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Antiphony

Question 40

Music which used two or three choirs.

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Polychoral

Question 41

Melody with an accompaniment

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Homophonic

Question 42

In a mass, the usual form is a single respond with a solo verse

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Gradual

Question 43

Use of a fixed existing melody as a basis for a polyphonic composition for contrapuntal voices.

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Cantus Firmus

Question 44

What is imitation?

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Repetition of a melody or melodic fragment in other voices., Sequence of a melody or melodic fragment in other voices.

Question 45

Normal Roman Catholic church services that are not for special occasions.

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Mass Ordinary

Question 46

Isaiah 45:8, then Psalm 19:1, and then Glory to the Father, to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost,

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Introit

Question 47

#5 in mass: Lamb of God, you who take away the sins of the world, have mercy upon us.

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Agnus Dei

Question 48

High female voice, the highest sounding melody.

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Soprano

Question 49

The period preceding the Renaissance, roughly from 600 to 1400 or 1450.

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Middle Ages

Question 50

In the style of counterpoint.

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Contrapuntal

Question 51

A polyphonic secular song sung in French.

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Chanson

Question 52

Which organisation first began using the word "modes?"

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Roman Catholic Church

Question 53

Composition style used in Venice because of the architecture of St. Mark's Cathedral.

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Antiphony

Question 54

Devices include trills, mordents,grace notes, appoggiaturas, etc.

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Ornament, Embellishment

Question 55

Low female voice and the second highest sounding part

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Alto

Question 56

A note or notes sustained. A pipe that sounds a continuous tone common in the Middle Ages.

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Drone, Pedal Point

Question 57

Compositional style now known simply as "Call and Response."

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Antiphony

Question 58

Where do you find the Kyrie, Gloria, Credo, Sanctus, Angus Dei and Benedicamus?

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Mass Ordinary

Question 59

A single unaccompanied line of music

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Monophonic

Question 60

The earliest form of Medieval polyphony.

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Organum

Question 61

How many voices are typically used in a Madrigal?

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3 to 8

Question 62

Low male voice. The lowest part of a musical composition.

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Bass

Question 63

alternates phrases between different ensembles located opposite ends of the room

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Antiphony

Definitions the IB Wants You to Know: Renaissance

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Definitions the IB Wants You to Know: Renaissance

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