music lit

Modern time frame

Gregorian chant:monophonic and unison singing of Latin religious texts

Polyphonic texture:

Monteverdi Composed Orfeo in 1607 for a performance in Mantua;

The premiere of Symphonie fantastique took place at the Paris Conservatory.

Berlioz’s orchestration calls for instruments such as the ophicleide and serpent.

what is the date for Medieval

What is the correct order of muscial era

Renaissance time frame

When each voice of a composition enters with the same motive in succession, this is known as:

What is a Cantus firmus

order of mass

Symphonie Fantastique is a conventional “absolute” symphony in four movements.

Bach wrote preludes and fugues in every key.

Romantic time frame

What IS NOT an example of sacred music

How are composers of the late Renaissance

Homophonic texture:

When a song is strophic, all the verses of text are set to the same music.

Motets: religious pieces with added texts, sometimes in multiple languages

“Guidonian hand,” aided in visualizing the musical scale

Who was the person who drew up the original scenario for The Rite of Spring?

Librettist is the poet

The sackbut is an instrument that bears the greatest resemblance to

Medieval 450-1450)Renaissance ( 1450-1600) Baroque(1600 1750)Classical ( 1750-1820)Romantic ( ca. 1820- ca 1914)

What are the dates for the classical

The Rite of Spring premiered at the Palais Garnier in Paris

Which was the first great oprea

Monophonic texture:

Baroque time frame