Civ Music Genres and Forms!

A specific genre of songs/lyrical poems performed in regional vernacular, by Troubadors and Trouvères

The official music of the catholic church during the Middle Ages; a unique collection of thousands of religious songs

musical form that originated in the Baroque, comes from the Latin meaning “flight”, where 1 to 4 voices present a theme

this musical form exhibits no obvious repetitions or overt musical form from beginning to end 

A Madrigal for instrumentalists and a new genre of music in the Renaissance that used a six-string instrument

this musical form with at least three statements of the refrain and at least two contrasting sections

instrumental genre from the latin “Concertare”, marked by a friendly competition between a soloist & the orchestra

a French term used broadly to  indicate a lyrical song from the Middle Ages into the twentieth century 

the name given to the early  polyphony of the Western Church from the ninth through the thirteenth centuries 

this genre means “serious opera”, has three long acts, chronicles the triumphs and tragedies of kings, queens, and gods

a Polyphonic song of social art for both men and women. A Secular piece for several solo voices in Vernacular language

this genre is composed for listening not for dancing and means “a succession of things”; it usually has 2 to 7 pieces

A contrapuntal form in which individual voices enter & each duplicates exactly  the melody that the first voice played

this genre is a useful vehicle for religious music in the church; it is a multi-movement, sacred work, lasting 20-30 min

a song in the local language that  marked Christmas, Easter, or even  a military victory and uses strophic form

this genre is the opening the musical-dramatic productions in the French Court it consists of two sections

a popular dance genre around the mid-sixteenth century; one was slow & gliding, in duple meter

German word for hymns of the Lutheran Church which are simple, mostly monophonic/lightly polyphonic religious melodies

the central religious service of  the Roman Catholic Church, one  that incorporates singing for spiritual reflection

a composition for choir or larger  chorus setting a religious, devotional,  or solemn text; often sung a cappella 

this genre is essentially a stage play expressed through music, means literally “a work,” & demands singers who can act

a genre sung in a hall or chapel used specifically for prayer, is intended to inspire the faithful to greater devotion

this genre is a composition where a small group of soloists works together, against the full orchestra

this genre is an introductory movement, usually for orchestra, that precedes an opera, oratorio, or dance suite