Review Questions 1. What were the three forms of English madrigals? Describe each type. - Madrigal Proper‚ in this form‚ the madrigal was through-composed. It used quite a bit of word-painting‚ which is the matching of music to the words in the text. There also is The Ballet‚ which is a piece in which dancers tell a story through their movements and the music. Lastly‚ there is The Ayre‚ with is a form of madrigal that is performed in a number of different ways‚ including with or without
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worth 10 points. Review Questions 1. What were the three forms of English madrigals? Describe each type. The Madrigal Proper - This kind was ’through-composed’ (The music is different all the time.) There is a lot of word-painting music that illustrates words. E.g. Thomas Weelkes ’As Vesta was from Latmos Hill descending. 2. The Ballett - It was sometimes danced as well as sung. The texture is mainly chordal. Whereas a madrigal proper is through-composed‚ a ballett is strophic (two or more verses set
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Renaissance period from the Medieval period? 29. What’s the difference between a Renaissance Mass and Renaissance Motet? 30. Classical period dates; 31. Characteristics of music and other art forms of the Romantic period; with what characteristics were Romantic composers most concerned ? 32. A Contemporary alternative to key-centered music; 33. Features of a madrigal vs. a motet; 34.
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of the mass or motets‚ sacred compositions based on Latin poetry suitable for inclusion in a church setting. Josquin’s four-voice motet Ave Maria...virgo serena (1502) is an outstanding Renaissance choral work. This Latin prayer to the Virgin is set to delicate and serene music. Josquin connected the composition to music already existing within the church by adapting the melody for the opening phrases from a Gregorian chant‚ a technique known as parody. The rest of the motet was not based on
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Q1. In no more than 500 words compare the use of the cantus firmus technique in Guillaume Dufay’s Agnus Dei from his Missa L’homme armé and Josquin de Prez’s Agnus Dei from his Mass L’homme armé. The Cantus Firmus technique is an existing melody used as the basis for a polyphonic composition. The cantus firmus had been the most commonly used for writing masses throughout most of the 15th century. It is traditionally written in the alto clef and begins and ends on the tonic of the key or the
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was the earlier form of the tuba‚ meant to recreate and blend with low men’s voices‚ and the Racket‚ which has a warm‚ rich tone. In the renaissance there were different types of music such as mass‚ motet‚ laude‚ Shakespearean songs‚ dance/ instrumental‚ and madrigal. Madrigal music is a one stanza
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Oratorio and cantata were two genres that re-emerged in the first half of the eighteenth century. They were already important musical alternatives to opera by the mid-seventeenth century‚ but differed in nearly every respect from the genres of the same names found in the early eighteenth century. As genres late in the period‚ they both bespoke the traditions from which they originally sprang and permitted new recombination of the musical elements of these same traditions. The oratorio and cantata
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Essays on the Origins of Western Music by David Whitwell Essay Nr. 138: Music of the Renaissance Banquet From a musical perspective‚ the most important music heard at Renaissance banquets was that heard when the banquet was concluded. The brief concerts‚ that is to say the moment when music was actually listened to by contemplative listeners‚ which were always specified as taking place “after the tables were cleared‚” were really an important step toward today’s
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Final Exam Study Guide Questions will come directly from this material Elements What are the seven elements of music and identify them; Tempo-(speed)‚ Melody-(tune)‚ Dynamics-(range)‚ Rhythm-(beat)‚ Form-(how its composed)‚ Meter-(organization)‚ Harmony-(flow) Composers Be able to give appropriate stylistic periods‚ identify major works as listed in the book for each and notable innovations (i.e.- Bach was considered a master of the cantata form‚ Hildegard von Bingen wrote chant music) * Hildegard
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ICtonal music‚ chant (plainsong‚ plainchant)‚ organum‚ motet‚ Reformation‚ a cappella‚ word painting‚ counterpoint‚ chanson‚ madrigal‚ modulation‚ continuo‚ doctrine of affections‚ libretto‚ overture‚ recitative‚ aria‚ ensemble‚ chorus‚ cantata‚ oratorio‚ fugue‚ rondo‚ theme and variations‚ minuet and trio‚ metre‚ texture‚ suite‚ sonata‚ concerto‚ composers‚ instruments‚ historical periods‚ the Enlightenment‚ syllabic‚ melismatic‚ sonata-allegro form La peri fanfare Boulez Bird Chopin
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