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Trope
Addition to the text and music. Hildegard of Bingen
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Magnus Liber Organi
Book containg all polyphony at the Notre Dame School of Paris. Leonin and Perotin
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Hocket
Form of syncopation, singing or playing when another voice is resting. Machaut
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Ars Nova
1300-1370. A treatise that introduced duple meter for which an entire era of music was named. Philip Vitry.
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Ballata
A secular Italian piece of polyphony from the 14th centry, The form was aab. Jacopo de Bologna
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Madrigal
A song for 2-3 voices, no accompaniment. Consist of 2 or more 3 line stanzas and ended in ritornello (refrain). Jacopo de Bologna
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Ars subtilior
A style of polyphony from S. France and N. Italy. Extreme complexity in rhythm and notation. Philippus de Caserta.
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Chorale
A congregational hymn sung in what is now modern Germany and vernacular. Johann Walter.
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Fauxbourdon
The music is in 1st inversion. The bottom voice is a 6th below to top and the third voice is a 4th below. Du Fay.
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Full anthem
A polyphonic choir work in English without accompaniment. Byrd.
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Headmotive
The initial motive oprphrase of a passage or movement to connect to other passages or movement throughout the piece. Josquin
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Musica transalpina
A collection of madrigals translated in English in 1588. Led to the English madrigals. Nicolas Young
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Old Hall Manuscript
A collection of music that contained the contenance anglois. Dunstable.
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Sogetto cavato
Technique used to put anames in the music where you used the solfege syllanles closely related to the vowels of the name. Josquin.
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Academy
Centers of amateur learning in the sciences and humanties. We studied the Camerata
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Intermedio
Musical numbers between acts of plays. Camerata
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Tableau
Music played between acts. Camerata
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Monody
Single line with simple accompaniment
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Le nouve Musiche
New Music, music collection of embellishments
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Pastoral poetry
outdoors, shepards. Guarini.
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Prima Practica
Music more important than text. Must follow rules. Artusi
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Secunda Practica
Text more important than the music. Many break any rules to bring out text. Monteverdi.
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Concerto
Voice and instruments together. Gabrieli.
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Stile concitato
Rapid repetition of single not on instrument. Monteverdi.
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bel canto
Beautiful melody, simple accompaniment and harmonies, main focus is music. Cesti
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Cantata
Anything sung in Italian.
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Latino
Latin text. Prose. One large movement making it 10-30 min. Carissimi.
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Volgare
Italian, poetry, 2 large movements making it 30-90 min.
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Ricercare
Pieces meant to go during the Credo. Imitative. Chromatic theme. Theme augmented. Frescobaldi.
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Fiori Musicali
A set of three organ masses, each containing all the music an organist would play at Mass. Frescobaldi.
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Suite
All in the same key. Elisabeth Jacquet de la Guerre.
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Agréments
French ornaments. Elisabeth Jacquet de la Guerre.
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Stile Brisé
Lute player. Not many long notes. Voices drop in and out. Arpeggios run before cadence. Elisabeth Jacquet de la Guerre.
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En rondeau
Refrain that oftens comes back. Elisabeth Jacquet de la Guerre.
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Ordre
Binary with repeats. Programmatic titles. Couperin.
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Sonata
Anything menat to be played on an instrument.
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Da chiesa
church sonata meant to played in a church
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Da camera
Chamber sonata that is not played in church.
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Chains of suspensions
Suspensions lead to another into suspensions. Corelli
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Sarabande
slow triple meter dance with emphasis on beat 2. Corelli
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Gigue
dance, fast, found in suite, compound meter and binary with repeat. Corelli.
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Ritornello Form
Rit. Epi. Rit. Epi. Rit. Epi. Rit. Epi. Rit. Epi. - ABCC'
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Divertissement
A long interlude of ballet, solo airs, choral singing, and spectacle, intended as entertainment. Lully.
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Semi-operas
Spoken words - song and dance. Purcell.
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French Overature
2 movements, slow, many dotted notes, played as double dotted notes. Lully.
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Note inégales
Swung 8th notes
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Accompanied recitatif
Accompanied by strings only. Rameau.
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Ground bass
Repeating bass line. Purcell.
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Exit arias
Walk off stage after they sing. Handel.
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Fortspinnung
Use small ma
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