MUSC 201

The opening section of a fugue, in which all the voices enter with the main subject

A polyphonic work based on a central theme and employing imitation

The category of a work, determined by a combination of its performance medium and its social function

Monophonic vocal music in the medieval church, designed to project religious texts. So called because it was alleged to have been written mostly by Pope Gregory I, in the late sixth century

Another name for an ostinato in the bass part

The sound created by multiple voices playing or singing together

The simultaneous playing or singing of two or more versions of a melody

A musical texture in which a melody is performed with a supporting accompaniment

An early-Renaissance intellectual and cultural movement that explored human interests and values through the pursuit of science, philosophy, literature, painting, sculpture, and music, particularly vocal music

A shortened form of the term "imitative counterpoint": the same theme introduced by different instruments or voices in succession