ECU Music in Life 2

A polyphonic vocal style of composition. Popular in the middle ages, when it consisted of a tenor foundation upon which other tunes were added. The texts of these voices could be sacred or secular, Latin or French, and usually had little to do with each other

unaccompanied

French sacred polyphonic musical style of the 13th century Troubadors and Trouvers

French musical style of the 14th century

A form of scales used in Gregorian Chant

Writing music which imitates the text

2 or more long notes accompanying a melody

One of the oldest surviving purely instrumental forms of the 13th and 14th centuries.

A melody set to sacred Latin texts and sung unaccompanied

Many notes per syllable. Used to emphasize text.

Music that is written for only one voice or part

2-3 notes per syllable

A style of composition that has many voices, each with its own melody

Music performed inside the church

Pioneered the usage of measured rhythm

Music performed outside of the church

Influential priest, wrote Summa Theologica

Wrote Divine Comedy- 1st to write in language other than Latin (vernacular)

One note per syllable

Greek Muse of Dance

the official set of daily prayers prescribed by the Catholic Church to be recited at predetermined times by the clergy

A piece set for several solo voices set to a short poem, usually about love