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Dies Irae/ Day of wrath
- Monophonic
- Nonmetric
- Frequent cadences
- Acappella
- Midieval era
- Syllabic and melismatic
- The work is sung by men
- latin text
- church mode
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"Viderunt Omnes" Leonin
- Organum and Chant
- Polyphonic and monophonic
- Latin text
- Beginning is polyphonic , sung by men
- Organum section is characterized by a high melody joined by a slower lower moving one
- The text in the plainchant section moves faster than in the organum section
- The music heard is in a slight feel of triple meter, then nonmetric
- The voices heard are a small group of me
- The musical texture is two-part polyphony, then monophonic chant
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"Kyrie" Palestrina
- Polyphonic
- 6 voices
- This Mass movement comprises 3 different sections
- The melodic shapes at the beginning of the first Kyrie tend to descend lower
- Compared with the earlier sections, the final "Kyrie" seems to be more optimistic and hopeful
- Renaissance era
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"Fair Phyllis" John Farmer
- Lots of word painting
- 4 voices (SATB)
- Madrigal
- Variety of textures
- Changes meter
- The musical characteristic that remains the same throughout is the mood
- The tempo of this work remains the same throughout
- This composition is written in major mode
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"Terpsichore" Michael Praetorius
- The Lute
- Trill- Fluttering between 2 notes
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Meter
organization of beats into regular grps
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Tempo
pace of the music/ rate or speed of beat
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dynamics
levels of loudness/ softness
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cadence
when a phrase or melody ends w/ a sense of finality
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