Music Final Middle Ages
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 monophonic music | melody only |
| polyphonic music | melody with harmony |
| antiphonal | alternating choirs(chant) |
| responsorial | one soloist sings, congregation responds |
| syllabic | one not per syllabic |
| neumatic | 2-10 notes per syllable |
| melismatic | more than 10 notes per syllable |
| Pope Gregory I | responsible for having all 2000 chants written down |
| antiphonale | Book of chant for divine hours |
| Breviary | book of prayers for divine hours |
| Graduale | book of chant for mass |
| Missal | book of chants for mass |
| liber Usualis | Book the contains all 2000 chants |
| Troubadours | french; wrote chansons (secular) |
| Trouvers | Northern French; poets(secular) |
| Minnesingers | German; secular song writers |
| Meistersingers | "master singers" |
| Leonin and Perotin | wrote 2 part organum, polyphony, and motets |
| Kyrie Eleson | 1st mass part |
| Gloria | 2nd mass part |
| Creto | 3rd mass part |
| Sanctus | 4th mass part |
| Benedtictus | 5th mass part |
| Agnus dei | 6th mass part |
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