History of Western Art Music I
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Guillaume de Machaut | (c1300-1377) most renowned poet and musician of the French Ars Nova period; studied in cathedral an schools of reims; secretary of John, Duke of Luxembourg and king of bohemia; 1st composer in music history for whom we have a "complete works" |
| Carol | English song, usually on a religious subject, with several stanzas and a BURDEN, or REFRAIN. |
| Avignon | A city on the Rhone River in southeastern France. From 1309-1377 it was the residence of the popes during their exile from Rome and was papal property until the French Revolution |
| Babylonian Captivity | period from 587 to 539 b.c. when the jewish nation did not exist and jewish leaders were exiled to babylon |
| Contenance Angloise | (French, "English guise") Characteristic quality of early-fifteenth-century English music, marked by pervasive CONSONANCE with frequent use of HARMONIC thirds and sixths, often in parallel motion. |
| Motto Mass | Polyphonic mass in which the movements are linked primarily by sharing the same opening motive or phrase. |
| Imitation Mass | Polyphonic mass in which each movement is based on the same polyphonic model, normally a chanson or motet, and all voices of the model are used in the mass, but none is used as a cantus firmus. |
| Hundred-Years War | Series of campaigns over control of the throne of France, involving English and French royal families and French noble families. |
| Cantus Firmus Mass | POLYPHONIC MASS in which the same CANTUS FIRMUS is used in each MOVEMENT, normally in the TENOR. |
| L'homme Arme | very popular French song, literally means "The armed man." Used as a cantus firmus for several masses, including Busnois, Ockeghem, Tinctoris, Obrecht, and Josquin. |
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