MUS 1000 Quiz #2 Vocab CH 7-10
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Improvisation | Process of simultaneously composing and performing music. |
| Ethos | Moral and ethical qualities of music. |
| Acoustics | Science of sound. |
| Modes | Seven-note scales within the range of an octave. |
| Classical style | Restrained, objective style of art. |
| Romantic style | Emotional, subjective style of art. |
| Medieval period, Middle Ages | The period from about 500 to 1450 C.E. |
| Liturgy | The text and formal arrangement of a religious service |
| Linear Polyphony | Polyphonic music conceived without an intention that the combined melody lines should form chordal or harmonic combinations. |
| Unison | Production of music by several voices or instruments at the same pitch, performed at the same octave or at different octaves. |
| A Cappella | Unaccompanied group singing. |
| Plainsong, Plainchant, Chant, Gregorian Chant | Music to which portions of the Catholic service are sung. THe texture is monophonic, the timbre that of unaccompanied voices. |
| Drone | A sustained or repeated tone. |
| Age of Humanism | A period, characterized in which all the voices perform the same melody, beginning at different times. |
| Ostinato | A persistently ("obstinately") repeated melodic or rhythmic pattern. |
| Mass | Roman Catholic worship service. |
| Renaissance | The word means "rebirth." SPelled with a capital letter, it refers to the period of renewed interest in the classical arts of ancient Greece and Rome that began in the early fifteenth century and dominated the style of Western Music from 1450 to 1600. |
| Protestant Reformation | Protest movement, led by Martin Luther, against certain tenets of the Catholic church. |
| Counter-Reformation | Catholic response to the Protestant REformation; it proposed certain reforms, including some related to church music. |
| Golden Age of Polyphony | Term for the Renaissance, when polyphonic texture was prevalent and particularly beautiful. |
| Renaissance Motet | Religious vocal composition that is through-composed, polyphonic in texture, sung in Latin, and invariably serene and worshipful. |
| Word Painting | Musical illustrations of verbal concepts. |
| Through-Composed | A form containing new music throughout. |
| Imitative Polyphony | Technique in which each phrase of a composition is addressed by all the voices, which enter successively in imitation of each other. |
| Hymn | Religious song, strophic in form, with freely written text, appropriate for congregational singing. |
| Chorale | Characteristic hymn introduced by Martin Luther. |
| Strophic Form | The most popular song form ,having two or more stanzas all set to the same music. |
| Psalm Tunes | Tuneful settings of the 150 psalms in versions suitable for congregational singing. |
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