This syllable is the first one in a Hexachord.

This movement included the revival of ideals of classical antiquity, increased secularism, and sparked a large increase in musical activity.

This composer was the most famous composer of his time, with his fame lasting long after his death.

In this opera, Orpheus goes to Hades to retrieve his dead bride from the powers of the underworld. He sings so persuasively that she is returned to him on the condition that he does not look back at her as they leave Hades. But he does turn back to look at her, and he loses her again.

This genre for a single instrument and continuo was an important genre in the 17th century, and was usually sectional in structure, with contrast in metre and tempo.

This mode begins on the letter ‘E’

The music out of this country had a fuller sound during the renaissance; it contained fewer open fifths and octaves and more thirds and sixths.

This type of music is described as vernacular, polyphonic vocal music in Italy 1470-1530, containing texts mainly about love, with some sacred texts as well.

In this style of music, composers set aside the rules of counterpoint and the older polyphonic style for a deeper connection between text and music.

This type of late 17th century sonata excluded dances movements for reasons of propriety.

This type of hexachord begins on F, and uses a Bb.

This practice consisted of singing two unnotated parts against a cantus firmus

This type of French song depicted real life, using sounds such as bird calls, battles, or street cries.

This is known as a secular strophic song sung at court in France, with the intention of entertaining the King and his courtiers.

The regular order of movements in this style of instrumental music is fast-slow-fast.

This is the process of changing one solmization syllable into another in order to sing a melody, the range of which extends beyond a single hexachord.

In the context of the 15th century, this word means “any polyphonic composition on a Latin text other than the ordinary of the mass”

This type of through-composed short poem emerged in Italy during the 1520s, containing series of overlapped sections, and using both counterpoint and homophony.

This English courtly entertainment involved spoken dialogue, music, dance, opulent costumes, stage machinery, and special effects.

This instrument was frequently used for the treble parts in a trio textured sonata.

This is the note upon which recitation is made; a structurally important note within each mode. For example, in Dorian on D, this note is A.

This compositional technique is comprised of a small melodic segment (the thema) stated in one voice, then repeated in other voices. The thema initiates a section then expands into free counterpoint.

With the late renaissance came this concept: states of mind produced by imbalances in the spirits and and vapours that flow through the body.

This style of music is a work for 1-3 voices, with discrete sections in diverse styles, accompanied by basso continuo.

The order of movements in terms of speed in a trio sonata by the end of the 17th century.