| Antiquity and Church Music | Song and Dance Music and Polyphony | Renaissance and English Influence | Franco-Flemish and Sacred Music of the Reformation | Madrigal and Secular Song and the Rise of Instrumental Music |
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What is antiquity?
The ancient past.
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What is commentary?
Polyphony functioned as a __________ on chant.
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What is Renaissance?
French for "rebirth."
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What is vernacular?
Most of the sung texts in the Lutheran church were in the _________.
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What is the Italian Madrigal?
The most important genre of the 16th century.
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What is Greek?
This civilization influenced western music the most.
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What is parallel organum?
A style of organum that involves the duplication of a chant melody.
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What is printing?
Made music available to a wider public, including amateurs.
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Who is Josquin des Prez?
The most influential composer of his time, dubbed a "Master of Notes" by Martin Luther.
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What is sackbut, crumhorn, lute, viola da gamba, violin, organ, clavichord, or harpsichord?
One of the newly developed instruments in the Renaissance.
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What is polyphony?
Music with multiple melody lines.
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What is bard, troubadour, minstrel, jongleur, or minnesinger?
One type of professional musician during the middle ages.
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What is credo, faburden, cantilena, motet, Mass Ordinary, or carol?
One of the types of English polyphony.
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Who is William Byrd?
The most important English composer of the Renaissance.
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What is villancico?
The popular style of music from Spain.
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What are neumes?
The signs placed above the text that was an early form of music notation.
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What is estampie?
The most common medieval instrumental dance.
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What is cantus, tenor, or contratenor?
One of the three voices in Renaissance music.
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What is imitation mass?
This type of mass is also known as a "parody" mass.
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What are consorts?
Another name for instrument families.
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What is syllabic?
A text setting in which every syllable has one note.
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What is Franconian or Ars Nova?
One of the two styles of notation that came before the Renaissance.
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What is imitative counterpoint or homophony?
One of the two musical textures introduced during the Renaissance.
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What is an anthem?
The English equivalent of the motet.
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What is vocal?
Instrumental music was sometimes an arrangement of __________ music.
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