Chapter 8-Music in Civ. I Exam With Explanation Of Answers 100% Correct.
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contenance angloise - correct answer Terms coined by Martin Le Franc.(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. Other features...
contenance angloise - correct answer Terms coined by Martin Le Franc.(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. Other
features included simple melodies, regular phrasing. Composers most prominent were Du fay and
Binchois
faburden - correct answer an improvised polyphony in which a plainchant in the middle voice
was joined by an upper voice and P4 above it and a lower voice singing mostly in P3rd below it. Was first
referred to by name in 1430 but was used for a over a century later.
Cantilenas - correct answer freely composed, mostly homorhythmic settings of Latin texts, not
based on existing chant melodies. Shared character consonances of faburden.
Old Mass Manuscript - correct answer By 1400s, mass ordinary texts became the most
common type of Eng. polyphony. The OLD MASS MANUSCRIPT was primary source of early 15th century
Eng. polyphony comprising of mass ordinary, motets, hymns, and sequences
The english carol - correct answer A distinctively english genre, a two or three part setting of a
poem in English, Latin, or a mixture of the two. Most carols are on religious topics, such as Christmas!
used at religious festivals or to accompany processions.
consists of a number of stanzas, all sung to the same music, and a BURDEN, or a refrain
John Dunstable (1390-1453) - correct answer the biggest of all English composers in the early
15th century.
Wrote isorhythmic motets, mass ordinary, settings of chant, and secular songs
, most historically important works were his three-voice sacred pieces, settings of antiphons, hymns, mass
sections, and other liturgical texts. Some have cactus firmus in tenor.
others, use PARAPHRASE- in which a melody is given a rhythm and ornamented by adding notes around
those of chant. Here he treats the melody as if it is a chanson, instead of as a foundation in the tenor
line.
Also, used naturalistic rhythm declamation of text to call attention to certain words and thus to their
meaning.
Redefining the motet - correct answer The term coined in the 13th century for pieces that
added text the to the upper part of a discant clausula, gradually broadened in meaning to encompass
any work with texted upper voices above a cactus firms, where secular or sacred.
the term came to designate almost any polyphonic composition on a latin text, including settings of
Mass ordinary texts before the mass cycle became defined as a genre in the 15th century.
The english influence - correct answer Eng. sound steered musicians towards constant use of
3rd and 6th.
Also led to the use of specific writing of three parts. Where melodic line was found in the top line (such
as in chansons), over a tenor, and contratenor line.
Also inspired composers to have more homophonic textures
Music in Burgundian Lands - correct answer musicians connected with the court of Burgundy
or trained in Burgundian lands played a particularly important role in development in 15th century.
Most leading composers of 15th century came from Burgundian territories.
The Duchy of Burgundy - correct answer Dukes of Burgundy were vassals of the King of
France, but almost equaled the king in power and influence. They owned vast territories and employed
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