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14 Cards in this Set
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Sacred
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Patrons: churches & monasteries
Singing dominated by male clergy |
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Secular
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Few literate people for recording music
Men & women created songs for home entertainment |
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A capella
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Voices only
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Chant / Plainsong
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For church service
Monophonic A capella Latin Tonality in "church modes" Often from Psalms & other Bible texts Composers usually unknown |
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Mass
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Most solemn service of Medieval Christian church, commemorating Last Supper of Christ
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Ordinary
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Parts of mass that happen every mass
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Proper
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Parts of mass that happen on special occasions only
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Organum
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- Pre-existing chants slowed down to very low, long-held notes
- Faster-moving melody above slow chant |
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Popes Gregory I & II
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Credited w/ cataloging chants, developing system of musical notation
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Hildegard of Bingen
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1st composer w/ known biography
German nun Wrote chant for women w/ larger melodic leaps than traditional chant |
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Leonin
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Developed organum
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"Dies irae"
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Men
Monophonic Nonmetric A capella Latin |
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"O pastor animarum"
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Female
Monophonic Nonmetric A capella Latin Large melodic leaps--composed by Hildegard of Bingen |
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"Vidurent omnes"
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Organum chant
Polyphonic & monophonic Nonmetric A capella Latin |