Review - Middle Ages

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What is Secular music?

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Music performed outside of the church, often used instrumentation.

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What does “Syllabic” refer to?

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A text setting in which every syllable gets one pitch.

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What is a Responsorial?

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When a soloist alternates with a choir in plainchant.

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What is Gregorian Chant?

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A variety of plainchant that was the official music of the Catholic Church.

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This pope recognized the Catholic liturgy, including its music.

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Pope Gregory I

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What does Melismatic mean?

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A text setting in which some syllables are sung over many pitches.

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This person was a German nun who was the first female composer from whom musical works have survived.

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Hildegard von Bingen

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Between 700 & 900 CE, monks in monasteries began experiments with adding __________ to chants.

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Harmony

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Who were the Troubadours?

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Traveling poet-composers active in noble courts and villages.

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Secular music was mainly passed __________, due to the illiteracy of the general population.

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Aurally