Music 9

A French poet and composer who was the first to write a polyphonic setting of the mass ordinary. He used the Ars Nova technique which is a repeated rhythmic pattern throughout one or more voices.

• Johann Sebastian Bach

• Josquin des Prez

• Guillaume de Machaut

• Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina

A contrapuntal piece that can be used for voices, group of instruments, or single keyboard instrument. It is polyphonic in texture based on one primary theme called   subject.

• Cantata

• Oratorio

• Sonata

• Fugue

An artistic aristocratic form of poetry and music. It is polyphonic in texture and expressive in mood. The text was a short poem of lyric or reflective characters, usually longer than twelve lines, marked by elegance of diction and refinement of sentiment.

• Fugue

• Cantata

• Madrigal

• Sonata

It is the official music of the Roman Catholic Church during the Medieval period. It has melody that is set to sacred Latin text, composed for the Western Church and performed without instrumental accompaniment.

• Fugue

• Sonata

• Mass

• Gregorian Chant

It is the period which flourished from 1600 to 1750 and most music was written according to a patron’s specifications. Music characteristics usually follow a basic mood with the dynamics tending to stay constant.

• Medieval Period

• Baroque Period

• Renaissance Period

• Classical Period

A French-Flemish master of the Renaissance music who wrote masses, motes, and secular pieces. He spent much of his life serving in the papal choir and in duke’s private chapels.

• Guillaume de Machaut

• Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina

• Johann Sebastian Bach

• Josquin des Prez

It is a performing group based on the violin section during the Baroque period. The composition of the orchestra was flexible and can vary from piece to piece.

• Symphony

• Fugue

• Concerto Grosso

• Baroque Orchestra

During the period, musicians were supported by the chief institutions of the society the Church, city and state, and royal and aristocratic courts. It is also a period known as the “Golden Age of Polyphony.”

• Classical Period

• Renaissance Period

• Baroque Period

• Medieval Period

It is an instrumental ensemble that involved the interplay of two groups: the soloist and the accompanying group.

• Madrigal

• Concerto Grosso

•  Sonata

• Fugue

One of the most significant Italian Renaissance composers who devoted to writing church music. He wrote 104 masses and around 450 other sacred works.

• Josquin des Prez

• Guillame de Machaut

• Johann Sebastian Bach

• Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina