Music History I Crossword
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1) A melodic formula for singing psalms in the office. There is one psalm tone for each mode.3) Same melody performed simultaneously in more than one way, for example, simply and ornamented5) A poet=composer of medieval Germany who wrote monophonic songs, particularly above love, in Middle High German.6) Dialogue on a sacred subject, set to music and usually performed with action, and linked to the liturgy.7) (French, "song of deeds") Type of medieval French epic recounting the deeds of national heroes, sung to MELODIC formulas.8) Having one note sung to each syllable of text.9) Greek scale or mode having a certain octave species or configuration of intervals, not unlike a plainchant mode. Harmoniae were sometimes given ethnic names, such as Dorian and Lydian10) Performer who specializes in one instrument and dazzles audience with his or her technical prowess.12) 1 - succession of tones perceived as coherent line
2 - tune
3 - principal part accompanied by other parts or chords15) (1) In polyphony of he twelfth and thirteenth ventures, the voice part that has the chant or other borrowed melody, often in long held notes. (2) IN polyphony of the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries, the fundamental voice that together with the cactus determines the musical structure. (3) In vocal music form the sixteenth century on, part for relatively high male voice. (4) Male voice of a relatively high range.16) Grand Staff18) Sumerian LYRE with a bull's head at one end of the soundbox.21) Ancient geek instrument, a large lyre.23) IN chant, a simple outline melody used for a variety of texts.24) (1) A LITURGICAL CHANT that precedes and follows a PSALM or CANTICLE in the OFFICE. (2) In the MASS, a chant originally associated with ANTIPHONAL PSALMODY; specifically, the COMMUNION and the first and final portion of the INTROIT.28) Adjective describing the relationship between two pitches that are noted differently but sound alike when played, such as G sharp and A flat.30) (Lat. cantus planus)
Monophonic sacred chant or song of the Christian church, performed in free rhythm35) Fixed forms. Schemes of poetic and musical repetition used in the late Middle Ages, such as virelai, rondeau, and ballade37) Long narrative poem, or musical setting of such a poem.39) Duplum or Triplum voice part in early polyphony to which words are set41) One of the five major musical items in the mass ordinary, based on a byzantine litany.42) Within the key.43) (1) In polyphony of the late twelfth through fourteenth centuries, fourth voice from the bottom in a four nice texture, added to a tenor, duplum, and a triplum. (2) In notre dame polyphony, an organum in four voices.44) (1) IN Greek and medieval theory, a scale of four notes spanning a perfect fourth. (2) In Modern theory, a set of four pitches or pitch-classes (3) In twelve-tone theory, the first four, the middle four, or last four notes in the row.46) Writing down of music, usually on a staff of lines, using signs that define the pitch, duration, and other qualities of sound47) In Jewish synagogue music, the main solo singer. In the medieval Christian church, the leader of the CHOIR.48) Texts of the mass that remain the same on most or all days of the church calendar, although the tunes may change. 49) Item in the mass proper, sung after the pistol reading, comprising a respond and verse. Chant graduals are normally melismatic in style and sung in a responsorial manner, one or more soloists alternation with the choir. 51) (Latin, "clause," pl. clausulae) In NOTRE DAME POLYPHONY, a self-contained section of an ORGANUM that closes with a CADENCE.52) 1. Set of 6 pitches
2. In medieval theory and practice, three types of hexachord were distinguished: according to whether the B was absent ("natural" hexachord, as in C-A); B was natural ("hard hexachord," as in G-E); or B was flat ("soft" hexachord, as in F-D with Bb)55) Medieval instrumental DANCE that features a series of sections, each played twice with two different endings, OUVERT and CLOS.58) A type of Latin acred song, either monophonic or polyphonic, setting a rhymed, rhythmic poem.59) (1) In polyphony o the late twelfth through fourteenth centuries, third voice from the bottom in a three or four voice texture, added to a tenor and duplum. (2) In notre dame polyphony, an organum in three voices.60) One of the five major musical items in the mass ordinary, based in part on Isiah 6:3.61) (Greek, "custom") (1) Moral and ethical character or way of being or behaving. (2) Character, mood, or emotional effect of a certain TONOS, MODE, METER, or MELODY.62) Medieval bowed string instrument, early form of the fiddle and predecessor of the violin and viol.64) Double-reed instrument, similar to the oboe, used in the medieval, renaissance, and basque periods.65) (Latin, "I believe") Third of the five major musical items in the MASS ORDINARY, a creed or statement of faith. |
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1) Musical texture consisting of two or more lines of melody
2) Music or musical texture consisting of unaccompanied melody.4) A method of assigning syllables to steps in a scale, used to make it easier to identify and sing the whole tones and semitones in a melody.11) Pertaining to a manner of performing chant in which a soloist alternates with a group.12) In solimization, the process of changing from one hexachord to another.13) Consisting of a single unaccompanied melodic line.14) Chanting of a sacred text by a solo singer, particularly in the Jewish synagogue.17) (Latin, "fixed melody") An existing MELODY, often taken from a GREGORIAN CHANT, on which a new POLYPHONIC work is based; used especially for MELODIES presented in long NOTES.19) Invented Franconia notation, a system of notation using note shapes to indicate durations.20) Of a poem, consisting of two or more stanzas that are equivalent in form and can each be sung to the same melody; of a vocal work, consisting of a strophic poe set to the same music for each stanza. 22) Improving random notes.25) Technique in medieval English polyphony in which two or three phrases of music, first heard simultaneously in different voices, are each sung in turn by each of the voices.26) Sign placed above a syllable to indicate the pitch height of one or more plainchant notes27) Thirteenth century traveling musician, some of whom were also employed at a court or city.29) Item from the MASS PROPER, sung just before the Gospel reading, comprising a RESPOND to the text "Alleluia," a verse, and a repetition of the respond. CHANT alleluias are normally MELISMATIC in style and sung in a RESPONSORIAL manner, one or more soloists alternating with the CHOIR.31) Itinerant medieval musician or sweet entertainer.32) (1) A category of latin chant that follows the alleluia in some masses. (2)Restatement of a petter, either melodic or harmonic, on successive or different pitch levels.33) French forme fixe, normally in three stanzas, in which each stanza has the musical form aabC and ends with a refrain.34) In a Christian RITE, the schedule of days commemorating special events, individuals, or times of year.36) An idealized love for an unattainable woman who is admired from a distance. Chief subject of the troubadours and trouveres.37) Song FORM in which the first section of MELODY is sung twice with different texts (the two STOLLEN) and the remainder (the ABGESANG) is sung once.38) Three kinds of music identified by Boethiues, respectively the "music" or numerical relationships governing the movement of stars, planets, and the seasons40) The second most important note in a mode (after the final), often emphasized in chant and used for reciting text in a psalm tone.45) The repertory of ecclesiastical CHANT used in the Byzantine RITE and in the modern Greek Orthodox Church.47) (French, "songbook") Manuscript collection of secular songs with French words; used both for collections of MONOPHONIC TROUBADOUR and TROUVèRE songs and for collections of POLYPHONIC songs.50) The reptetory of ecclesiastical chant used in the roman catholic church.53) In chant, having about one to seven notes sung to each syllable of text.54) A MODE (2) in which the RANGE normally extends from a STEP below the FINAL to an octave above it. See also PLAGAL MODE.56) A serious medieval song, MONOPHONIC or POLYPHONIC, setting a rhymed, rhythmic Latin poem.57) (Lat. laudare "to praise") Italian devotional song63) A repertory of ecclesiastical CHANT used in Milan.66) Medieval Latin songs associated with the goliards, who were wandering students and clerics.67) (1) Unison unaccompanied song, particularly that of the Latin LITURGY (also called PLAINCHANT). (2) The repertory of unaccompanied liturgical songs of a particular RITE.68) A mode in which the range normally extends from a fourth below the final to a fifth or sixth love it. See also authentic mode. 69) (1) In ancient Greek music, adjective describing a tetrachord comprising a minor third or two semitones, or a melody that uses such tetrachords. (2) Adjective describing a melody that uses two ore more successive semitones in the same direction, a SCALE consisting exclusively of semitones, an INTERVAL or CHORD that dress NOTES from more than one DIATONIC scale, or music that uses many such melodies or chords.70) A poem of praise to God, one of 150 in the book of psalms in the hebrew scriptures. Singing psalms was a central part of worship.71) Of a melody, consisting mostly of skips and leaps rather than steps.72) In ancient Greek music, one of three forms of tetrachord: diatonic, chromatic, and enharmonic.73) (Latin, "Lamb of God") Fifth of the five major musical items in the MASS ORDINARY, based on a litany.74) The particular ordering of whole tones and semitones within a perfect fourth, firth, or octave. |
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