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Style of song that was monophonic and sacred. It used the church modes and free rhythm
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Divine and Cosmic; either from God or the planets and stars.
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School of thought split into two periods. Romanesque (850-1150) and Gothic (1150-1450)
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Main part of Church service consisting of the Ordinary and the Proper. Ordinary had --> Kyrie, Gloria, Credo, Sanctus, and Agnus Dei. Proper had --> Alleluia, gradual, offertory, etc
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First style of polyphony; used parallel 4ths and 5ths
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Man credited w/ inventing the staff; used a red line for F and yellow for C
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Founded convent and was famous for her prophecies and revelations. Traveled and preached, with a style more complex than Gregorian chant
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First polyphony composer we know the name of; compiled Magnus liber ogani (c. 1170)
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Poem writer from Southern France who wrote at least 35 poems, though only 7 survived with music
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Used 6 rhythmic modes and was the first to have notated rhythm. All were patterned and in 6/8 time
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Composer of organum, could have possibly studied w/ Leonin
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Written by Perotin in early 13th century, it is a 3 part organum
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Happened in the 13th/14th century; shifted music from oral tradition to planned and preserved
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Late 1200s, music became more text than chant, and increasingly complex with instruments being included
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First composer of Ars Nova
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Mostly improvised music for dancing. Instruments/inventions include --> Recorder, Harp, Psaltery, Organ, Trumpet, Sackbut, Crumhorn, Shawm, Cornetto, Rebec, Vielle, Lute, Dulcimer, and Theorbo
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new art that included rhythmic polyphony. Motet was the vehicle for it
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Most popular composer/poet of the time; everyone would sign his name on their pieces. Over 20 extant motets
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Book that describes and explains Ars nova in the 14th century
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Theorist, composer, poet, organist; most famous Italian composer of 14th century
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boy howdy did people die
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English composer that used more 3rds/6ths in harmonies that developed triadic music. Works not published until 1953
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First Renaissance composer
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Low bass composer
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Made traveling easier; music expand more and enable discovery of more lands
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Instrumental still mostly for dancing; played by professionals and amateurs. Still mostly improved and embellished with improv
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Rebirth and new exploration of the arts, science, and religion. Originated in Italy but spread outwards
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Music so popular that others would pass it off as his. 100+ motets, 17 masses, and more
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Wrote first dictionary of musical terms and wrote about contemporary music
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Ordinary of the Mass now polyphonic and a cappella (in manner of the church) --> Masses, Motets, and Hymns are the genres
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Most revered Renaissance composer
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German composer
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Influential Renaissance artist
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Father of text expression
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Frottola (pop), Madrigals, Chansons, and poetic things set to music
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Pop music of later Renaissance that was for solo singers. They were poems in Italian
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early music publisher; 11 vol. of frottola
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Pushed extremes of parts --> 40 part voice motet
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Early Italian madrigal composer; over 250 magrigals
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Italian Madrigal composer
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Led by Martin Luther to reform the Catholic church and corruption
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Most prolific composer of Renaissance
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Most famous composer from Renaissance
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Most posthumous fame
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One voice on each part, aristocratic poetry
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As important as Josquin and Palestrina
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Catholic English composer in Protestant England
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Set guidelines for music/musicians as response to reformation --> clearly understood words, no secular, act reverently
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Palestrina style while working in Spain
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Leading composer of instrumental music; studied w/ di Lasso
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English Madrigal composer
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Madrigal and other dances more popular with the Counter-Reformation
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Wrote plays and had composer friends write Renaissance-style songs for them
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Moved music from Renaissance style to Baroque
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Wrote "Fair Phyllis" (1599); English composer active in Dublin/London
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English Madrigal composer
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Compositional device where composer sets text and meaning so that music reflects the words