Music Appreciation Exam #1

Music Appreciation Terms

107 cards   |   Total Attempts: 182
  

Cards In This Set

Front Back
What genre is "All the Ends of the Earth"? Who is the composer?
Gregorian Chant, Anonymous
Who was a famous woman composer in the Middle Ages? What is a famous song of hers?
Hildegard, "O Greenest Branch"
Which two composers are associated with Notre Dame of Paris?
Leoninus + Perotinus
What new genre are Leoninus + Perotinus responsible for?
Organum
What is organum
-early church polyphony-melismatic
What does melismatic mean?
More than one note to a syllable
What composer is associated with Notre Dame of Reims?
Machaut
What was Machaut associated with writing music for? What is one of his famous compositions?
Mass, "Mass of Our Lady"
What are they two parts of the Mass?
Proper and Ordinary
What group wrote vernacular music?
The Troubadours/ Minnesinger
What genre of music did the Troubadours create?
Chanson
What is the Chanson?
- french love song-polyphony-2-4 voices
What are the seven liberal arts?
GrammarMusicArithmeticAstronomLogicRhetoricGeometry
Which composer is associated with the Court of Burgandy?
Du Fay
What was Du Fays job? What is a famous song and genre of Du Fay?
-worked for both church and court composing polyphony for money-Chanson "This Month of May"