Exploring Hildegard of Bingen & Medieval Music: Notation, Liturgy, & Western Tradition, Quizzes of Music

Download Exploring Hildegard of Bingen & Medieval Music: Notation, Liturgy, & Western Tradition and more Quizzes Music in PDF only on Docsity! TERM 1 Dendermonde 9- Hildegard of Bingen DEFINITION 1 this staff has 4 lines, usually there are 5 the red line tells you where the "fclef" is musicalnotation is punctual and phrasing for the words being sung uses ledger lines, not common in medieval times half step falls right before the red line TERM 2 where does western musical notation come from? DEFINITION 2 Arabia (Hildegrard looks like Arabian characters) TERM 3 purpose of the C line DEFINITION 3 serves as a reference point to identify pitch (instead of counting up from the f clef) TERM 4 what does seeing "evovack" mean? DEFINITION 4 translates to secularum amen (evovcack is the Latin abbreviation for it) TERM 5 Codex Calixtinus DEFINITION 5 11th century Liber Sancti, Jacobus, Codex Calixtimus---all refer to the same book In Codex, there is a conflict between scholars on whether its meant to be 2 or 3 lines (2 or 3 voice piece) Upper staff and lower staff with 4 line the French is screwed, French school boys would correct it NO indication of meter or rhythm hear a lot of 4ths between voices TERM 6 3 Main Pilgrimage sites in the Middle Ages DEFINITION 6 1. Jerusalem2. Rome3. Copostella TERM 7 polifanany DEFINITION 7 two or more musical parts going on at the same time (2 musical lines) seen in Codex Calixtinus TERM 8 neumatic DEFINITION 8 2, 3, or 4 notes per syllable of text TERM 9 syllabic DEFINITION 9 one notes per syllable of text TERM 10 melosmatic DEFINITION 10 many notes per syllable of text TERM 21 "Tout par compras" DEFINITION 21 Titles of pieces are always in quotations With a compass I was composed Music is the "her" referred to in the piece Vielle plays the upper part Need to know where the whole steps and half steps hit TERM 22 main patron of the arts in the 19th century DEFINITION 22 The Catholic Church TERM 23 Liturgical Calendar info DEFINITION 23 Lit Year begins with Advent The "Proper of the Time" concerns the life of Christ and all Sundays Lint is the preparation for Easter, and Advent is the preparation for Christmas When a feast happens on a fixed day (Dec 25th), it is a fixed feast Easter is the 1st Sunday following the 1st full moon of the vernal equinox (movable feast) TERM 24 The Christmas Cycle DEFINITION 24 Preparation- Advent, 4 weeks leading up to Christmas Celebration- Christmas Prolongation- Epiphany, the celebration of the arrival of the Magi before Christ (Jan 6th) and the Sundays following TERM 25 The Easter Cycle DEFINITION 25 The Easter Cycle: Preparation- Lent, the six weeks leading up to Easter plus Passion week and Holy Week, from Ash Wednesday to Eastereve Celebration- Eastertide, commemoration of the death of Christ (1st Sunday following full moon of vernal equinox). Includes the 7 weeks up to Pentacost Sunday Prolongation- Pentacost, the season of variable length beginning on the 50th day after Easter and continuing until Advent TERM 26 Feasts DEFINITION 26 All Saint's Days are fixed feasts Duplex and triplex feasts are rankings given to their importance (triplex is higher ranked than a duplex) TERM 27 books without music DEFINITION 27 Sacramentary- spoken texts about the celebrating bishop or priest Lectionary- contains the Epistles and Gospels (spoken texts) so the bishops and priests did not have to use the Bible for readings of the lessons Ordo/Ordines- books describing the ritual action of the ceremony TERM 28 books with music DEFINITION 28 Antiphonay- choral chants for the Mass (sung during processions at the entrance, Offeratory, and Communion, sung while actions are being preformed) difference between early and late Antiphonay Cantatorium- graduals and alleluias, solo chants that were sung with simple congregational responses after readings Gradual- derived from the combined Cantatorium and Antiphonary after graduals and alleluias came to be sung by the choir TERM 29 Liber usualis DEFINITION 29 has 1 Greek chant at the beginning iii means three chants of "kyrie leison" TERM 30 Order of the Divine Office DEFINITION 30 The Office may be celebrated in 1) the monastic rite and 2) the secular rite The function of the Office is to provide a forum for the recitation of the psalms TERM 31 Psalter DEFINITION 31 has 150 psalms could be sung over the course of a day (perpetual psalmity) could be sung over the course of a week The psalms always end with the gloria patri TERM 32 Monastic Rite DEFINITION 32 Vespers- starts around sunset (starts liturgical day); 5 psalms, reading, responsory, hymn, the cantile "Magnificat" Compline- (around bedtime) 3 psalms, hymn, reading, short responsory, the canticle "Nunc dimittis" Matins- (2-3 am),has 3 nocturns, each having 3 psalms, a versicle, 3 lessons. Each prayer ends with "Te deum, Benedicamus Domino--Deo Gratis" TERM 33 Responsorial Chant and its anatomy DEFINITION 33 starts with soloists, goes to choir Respond -Verse -Respond Doxology (if there is one) - Respond Soloists-choir Soloists Choir Soloist choir TERM 34 antiphon (abbreviated ant) DEFINITION 34 choral chant setting of Latin prose, all close on the final of the mode TERM 35 differencia DEFINITION 35 the change in cadence in a versicle