Chapter 8-Music in Civ. I Exam With Explanation Of Answers 100% Correct.

contenance angloise - correct answer Terms coined by Martin Le Franc.(French, "English guise") Characteristic quality of early-fifteenth-century English music, marked by pervasive CONSONANCE with frequent use of HARMONIC thirds and sixths, often in parallel motion. Other features included simple melodies, regular phrasing. Composers most prominent were Du fay and Binchois faburden - correct answer an improvised polyphony in which a plainchant in the middle voice was joined by an upper voice and P4 above it and a lower voice singing mostly in P3rd below it. Was first referred to by name in 1430 but was used for a over a century later. Cantilenas - correct answer freely composed, mostly homorhythmic settings of Latin texts, not based on existing chant melodies. Shared character consonances of faburden. Old Mass Manuscript - correct answer By 1400s, mass ordinary texts became the most common type of Eng. polyphony. The OLD MASS MANUSCRIPT was primary source of early 15th century Eng. polyphony comprising of mass ordinary, motets, hymns, and sequences The english carol - correct answer A distinctively english genre, a two or three part setting of a poem in English, Latin, or a mixture of the two. Most carols are on religious topics, such as Christmas! used at religious festivals or to accompany processions. consists of a number of stanzas, all sung to the same music, and a BURDEN, or a refrain John Dunstable () - correct answer the biggest of all English composers in the early 15th century. Wrote isorhythmic motets, mass ordinary, settings of chant, and secular songs most historically important works were his three-voice sacred pieces, settings of antiphons, hymns, mass sections, and other liturgical texts. Some have cactus firmus in tenor. others, use PARAPHRASE- in which a melody is given a rhythm and ornamented by adding notes around those of chant. Here he treats the melody as if it is a chanson, instead of as a foundation in the tenor line. Also, used naturalistic rhythm declamation of text to call attention to certain words and thus to their meaning. Redefining the motet - correct answer The term coined in the 13th century for pieces that added text the to the upper part of a discant clausula, gradually broadened in meaning to encompass any work with texted upper voices above a cactus firms, where secular or sacred. the term came to designate almost any polyphonic composition on a latin text, including settings of Mass ordinary texts before the mass cycle became defined as a genre in the 15th century. The english influence - correct answer Eng. sound steered musicians towards constant use of 3rd and 6th. Also led to the use of specific writing of three parts. Where melodic line was found in the top line (such as in chansons), over a tenor, and contratenor line. Also inspired composers to have more homophonic textures Music in Burgundian Lands - correct answer musicians connected with the court of Burgundy or trained in Burgundian lands played a particularly important role in development in 15th century. Most leading composers of 15th century came from Burgundian territories. The Duchy of Burgundy - correct answer Dukes of Burgundy were vassals of the King of France, but almost equaled the king in power and influence. They owned vast territories and employed many court musicians/composers. As a result, most leading composers of the early renaissance are from this area. Philip the Bold of Burgundy - correct answer established chapel of musicians in 1384, after which the chapel became the most predominant. Phillip the Good of Burgundy - correct answer (1419-67) His chapel reached 23 singers, surpassed only by chapel in England. Maintained a band of minstrels-players of trumpets, drums, veils, lute and harp Cosmopolitan Style - correct answer Members of chapels were constantly moving from court to court in response to better opportunities. This, along with trade, and the printing press resulted in a nation style, influenced by chapel of pope of Rome, emperor of Germany, French, English and Italian courts and cathedrals. Genres and Textures - correct answer Composers in mid 15th century composed (4) types of genres 1. Secular chanson s 3.Mangificants 4.Mass Ordinary Binchois (Gilles de Bins) - correct answer Stood @ center of Burgundian court joined chapel of PHILIP THE GOOD central figure in the creation of Burgundian style that incorporated English style Direct contact with Eng. Composers Binchois and the Burgundian Chanson - correct answer in 15th Century, the term CHANSON encompassed any polyphonic setting of French secular poem/ which were mostly about courtly love Binchois was high esteemed for his Burgundian Chanson EX: "DE PLUS EN PLUS" Like Dunstable, Binchois varies music, specifically rhythm, for every line of text, enriching music with dotted rhythm and subtle syncopation. Guillaume Du Fay () - correct answer most famous composer of his time in the Burgundian Court trained as a choir boy music survives in almost 100 manuscripts Fauxbourdon - correct answer Continental style of POLYPHONY in the early RENAISSANCE, in which two voices are written, moving mostly in parallel sixths and ending each PHRASE on an octave, while a third unwritten voice is sung in parall