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A cappella
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Choral music performed without instrumental accompaniment eg: haec dies (anonymous) - o mitissima/virgo/haec dies (anonymous)
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Countertenor
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Male that sings alto/soprano
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Drone
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Sustained sounding of one or several tones for harmonic support, a common feature of some folk musicseg: royal estampie no.4, anonymous
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Name the five parts of the mass ordinary//what is the mass ordinary
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Kyrie, gloria, credo, sanctus, agnus dei// fixed portion of the Mass that was sung dailyeg: gloria, from the pope marcellus mass, palestrina
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Mass proper
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Varies day to day throughout church year, depending on the feast being celebrated
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Modes
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Scale of sequence of notes used as the basis for a composition; major and minor are modeseg. medieval music = modal harmonies
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Neumes
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Early musical notations signs; square notes on a four-line staff
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Text settings: syllabic, neumatic, melismatic
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Syllabic- one note sung to each syllable of textneumatic: generally with groups of two to four notes sung to a syllablemelismatic: long groups of notes set to a single syllable of text
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Monophonic
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Single-line texture, or melody without accompaniment eg. gregorian chant
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Polyphonic
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Two or more melodic lines combined into a multi-voiced texture, as distinct as monophonic.eg. organum, motet
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Pope Gregory I
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(c.540-604) Real pope from 590. Fostered the development of liturgical music. Organized and promoted chant, his name is given to the plain chant, therefore Gregorian Chant.
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Liber usualis
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The Liber Usualis is a book of commonly-used Gregorian Chants compiled by the monks of the Abbey of Solesmes in France.
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Musica enchiriadis
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Anonymous 9th century treatise that contains the earliest written polyphony in western music.
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Hildegard von Bingen
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Chant composer (1098-1179)
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Notre Dame School
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Composition school; artists working in a particular place who have a common vision.Notre dame cathedral, is situated in paris.
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