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10 History
medieval names and instruments
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Pope Gregory 1 | chants were collected and organised, so Gregorian chant was named for him |
| Liber Usualis | Written collection of Ordinary chants from the Mass, as well as some Proper ones e.g. baptism |
| Musica Enchiriadis | 9th century handbook of collected chants, demonstrating how to . Earliest examples of written polyphony and parallel organum. |
| Hildegard von Bingen | A nun, writer, composer, visionary. She created a new genre, the morality play, when she wrote Ordo Virtutem |
| Notre Dame School | church composers, especially Leonin and Perotin, working at Notre Dame cathedral in Paris around 1200 |
| Magnus Liber Organum | written by Leonin, who developed 2 part organum using organal style (slow chant sung below elaborate melody) and discant style (chant is regular speed and sometimes note-for note with the other voices). |
| Ars Nova | book by Phillipe De Vitry demonstrating more complexity esp. in rhythm. Music from1300 and later came to be called 'ars nova' and the older music, 'ars antiqua' |
| Messe de Notre Dame | mass by Guillaume De Marchaut, a famous French composer in the 1300s who also wrote secular chansons |
| Musica ficta | the raising or lowering of notes to avoid unwanted dissonance. The equivalent of accidentals |
| Chansonnier de Roy | collection of dance music and troubadour songs, from 1200s |
| haut instruments | High in volume = loud. Crumhorn, sackbut, shawm |
| bas instruments | low in volume =quiet. Dulcimer, lute, recorder |
| Keyboards | portative, positive, regal |
| percussion | nakers, tambourine |
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