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Musicology
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Syllabic | each syllable of text is matched to a single note. |
| Neumatic | any of various symbols representing from one to four notes, used in the musical notation of the Middle Ages but now employed solely in the notation of Gregorian chant in the liturgical books of the Roman Catholic Church |
| Antiphonal | the response made by one part of the choir to another, or one by the congregation to the priest in a Catholic service; also, alternate singing |
| Responsorial | singing in which a soloist(s) alternates singing with the choir |
| Origins of Gregorian Chant | the central tradition of Western plainchant, a form of monophonic, unaccompanied sacred song of the western Roman Catholic Church. Gregorian chant developed mainly in western and central Europe during the 9th and 10th centuries, with later additions and r |
| Charlemagne | Charlemagne, also known as Charles the Great or Charles I, was King of the Franks. He united most of Western Europe during the early Middle Ages and laid the foundations for modern France, Germany and the Low Countries |
| Pope Gregory the Great | The mainstream form of Western plainchant, standardized in the late 9th century,[43] was attributed to Pope Gregory I and so took the name of Gregorian chant |
| Credo, Sanctus, Agnus Dei | mass parts |
| Trope | is adding another section, or trope to a plainchant or section of plainchant, thus making it appropriate to a particular occasion or festival |
| Paralle Organum vs. Free Organum | Parallel organum: an added voice (organal voice) appears below a chant melody (principal voice), moving in parallel fifths or fourths and making adjustments to avoid the tritone. Free organum: Only portions of the chant that were sung by soloists were se |
| Leonin | compiled the Magnus liber organi ("great book of polyphony"), containing two-voice settings of the solo portions of the responsorial chants for major feasts of the church year |
| Perotine | associated with the Notre Dame Cathedral, and his contemporaries continued editing and updating Leonin's Magnus liber |
| Anonymous IV | the writer of an important treatise of medieval music theory |
| Magnus Liber Organum | a compilation of the medieval music known as organum |
| The Eight Church Modes | I Dorian D, E, F, G, A, B, C, D - finalis is D II Hypodorian A, B, C, D, E, F, G, A - finalis is D III Phrygian E, F, G, A, B, C, D, E - finalis is E IV Hypophrygian B, C, D, E, F, C, A, B - finalis is E V Lydian F, G, A, B, C, D, E, F - finalis is F |
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