Renaissance musicians Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

MoCA Study Guide (2023/2024) Already Graded A Ostinato repeated rhythmic pattern Descant above all of the others Figuration same as diminution; method of embellishment Imitation imitating of the same melodic line in several different voices Motet created in the early 13th century by musicians at Notre Dame by adding newly written Latin words to the upper voices of descant clausulae, analogous to the way earlier musicians had added texts to chant melismas to create sequences and textual trope...

Baroque Music ()Two Giants of baroque composition - correct answer George Frideric Handel and Johann Sebastian Bach (Bach's death in 1750 marks death of the period) Opera - correct answer drama sung to orchestral accompaniment; melodic lines imitated the rhythms and inflections of speech Early baroque composers favored... - correct answer homophonic texture (unlike the renaissance); characterizes early period; by the latter period they favored pholyphonic texture Tonal basis of most c...

Marco Polo - Merchant and Traveler Latitude - the angular distance of a place north or south of the earth's equator, or of a celestial object north or south of the celestial equator, usually expressed in degrees and minutes -lines side to side Longitude - the angular distance of a place east or west of the meridian at Greenwich, England, or west of the standard meridian of a celestial object, usually expressed in degrees and minutes. -lines Up and Down Absolute Location - exactly whe...

Baroque Music ()Two Giants of baroque composition - correct answer George Frideric Handel and Johann Sebastian Bach (Bach's death in 1750 marks death of the period) Opera - correct answer drama sung to orchestral accompaniment; melodic lines imitated the rhythms and inflections of speech Early baroque composers favored... - correct answer homophonic texture (unlike the renaissance); characterizes early period; by the latter period they favored pholyphonic texture Tonal basis of most c...

Music Appreciation Prelude 3 Practice Test Questions & Answers 100% Correct! The approximate dates of the Baroque period are: - ANSWER- The Baroque period witnessed a shift in musical texture to: - ANSWER-homophony What is figured bass? - ANSWER-a new kind of notation The artificially created male soprano or alto voice that dominated Baroque opera was known as: - ANSWER-castrato Women´s roles in Baroque music: - ANSWER-expanded into professional performance careers, including as...

Medieval musical period - After fall of Rome 476 - 1300s Monophonic chant - Medieval. Single unison melodic line. Somber religious chants called plainchant or plainsong. Gregorian chants too. When other voices added, they moved parallel to the main voice. Cantus firmus - Main melody in a chant Motet - Medieval. Evolved from monophonic chant. Adding additional parts against main cantus firmus. Popular by 1200s. Continued through Bach. Organum - Medieval. Evolved from plainchant. Means addi...

How many steps make up the Western Octave? correct answers Twelve Which musician is credited with formalizing our system of notating individual pitches upon horizontal lines c. 1050? correct answers Guido d'Arezzo A musical march is most likely to be in which rhythmic meter? correct answers Simple duple In Maurice Ravel's Bolero, which musical element receives the least emphasis? correct answers Melody Where did the Renaissance begin? correct answers Italy Where did the Catholic...

Baroque Music () Final Exam Questions Correctly Answered 2024. Two Giants of baroque composition - correct answer George Frideric Handel and Johann Sebastian Bach (Bach's death in 1750 marks death of the period) Opera - correct answer drama sung to orchestral accompaniment; melodic lines imitated the rhythms and inflections of speech Early baroque composers favored... - correct answer homophonic texture (unlike the renaissance); characterizes early period; by the latter period they favo...

Baroque Music (). Two Giants of baroque composition - correct answer George Frideric Handel and Johann Sebastian Bach (Bach's death in 1750 marks death of the period) Opera - correct answer drama sung to orchestral accompaniment; melodic lines imitated the rhythms and inflections of speech Early baroque composers favored... - correct answer homophonic texture (unlike the renaissance); characterizes early period; by the latter period they favored pholyphonic texture Tonal basis of mos...

ACT Prep English Practice 293 Questions with Verified Answers A - CORRECT ANSWER Snowflakes *form from tiny water droplets,* following a specific process of chemical bonding as they freeze, which results in a six-sided figure. A. No change B. form, from tiny, water droplets, C. form from tiny, water, droplets D. form, from tiny water droplets J - CORRECT ANSWER The rare "triangular" snowflake, *similarly,* confounded scientists for years because it apparently defied the basic laws ...