Music in the Middle Ages: vocabulary

1. MMUUSSIICC IINN TTHHEE MMIIDDDDLLEE AAGGEESS
vvooccaabbuullaarryy
GGrreeggoorriiaann cchhaanntt: religious music with free
rhythm, sung in Latin a capella, collective chant
by anonymous authors.
TTrroouubbaaddoorrss,, ttrroouuvveerreess aanndd mmiinnssttrreellss: secular
music which sings of courtly love. They use
vernacular language and they are accompanied
by instruments. It is music with marked rhythm
and its musical texture is one voice accompanied
by instruments.

2. ●
●CANTIGAS DE SANTA MARÍA: poetic-musical
compositioons in Galician-Portuguese. Although they
have a religious text, they are considered to be secular
music.
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●POLIPHONY: two or more voices singing at the same
time.
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●ORGANUM; Music with two or more melodic lines that
are sung together at the fourth, fifth or octave.
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●CONDUCTUS: Polyphonic composition that contains an
orginal tenor part. The additional parts move together
rhytmically.
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●MOTET: It is a Latin religious choral composition. (
http://global.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/393896/motet
)
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3. SECULAR MUSIC
MISNTRELS, TROUVERES, TROUBADORS, VERNACULAR
LANGUAGE
ACCOMPNIED WITH INSTRUMENTS
OLD FRENCH, OCCITAN, LANGUE D'OC, LANGUE D'OIL,
COURTLY LOVE,
RELIGIOUS MUSIC
GREGORIANT CHANT
MONOPHONIC,SYLLABIC, NEUMATIC,
MELISMATIC,
NEUMES, CHOIR, FREE RHYTHM,
POLYPHONY
Ars Antiqua, Ars Nova,
Plainchant
Tenor Part
INSTRUMENTS
VIOL, REBEC, MIDDLE, LUTE, PSALTERY, RECORDERS,
TRUMPETS, HORNS, SHAWM, PORTATIVE ORGAN,
KETTLEDRUMS, TAMBOURINE, BELLS, CYMBALS, DULCIMER,
BAGPIPE,
CANTIGAS SANTA MARÍA
Galician-Portuguese
versus - chorus