MUS 211 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Motet, Estampie, Hurdy-Gurdy
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Rule of st. benedict- daily routine for monks, very structured. Appealing to people seeking order or who were in need of food, shelter, etc. Gregorian chant- standardized plainchant vigorously promulgated by charlemagne. Vocab: reciting tone, final tone, cantillation, monophonic, syllabic, melismatic, antiphony. Chant matter was always sacred and almost always in latin. Texts were written but melodies were memorized and transmitted orally. Guido of arezzo developed a system of writing neumes on a staff. Developed do, re, mi, fa, so, la, ti, do system. Hildegard of bingen- naturalist, writer, composer, visionary, and mystic. Compose ordo virtutum- a play performed by nuns at st. rupertsberg where hildegard was prioress. Ordinary chants: kyrie, gloria, credo, sanctus, agnus dei. Main groups: those who fight (nobility, those who pray (clergy, those who work (peasants, small but growing class of merchant traders. Universities were product of cathedral communities (school of music established at. *musicians at notre dame in paris developed notation for rhythmic modes.
