11 9. What is the Roman de Fauvel?
Chapter 6
French and Italian Music in the Fourteenth Century
1. [111] What were the "bad" things of the 14th century?
2. "Good"? 10. What is its musical significance?
3. What are the "structural" parts of music?
11. (114) ____________ is associated with the new art,
called ___________.
4. "Peasurable"?
12. J_______________ describes some innovations:
1.
5. (112) Expand the "bad." 2.
3.
13. Why, all of a sudden, were composers signing their
works?
6. What are the important events/characters of the church
difficulty?
14. (115) _______________ argued for the older style. What
were his two complaints?
7. What are the changes in philosophical thought and the
advances in science?
15. SR: What is the treatise? Its significance? How would
you characterize his view of new music?
8. Know the artist/author/title/significance of the works
mentioned.
16. (116) Notre Dame rhythm was based on meters grouped
in _________; Franco of Cologne used _____________
to indicate durations, but still relied on _____________,
called __________.
17. In Ars Nova notation, the division of the long was called
_____________; breve, ____________; semibreve,
_____________. And that division was _____________
if duple; ________________ if triple. The new note was
the ________.
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18. TQ: How do you know that the music was slowing 28. What are the three styles (textures)?
down?
29. The Mass has the beginnings of tonal unity common, for
19. What are the two symbols that indicate mensuration? example, in the Classic period. What is Machaut's
procedure?
20. (117) In 1425 scribes wrote white notation? What is that
and why? 30. The Kyrie, Sanctus, Agnus Dei, and Ite, missa est are
____________ in the __________ and ____________.
21. Renaissance composers added new note values: 31. (122) What was the duplum with a text called? (See
___________ _________ and _________. Diamond- Example 6.2) What's it called now? What's the name of
shaped noteheads changed to ________; and barlines the "second supporting voice"?
were added in the _____ century.
32. (123) The Gloria and Credo are _____________.
22. (117) Isorhythm means ___________. (120) The two
parts are _____________ (____________) and 33. (124) What are the two imperfect consonances allowed?
_____________ (____________). The ________ voice Parallel fourths and fifths are still found in 14th-cnetury
was the one that usually had isorhythm but the other music
voices could be involved too.
34. The form of the lai is similar to the __________. TQ:
23. (119) Describe hocket. What would the diagram of that structure look like?
24. (120) SR: Read the biography. List his works. TQ: Ever 35. Name the three formes fixes and diagram the form.
sit through jury selection? (e.g., voir dire) TQ: Figure 1.
6.6. This is 1372. What happened to Giotto's advances of 2.
1305? 3.
36. (126) Explain treble-dominated chanson. Another name
for the top voice is _________. TQ: Do you know what
that means?
37. What was Machaut's new compositional procedure?
25. (121) Machaut wrote _________ compositions and
__________ poems? TQ: What is the significance of
him gathering up his compositions? 38. (125) Forms at a Glance. A ballade has ___ stanzas, each
ending as a _______. Machaut writes for ___, ___, and
___ voices, but his usually practice for a high ____ voice
26. He wrote ____ motets; ____ are isorhytmic; ___ are in ____________ style in ___ voices.
based on secular songs; ____ are for four voices. TQ:
How many voices for the others?
39. The rondeau has one stanza and most are written for
____ voices.
27. Why is his Mass important? TQ: What was the
performance practice?
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12 52. (133) Do the same for the ballata.
40. (125) The virelai has ___ stanzas, and the stanzas are in
the form ___.
41. (126) How would one know which of the formes fixes to 53. Francesco Landini (c. 1325-97) wrote _____ ballate; ___
use? for 2 voices; ____ for 3; and 9 in ___. Those in two
voices have ___ texts; three voices have ____.
Performance practice?
42. (127) What is the Ars Subtilior? It is known for is
__________ complexity. (134) 54. Characteristics of the style?
43. (128) What is coloration and what effect does it have?
44. (130) SR. What is the Decameron about? 55. (134) SR: Landini was immortalized in what? What are
his other compositions?
45. What is the term to describe 14th-century Italy?
56. (135) What happened to Italian music at the end of the
14th-century?
46. What is our knowledge of Italian music of this time? TQ:
Any thoughts about why this might be?
57. (136) What can you say about performance practice of
the time?
47. (131) ______ Italy was the center of trecento polyphony.
58. What are the two classifications? What instruments
48. How did Italian notation differ from French? belong to each?
49. The famous manuscript is the _________________
(1410-15). It has ____ pieces for ______ voices by
_____ composers.
59. What improvements were made to the organ? The
________ and _________ were invented in the ____
50. (132) What are the features of the madrigal? century but not commonly used until the ____.
60. (138) Little instrumental music survives. Two
manuscripts have some transcriptions. They are
_______________ and _____________. There are 15
instrumental Italian dances called _________.
51. Do the same for the caccia (pl. cacce).
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61. What is musica ficta? Note: Read the SR after you've
read about musica ficta.
62. (139) SR: Who's the author and the title of his treatise?
63. What is a double-leading tone cadence? Phrygian
cadence? TQ: Could you write one if your grade
depended on it?
64. (140) What are accidentals placed above the staff called?
65. TQ: What are the interesting points on this page (Echoes
of the New Art)?
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