Music for The Church and the people.

These communities of men and women dedicated themselves fully to sung prayer and preserved the learning of the ancient world and transmitted it through their manuscripts to later European Scholars.

This setting features each voice entering in succession with the same melody.

The passing of European society from a religious orientation to more secular one was brought about by this way of seeing things from a more awakened human point of view.

Two types of prayer found in the Mass.

This type of texture was introduced into worship in the Later Middle Ages around the time of the building of the great cathedrals such as Notre Dame

This early music from the Christian Church consisted of a single line melody, monophonic in texture and free from regular accent.

This secular genre was the most important of the 16 the century as is evidenced by its popularity.

Musical ideas exchanged between vocal lines.

The number of parts to the Mass.

In the Later Middle Ages, these musicians rose in an effort to provide equity among the genders.

In Time, it became necessary to assemble this every growing body of music into this organized, set order.

This type of part singing features voice only with no instrumental accompaniment.

A fixed melody which can be the basis for elaborate ornamentation.

His output of Masses exceeds that of any other composer.

Used instead of Latin in the great flowering of secular music writing.

Chant music is set into these three categories according to how they are set to text

Spontaneous social singing is usually set in this texture.

This Sacred work with a Latin text was another popular genre in the Renaissance.

This type of composition was based on a pattern taken from the major scale.

This invention of this machine by Johannes Gutenberg allowed music to be preserved forever in manuscript and collections.

This "composer's highly original compositional style resembles Gregorian Chants but is full of expressive leaps and melismas that clearly convey the meaning of the words".

Another term for the ostinato found in "Sumer is icumen in.

When all voices move together rhythmically.

This prayer from the Mass was developed significantly by Palestrina.