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Key Terms: Course Name: Module Name
Key Terms: Course Name: Module Name
Key Terms: Course Name: Module Name
Key
Terms
Polyphony
–
music
with
more
than
one
melodic
line
Organum
–
Gregorian
Chant
that
adds
one
or
more
melodic
lines.
Medieval
–
another
term
for
Middle
Ages
Gregorian
Chant
-‐
official
music
of
the
Roman
Catholic
Church
Minstrel
-‐
traveling
musicians
De
Machaut
–
famous
composer
and
poet
of
the
Middle
Ages
School
of
Notre
Dame
–
A
school
of
music
and
thought
centered
on
polyphonic
music.
Leonin
–
One
of
two
choirmasters
of
the
Notre
Dame
Cathedral
who
began
the
Notre
Dame
School
of
Music.
Perotin
-‐
One
of
two
choirmasters
of
the
Notre
Dame
Cathedral
who
began
the
Notre
Dame
School
of
Music.
Renaissance
–
Rebirth
Mass
–
A
polyphonic
choral
composition
in
five
sections:
Kyrie,
Gloria,
Credo,
Sanctus,
Agnus
Dei
Motet
–
Similar
to
the
mass,
it
is
a
polyphonic
choral
composition
set
to
Latin
text
other
than
the
five
sections
of
ordinary
of
the
mass.