A form of sacred musical composition, is a choral composition that sets the invariable portions of the Eucharistic liturgy (principally that of the Catholic Church, the Anglican Communion, and Lutheranism) to music.
The minimum number of people required to sing a chanson.
A sequence of single notes that is musically satisfying.
Of or relating to the present or recent times as opposed to the remote past.
Producing many sounds simultaneously; many-voiced. It is (especially of vocal music) in two or more parts, each having a melody of its own
A person who writes music, especially as a professional occupation.
Musical ________ refers to the number of layers, as well as the type of layers, used in a composition and how these layers are related. Texture may be monophonic, polyphonic or homophonic. Monophonic - Refers to a single melodic line.
In music, _____ means how loud or quiet the music is. In written music the _____ are shown by letters which stand for Italian words for the dynamic levels. They are listed in the table below. Notice that “piano” is pronounced the Italian way (“pi-AH-no”).
A six-note series, as exhibited in a scale or tone row. The term was adopted in this sense during the Middle Ages and adapted in the 20th century in Milton Babbitt's serial theory.
(Often preceding a date) approximately.
"Song", from Latin cantio, gen. cantionis) is in general any lyric-driven French song, usually polyphonic and secular.
Also called harmonic minor scale. a scale having half steps between the second and third, fifth and sixth, and seventh and eighth degrees, with whole steps for the other intervals.
Movement or procedure with uniform or patterned recurrence of a beat, accent, or the like.
The first five letters of the little town in France where Josquin des Prez lived after he retired. The word is missing the letter é.