MHS

230A: Exam I Study Guide

Terms and Concepts:

ethos
Greater Perfect System
tetrachord
genera of tetrachord
tonoi
liturgy
plainchant
neumes
heighted neumes
Guidonian Notation
church modes
final
reciting tone
solmization
hexachords
Mass
Ordinary of the Mass
The Office
Psalms
antiphon
syllabic
neumatic
melismatic
strophic
trope
sequence
liturgical drama
chanson de gest
minstrel
troubadour
trouvre
contrafactum
chansonniers
Minnesinger
Minnelieder
bar form
laude
cantigas
estampie
organum
parallel organum
principal voice
organal voice
mixed parallel and oblique organum
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note-against-note organum
Aquitanian polyphony
discant style
florid organum
tenor
Notre Dame Polyphony
rhythmic modes
Magnus Liber Organi
organum duplum
organum triplum
organum quadruplum
clausula
substitute clausulae
motet
double motet
triple motet
cantus firmus
Franconian Notation
mensuration signs
Ars Nova
Ars Subtilior
isorhythm
talea
color
hocket
contratenor
chanson
formes fixes
rondeau
virelai
ballade
Trecento
madrigal
ritornello
ballata
caccia

People:

Boethius
Guido dArezzo
Hildegard von Bingen
Adam de la Halle
Bernart de Ventadorn
Walther von der Vogelweide
Leoninus
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Perotinus
Franco of Cologne
Philippe de Vitry
Guillaume de Machaut
Francesco Landini

Essay Topics:

Prompt 1: Describe the development of polyphony in the organum tradition from the 9th
through the 13th centuries. Cite at least 3 specific examples from the Norton Anthology.

Prompt 2: Describe the development of the motet from the 13th-14th centuries. Cite at least
3 specific examples from the Norton Anthology.