Medieval Music

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  1. 2. the first written harmony moved in this fashion at the interval of a fourth or fifth
  2. 4. secular music was mainly passed on in this way
  3. 5. as opposed to the Latin used by the church, secular music was sung using this
  4. 11. text setting in which some syllables are sung over many pitches
  5. 13. this pope reorganized the Catholic liturgy, including its music
  6. 14. a school where boys were taught to read and perform the chants for worship
  7. 15. a variety of plainchant that was official music of the Catholic church
  8. 17. when a soloist alternates with a choir in plainchant
  9. 19. pitch symbols used in plainchant notation
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  1. 1. poet-composers active in noble courts and villages
  2. 3. text setting in which eery syllable gets one pitch
  3. 6. this country became the center of musical development after 1150
  4. 7. a collection of the most frequently used chants in the Catholic liturgy
  5. 8. a French composer who wrote both secular and sacred music
  6. 9. between 700 and 900, monks in monasteries began experimenting with adding this to chants
  7. 10. most rhythms of the late middle ages were divided by this number to represent the holy trinity
  8. 12. German nun was the first woman composer from whom musical works have survived
  9. 16. standard spoken text and music that make up a worship service
  10. 18. one of the two French choirmasters who were from the School of Notre Dame
  11. 20. these musicians were an essential source of information and often sang songs composed by troubadours