1. What is the Hurrian song? Why is it important? The Hurrian song refers to a set of fragmentary relics as well as a nearly complete example of notated music from around 1400 BCE. The almost complete song or hymn is written in cuneiform writing on clay tablets. At least one of the tablets is noted as a song‚ and the musical notation appears to have been written for the nine-stringed lyre. 2. What is the Natya Shastra? Why is it important? The Natya Shastra is a written discourse on the performing
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plainsong) into Mozart’s very famous “Ave Verum Corpus.” To truly understand what something has become‚ we must first see where its conception was and how it grew in its prenatal stages. Before the motet‚ the music of the church was defined by Gregorian chant and the plain cantus firmus’. The rise of motets can be attributed to the supply of the text that represents a paraphrase of the
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Introduction Renaissance‚ literally‚ means rebirth; it is an era that began in 1400’s and ended in 1600 and its school of thought dramatically shifted from religious and mystical ideals to a focus to human interactions. It is worthy and important to understand the changes from the transition of musical period‚ because they mark and shape the music industry that stands now. For instance‚ opera was in its infancy when Giulio Caccini (1551-1681) started writing the first opera and now operas can be
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order to define the morality of music‚ it is necessary to examine the intentions of the musician in writing music. All music fulfills a purpose. The purpose of the musician in creating music determines the morality of a song. The purpose of Gregorian chant‚ for example is to lift the minds of man to God in prayer and for thousands of years it has fulfilled that purpose of good. Immorality in
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Worshipping other gods were forbidden. It restricted the music to pertain about the Greek/Roman gods. 7. Which entity dominated life in the Middle Ages? The Church 8. What forms of sacred music were predominant in the Middle Ages? Church modes and Gregorian chants 9. How did the society begin to change in the Late Middle Ages and how did that affect the music? 10. Who was Hildegard of Bingen and why was she important to music in the Middle Ages? A nun and abbess of Rupertsburg in Germany. She was
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at the time. * Based in the Dorian mode * Homophonic/homophonic texture (multiple parts that move mostly in homorhytm‚ therefore creating a succession of chords) * The top line is an elaborated form of a Gregorian chant melody ie the top line is a cantus firmus. Latin * Genre: Hymn (harmonized hymn) b/c it is sacred and the same music is repeated over and over for changing verses of that sacred text * Josquin Desprez: Kyrie from Pange
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his article is part two of How to Avoid Distractions While Praying. Aside from Gregorian Chants‚ there are other ways to avoid internal distractions. One of which is an advice given by spiritual writers‚ they said that one should simply brush distractions away as if they were annoying flies. When a though enters your mind‚ just brush it away and continue praying. Another way is to include the distractions in your prayer. For example‚ you’re praying and then‚ your 4 year old nephew came to your
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Introduction to Music MUS 151-04 Test #1 study guide September 12‚ 2013 (review date) September 17‚ 2013 (test date) Read the article on page 8‚ Live in Concert. Pay particular attention to the third paragraph and the comments about the differences between an eighteenth-century concert and an modern concert. Be familiar with these chapter 2 terms: Rhythm (15) Beat (14) Meter (14) Duple (14) Triple (14) Measure (14) Syncopation (17) Tempo (14) Be prepared to define the characteristics
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What are the Hurrian songs? Why are they important? The Hurrian songs were a set of fragmentary relics. They are importantbecause they are a nearly complete example of notated music from around 1400 BCE What is the Natya Shastra? Why is it important? The Natya Shastra is a written discourse on the performing arts. It is important because this document might represent the foundation of music and other fine arts Who were troubadours? What was their music like? The troubadours were traveling poet-musicians
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Review/Critical Thinking Questions 1)What is the Hurrian song? Why is it important? A Hurrian Song is a collection of music inscribed in cuneiform on clay tablets. Its important because it is one of the first times Hymns were written down. 2)What is the Natya Shastra? Why is it important? Natya Shastra is a writing on the performing arts‚ dancing‚ and stage performance. This is important because it gives quite a detailed information on the types of instruments that was used at the time and was
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