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| How do you differentiate between Proper and Ordinary Mass chants? |
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Ordinary chants are called by their title
Proper chants are called by their function. |
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| Where did the Roman Catholic Mass originate? |
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| It evolved from commemorations of the Last Supper of Jesus and his disciples. |
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| Chant sung before and after a Psalm. |
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| Musical responses to lessons/Bible readings |
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| Some parts of the Mass and Office are chanted to __________ __________. |
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| Simple melodic outline that can be used with many different texts. |
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| A soloist alternates with the choir or congregation |
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| two groups or halves of the choir alternate |
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| All solo or all the choir and congregation; NO alternation. |
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| Chant style in which almost every note has one syllable attached to it. |
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| Chant style in which each syllable can carry between one and six notes or so. |
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| Chant style in which long melodic passages can be associated with one or a very small amount of syllables. |
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| Formulas for singing Psalms in the Office. Designed to be adapted to fit ANY Psalm. |
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| Sung at the end of all chants. |
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| Last six syllables of the Doxology, often abbreviated: E U O U A E (sEcUlOrUm AmEn) |
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| Abbreviation of the last six syllables of the Doxology. |
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| Strophic; consists of several stanzas that are all sung to the SAME melody. (Modern example, Amazing Grace) |
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| Chants of the Mass Ordinary |
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Kyrie
Sanctus
Agnus Dei
Gloria
Credo |
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| ONLY chant written in GREEK |
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| What form does a Kyrie follow? |
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| What is the form "AAA BBB CCC" symbolic of? |
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| The Holy Trinity. Three times repeated for three sections. |
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| expanded an existing chant in three different ways |
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| What three ways could tropes expand chant? |
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1)Adding new words and music before the chant/between phrases
2)expanding melody by extending melismas/adding new ones
3)Adding new text to currently existing melismas (Prose). |
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| Were tropes typically melismatic, neumatic, or syllabic? |
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| Neumatic, so as to fit with the chant to which they were attached. |
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| Genre popular from the late ninth through twelfth centuries. |
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| When were sequences most often performed? |
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| After the Alleluia at Mass. |
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| tropes in the form of dialogues and elaborate, Christian plays in Latin. |
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| Were Liturgical dramas part of the liturgy? |
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| No; Not strictly part of the liturgy, but they were linked to it, recorded in liturgical books, and performed in church. |
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| When was Epitaph of Seikilos written? |
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| What was significant about Epitaph of Seikilos to the people in that time? |
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| It was written on the tombstone of Seikilos to mourn his death |
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| Why is Epitaph of Seikilos important to us today? |
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| It is one of the only remaining ancient Greek pieces. |
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