MUSICAL DEFINITIONS

Define the following musical terms. Some are defined within lecture others are available in the “New Grove Dictionary of Music” while the majority of the terms can be found within the glossary of your text. It is important that you define each term as it will only aid in your ability to understand the assigned readings.

1. Texture

2. Rhythm

3. Melody

4. Harmony

5. Form

6. Instrumentation

7. Fauxbourdon

8. Genre

9. Style

10. Cadences

11. Isorhythmic

12. Consonance

13. Dissonance

14. Tuning

15. Humanism

16. Modes

17. Fuge/Fugal

18. Imitation

19. Frottola

20. Lauda

21. Canzonetta

22. German Chorale

23. Lied

COMPOSERS/ IMPORTANT FIGURES TO KNOW:

John Dunstable Josquin Des Prez Adrian Willaert

Guillaume Du Fay Ottaviano Petrucci Jacques Arcadelt

Gilles Binchois Johannes Ockeghem Luca Marenzio

Carlo Gesualdo Claudio Monteverdi Claudin de Sermisy

Thomas Morely Thomas Weelkes John Dowland