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Class: MUS 1030 - Music Appreciation; Subject: Music; University: Austin Peay State University; Term: Fall 2013;
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DEFINITION 1 In music, polyphony is a texture consisting of two or more simultaneous lines of independent melody, as opposed to music with just one voice or music with one dominant melodic voice accompanied by chords (homophony). TERM 2
DEFINITION 2 In music, monophony is the simplest of textures, consisting of melody without accompanying harmony. This may be realized as just one note at a time, or with the same note duplicated at the octave. TERM 3
DEFINITION 3 George Frideric Handel was a German-born British Baroque composer famous for his operas, oratorios, anthems and organ concertos. TERM 4
DEFINITION 4 Gregorian chant is the central tradition of Western plainchant, a form of monophonic, unaccompanied sacred song of the western Roman Catholic Church. TERM 5
DEFINITION 5 The Renaissance was a cultural movement that spanned the period roughly from the 14th to the 17th century, beginning in Italy in the Late Middle Ages and later spreading to the rest of Europe.
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DEFINITION 6 In European history, the Middle Ages, or Medieval period, lasted from the 5th to the 15th century. It began with the collapse of the Western Roman Empire and merged into the Renaissance and the Age of Discovery. TERM 7
DEFINITION 7 Pope Gregory I (; c. 540 - 12 March 604), commonly known as Saint Gregory the Great, was the head of the Western or Catholic Church from 3 September 590 to his death in 604. Gregory is well known for his writings, which were more prolific than those of any of his predecessors as pope. TERM 8
DEFINITION 8 A monk is a person who practices religious asceticism, living either alone or with any number of other monks.Monastery denotes the building, or complex of buildings, comprising the domestic quarters and workplace(s) of monastics, whether monks or nuns, and whether living in communities or alone (hermits). TERM 9
DEFINITION 9 Estampes, L.100, is a composition for solo piano by Claude Debussy. It was finished in 1903. TERM 10
DEFINITION 10 Missa Papae Marcelli, or Pope Marcellus Mass, is a mass by Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina. It is his most well-known and most often-performed mass, and is frequently taught in university courses on music.