Key Terms
Course
Music Appreciation — Module 6
Definition
Representing poetic images musically; the music reflects the literal meaning of the text being sung.
Renaissance consort
Group of Renaissance instrumentalists playing together.
WHOLE CONSORT
Ensemble performing with instruments from the same family. BROKEN CONSORT: ensemble composed of instruments from more th
WORK
Kemp's Jig (late 1500s)
Anthem
Protestant sacred choral form; full anthems are polyphonic and motet-like; verse anthems have contrasting sections.
Broken consort
Instrumental ensemble composed of instruments from more than one family.
Chanson
French word for "song"; vocal music about love and courtly life; often accompanied by lute.
Counter-Reformation
Catholic movement to counter Protestant reform; led to the Jesuit order (1540) and Council of Trent (1545–1563).
Council of Trent
Catholic assembly (1545–1563) that addressed church authority and demanded simplicity in music so words could be clearly
Galliard
Renaissance dance in triple meter; usually paired with the pavane.
Humanism
Philosophical movement emphasizing human dignity, nature, and accomplishment; shifted authority from church clerics to s
Imitative counterpoint
Compositional technique where voices echo or imitate one another in polyphonic texture.
Jig
Animated folk dance developed in England in the 1500s; became standalone instrumental music through stylization.
Lute
Gourd-shaped, fretted, plucked-string instrument; similar to a modern guitar; primary accompaniment instrument of the Re