Discussion/Response #3: Baroque

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1. Choose one of the pieces from this unit’s listening.
2. Pick one that stands out to you and briefly (1-2 sentences) explain why this particular piece “caught your ear.”
3. What are the piece’s unique characteristics? BE SPECIFIC and use your textbook as your reference! This should be the main part of your mini-essay. This is not opinion – these are facts that you have researched.
4. Cite your sources (Links to an external site.)– including your textbook. Points deductedfor not citing references. You may use MLA format. (Links to an external site.)
5. Response should be one-two paragraphs. Use full sentences, no abbreviations, and check your spelling for full credit.

Listening #3

Gregorian Chant (Links to an external site.) Example of Gregorian Chant, a type of plainsong.

Music for a Knight #16 – Alleluia, o virga mediatrix (Links to an external site.) Listening Guide 2, p. 73 in your textbook. Hildegard von Bingen, composer Alleluia, O virga mediatrix, the music hear here, is an example of Medieval plainchant. Composed in the late 12th Century.

Josquin Desprez: Ave Maria (Motet) (Links to an external site.) Listening Guide 5, p. 83 in your textbook. Josquin Des Prez, composer Ave maria, motet from late 15th century.