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1 The big book of organum - polyphonic chant
2 The artist famous for painting "The Last Supper," "Mona Lisa," and making discoveries in science
3 This artist is famous for painting the sistine chapel and sculpting "David" and the "Pieta"
4 A musical period involving a "re-birth" in music, visual art, and philosophy
5 Many notes per syllable
6 Italian composer of complex polyphonic music including masses, motets, and madrigals
7 A visionary nun who wrote books, poetry, and plainchant around the 10th century.
8 One note per syllable.
9 The wealthy papel family that were the chief patrons of the arts during the Renaissance
10 The first polyphonic music written to paper
11 The first monk to start writing organum - polyphonic music with more than one melody at a time.
12 The system invented by Guido in which syllables represent pitches
13 This man wanted everyone to sing in their own language at church
14 He invented music notation - a way to represent rhythm and pitch visually on a page.
15 Sacred song based on poetry or some other text not in the scriptures.
16 The shape of Guido's tool to help people remember the rules for singing chant
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