Alma Redemptoris Mater (Power Mass), 462 –65
Alouette, L’ (Janequin), 711
alphabetic notation, 17 , 17 , 33 , 45
Greek system, 17 , 77
medieval modes, 76 , 77 , 99 –102Alpha Centauri, 476
Alpha Draconis. See Caput Draconis,
alta capella, 621 –22
Amalar (Amalarius) of Metz, 37 –39, 41 , 42 , 51 , 56 , 59 , 66
Amarilli mia bella (Caccini), 813 –17, 814 , 819
amateur musicians. See domestic entertainment
ambitus (range), 74
Ambrose, Bishop of Milan, 48 , 47 , 63
Ambrosian rite (Milanese), 47 , 63 , 518
Ambrosian stanza, 49
Amen,
Byrd, Mass, 686
Machaut, Gloria, 322 –23, 326
melismatic, 316 , 317
triple, 777
Willaert cadence, 602 , 603Amiens, 411
anachronism, 127 , 141 –44, 792
anapestic meter, 197 , 198
ancient world, 29 –35, 31 , 32 , 38 , 47
British music, 387 –88, 388
Plato’s Academy, 798
polyphony and, 147
Renaissance interest in, 382 –83, 384Angelorum ordo (Notker sequence), 42 –43
“Angelus Domini” (Chartres fragment), 155 –56
Anglican Church, 402 , 671 , 672 –75, 751
Anglican liturgy, 672 –73, 675 , 676 , 677 –78
animal sounds, 717
Anima mia che pensi (Cavalieri), 833 , 834
Anima mia che pensi (lauda), 833 , 834
Anjou, Count of, 127