Music Quiz 2

The beginning of the Middle Ages was marked by the _____.

fall of the Roman Empire

During the Middle Ages, all power came from which religious organization?

The Roman Catholic Church

Which secular leader in the Middle Ages promoted a strong, centralized government?

Charlemagne

The main European port for cultural exchange of Eastern luxuries was:

Venice

The violent series of events that took place as part of an attempt to capture the Holy Land from the Muslims is known as:

the Crusades

During the Renaissance, lands new to the Europeans were discovered, including _____.

the Americas

One of the major advancements in the Renaissance was the invention of printing, pioneered by:

Johannes Gutenberg

Which of the following was a Renaissance artist?

Leonardo da Vinci

The most universally idealized woman in Western culture during the Middle Ages was _____.

the Virgin Mary

Who were the most prominent performers of secular music in medieval France?

troubadours and trouvères

Musicians could find employment in which of the following professions?

instrument building, teaching, copyists

The early Christian church had very little power in Europe during the Middle Ages and the Renaissance.

False

The Middle Ages spanned nearly one thousand years.

True

Our understanding of the musical culture of ancient civilizations is limited by the few fragments of music that have survived.

True

Trade flourished in the later Middle Ages, when a merchant class arose outside of feudal society.

True

The Renaissance marks the passing of European society from a predominately secular society to a more sacred one.

False

Compared to the MiddleAges, more professional women musicians made their mark in society in the Renaissance.

True

The literature of ancient Greece and Rome was of little interest to artists and writers of the Renaissance.

False

The Middle East had no influence on European musical styles.

False

The major narrative of Western musical development begins with notated music.

True

Music performed with exchanges between a soloist and chorus is called _____.

responsorial singing

Which of the following is NOT true of Gregorian chant (plainchant) melodies?

They are in Hebrew and Syrian

Hildegard of Bingen was born into a _____ noble family.

German

Modal melodies of the early Christian church are similar to melodies and scales from _____.

The Middle East

In chant from the Middle Ages, if there are many notes per syllable, the style is called _____.

melismatic

When multiple people sing a monophonic chant together, it is called singing in________?

unison

Hildegard’s collection of poetry and visions is called:

Scivias

How many Gregorian chants survive?

over three thousand

What musical aspect is found in Hildegard’s praise songs, but is not found in most Gregorian chant?

wide leaps

What might explain why medieval chants can sound unfamiliar to a modern listener?

they are modal

The term liturgy refers to the set order of church services and the structure of each service.

True

Gregorian chant features regularly phrased melodic lines supported by instrumental accompaniment.

False

The chants of the church used only the major and minor scale patterns found in later music.

False

Hildegard’s chant Alleluia, O virga mediatrix was intended for performance on a feast day of the Virgin Mary.

True

The text setting in Alleluia, O virga mediatrix is mostly syllabic.

False

Hildegard’s Alleluia, O virgo mediatrix is a Gregorian chant.

False

In the Middle Ages, it was assumed that women were divinely connected.

False

Hildegard took her vows at age fourteen.

True

Pope Gregory the Great composed all of the Gregorian chant melodies.

False

Music, mathematics, geometry, and astronomy were the four topics considered essential to medieval _____.

education

Which secular medieval musicians entertained audiences at the higher social levels?

troubadours

What was the period that immediately preceded the Ars nova called?

Ars antiqua

How does Machaut convey the medieval fascination for puzzles in Ma fin est mon commencement?

palindromic structure

Which of the following is/are poetic forms used in medieval chansons?:

all of these choices

Which of the following is NOT a medieval writer/poet?

Pythagoras

Where did Machaut work as a priest?

Reims Cathedral

Which of the following topics might be found in medieval lyrics?

unrequited love, politics, songs of the Crusades

Machaut’s own poetry often centers around the idea of:

medieval chivalry

With whom did Machaut exchange poems and letters?

Peronne

Religious wars and medieval explorations enhanced cultural exchange.

True

The last part of the Middle Ages is referred to as the Ars nova.

True

In the Western tradition, music historically has not been linked to mathematics and geometry.

False

Composers in the Ars nova style wrote both sacred and secular songs.

True

Machaut took holy orders, but worked for multiple French courts.

True

Machaut was the first composer to self-consciously attempt a compositional legacy.

True

There was an interest in both the regularity and complexity of musical patterns during the Ars nova.

True

All chansons are monophonic

False

The Ars Nova began around the early 1400s in Italy.

False

Machaut only wrote sacred music

False

The mood of Farmer’s madrigal Fair Phyllis can best be described as _____.

light and pastoral

Farmer’s Fair Phyllis is written for _____ voices.

four

Farmer "paints" the first line of the text, "Fair Phyllis I saw sitting all alone," through the musical use of _____.

monophony

At which point in the text of Fair Phyllis does the work change to an imitative texture?

"Up and down he wandered"

Which of the following instruments was likely found in prosperous homes during the Renaissance?

lute

In addition to the Italian madrigal, what other genre arose from the union of poetry and music?

French chanson

In which of the following ways did Renaissance composers enhance the emotional content of madrigals?

through the use of madrigalisms

Which of the following composers was influential in the later Italian madrigal tradition?

Claudio Monteverdi

Which of the following statements are true in regard to typical English madrigals?

All choices are correct

The performing forces for Farmer’s madrigal consist of a four-voice SATB ensemble.

True

The English madrigal preceded the development of the Italian madrigal by some twenty years.

False

The text of John Farmer’s Fair Phyllis refers to real historical figures.

False

Both Italian and English madrigals often feature word-painting.

True

Sometimes humorous madrigals would have a refrain of syllables such as "fa la la."

True