The term dark ages formerly referred to the time |
between 500 and 1000 CE |
The two centers of power during the early Middle Ages were the church and |
newly formed centralized governments led by kings |
The Frankish emperor who encouraged education and the concept of a centralized government |
Charlemagne |
Why was the art music of the Middle Agees predominantly religious? |
The churched patronized music extensively |
The late middles ages witnessed |
building of great cathedrals, founding of universities, and rise of the bourgeoisie |
Of the following, which is NOT a major literary landmark of the middle ages |
Cervantes’ Don Quixote |
During the Middle Ages the status of women |
was raised through the concept of chivalry held by knights and idealized in music |
Of the following which does not represent the thinking of the Renaissance? |
an exclusively religious orientation |
What characterizes humanism? |
all of the above |
Which historical event did not take place in the Renaissance? |
the writing of the Magna Carta |
All of the following were Renaissance artists except |
Goya |
Why is Renaissance painting considered to be more realistic than medevial painting? |
Renaissance painters created a perspective that made it possible to see the whole world simultaneously |
Which institution supported music in Renaissance society? |
church, city and state, and the aristocratic courts |
Renaissance musicians could make their living in all of the following ways except: |
professional orchestra conductor |
The two centers of power in the Middle Ages were the feudal Lord and the state |
False |
Most of the surviving music from the early Middle Ages is secular |
False |
The knowledge of early civilizations and the culture of the Middle Ages were preserved largely in monasteries |
True |
Although feudal society was male dominated, the status of women was raised by prevailing attitudes of chivalry and devotion to the cult of the Virgin Mary |
True |
The Renaissance was characterized by an increased awareness of the cultures of learned civilizations |
True |
The early exploration of the New World took place during the Renaissance |
True |
Renaissance painters preferred symbolism to realism |
False |
The Renaissance first came to flower in France |
False |
The Renaissance saw the rise of amateur musicians and home making music |
True |
_____ is traditionally associated with collecting and organizing the chants of the church |
Pope Gregory |
Which of the following does not characterize Gregorian chant? |
triadic harmonies |
Why does Gregorian chant sound so different from other types of Western music? |
there is no harmony |
A setting of Gregorian chant with two to four notes per syllable might be considered: |
neumatic |
Early notation suggested melodic contours using small ascending and descending signs called: |
neumes |
The service in the Roman Catholic Church that symbolically reenacts the sacrifice of Christ is: |
the Mass |
The portion of the Mass that remains the same in every celebration of the service is called: |
the Ordinary |
The portion of the mass that changes from day to day, depending on the feast celebrated is called |
the proper |
what is the primary language of the Mass |
Latin |
Of the following, which does not describe life in the medivial cloister |
being at the center of trade and commerce |
IN addition to composing music, Hildegard of Bingen was known for |
all of the above |
Of the following, which woman was a religious leader and a prominent figure in literature and music? |
Hildegard of Bingen |
For which liturgical occasion was Hildegard’s Alleluia, O virgica mediatrix sung? |
a feast day for the Virgin Mary |
IN what part of the liturgy does the Alleluia occur |
Mass proper |
What genre of vocal music was not used int Renaissance church services |
chansons |
Why does Renaissance music sound different from medieval music? |
all of the above |
What best describes the texture of the ideal Renaissance sacred music |
imitative |
The fixed melody used as a basis for elaborate polyphonic writing in the Renaissance was called: |
a cantus firmus |
Which of the following make up the movements of the ordinary of the mass |
Kyrie, Gloria, Credo, Sanctus, Agnus Dei |
The first section of the Ordinary of the Mass, a plea for mercy in ABA form, is called |
The kyris |
Which section of the ordinary of the mass is a confession of faith |
the credo |
What is a cantus firmus |
a fragment of Gregorian chant or a secular tune used as the foundation of a polyphonic Mass |
How does the Renaissance motet differ from its medevial predecessor |
it only had one text in latin |
Which early Renaissance composer exerted a powerful influence on generations of composers who followed |
Josquin |
Josquin Ave Maria… virgo serena is an example of |
a motet |
The text of Ave Maria… virgo serence is |
in praise of the Virgin Mary |
What is the musical asis of Josquins Ave Maria… virgo serena? |
a Gregorian chant in the top voice, the freely composed |
Of the following, who was a leader in the Protestant Reformation? |
Martin Luther |
After the Protestant revolt of the early sixteenth century, the Roman Catholic church responded with a movement to recapture the loyalty of its people. This was known as |
The counter reformation |
Which of the following was not a recommendation of the council of trent |
to use more instruments to embellish music |
Which composer responded to the reforms of the council of trent in an exemplary fashion |
Palestrina |
Of the following, which describes the intended performance practice for the Pope Marcellus Mass |
It would have been sung by an all-male choir with boy sopranos or male falcettos |
Of the following which best describes the texture of the pope Marcellus mass |
six voice polyphony |
The Introit is the first movement of the Ordinary of the Mass |
False |
Like the Renaissance motet, a polyphonic setting of the Mass was often based on a cantus firmus |
True |
The Renaissance motet became a sacred form with a single latin text |
True |
Josquins career centered exclusively in his native France |
False |
Josquins sacred works do not use preexsisiting melodies |
FAlse |
The reform movement in the Catholic church brought about by the Protestant Reformation was called the Counter Reformation |
True |
The council of trent took place in the mid-sixteenth century |
True |
The dense counterpoint in the Pope Marcellus Mass obscures the words |
False |
The upper voice parts of the Pope Marcellus Mass were sung by boy sopranos or adult males with high voices |
True |
Secular music was integral to medivial court life, supplying entertainment and ceremonial and dance music |
True |
The 14th century witnessed a decreased focus on secular music |
False |
Sumer is icumen in is one of the earliest examples of secular polyphony |
True |
Since Machaut was a cleric in the church, he wrote only sacred music |
False |
Machaut’s chanson Puis qu’en oubli is a ballade for three voices |
False |
Although the learned vocal music of medieval church and court was routinely written down, much instrumental music was improvised |
true |
Improvisation was a technique employed in instrumental dance music of the Middle Ages |
True |
Bas instruments were used frequently for outdoor occasions during the Middle Ages |
False |
Who composed the chanson Puis qu-en oubli? |
Machaut |
Which of the following does not characterize a Puis qu’en oubli? |
It has a monophonic texture |
What is the form of a rondeau |
ABaAabAB |
Medieval instruments can be classified as bas or haut meaning |
soft or loud |
An end-blown flute with a breathy tone is called |
a recorder |
The medieval ancestor of the modern trombone is |
the sackbut |
troubadors and trouveres are medieval post musicians |
True |
Of the following which is not a fixed poetic form |
motet |
Early songs in the Latin, such as those in Carmina burana were created by |
students in university towns |
Which of the following was not a subject reflected in the poems of the troubadors and trouveres |
the rebirth of classical learning |
In Germany, aristocratic poet musicians were called |
minnesingers |
sumer is icumen in exemplifies what compositional device? |
round |
Music of the fourteenth century developed a style that became known as |
the ars nova |
the outstanding composer poet of the ars nova was |
Machaut |
the French courtly love song of the Middle Ages was called the |
chanson |
The earliest type of polyphony was |
organum |
Polyphony required the development of |
rhythmic modes |
The Notre Dame style of polyphony in which the tenor line was based on a preexsisting chant melody and the upper voice moved freely and more rapidly was called |
organum |
the early polyphonic genre that resulted from the addition of texts to all voices was called |
the motet |
The order of church service and the structure of each service are known as the liturgy |
true |
A setting of plainchant with many notes per syllable is called syllabic |
false |
the modes served as a basis for the European art music for less than one hundred years |
False |
Hildegar of Bingen wrote both the poetry and music for alleluia, o irga mediatrix |
true |
Hildegards alleluia o virga mediatrix has a neumatic text setting with some melismas |
true |
The form of Alleluia, O virga mediatrix is AAB |
False |
Organum was freely composed with no preexsisiting basis |
False |
An early center for the development of polyphony was the Cathedral of Notre Dame in Paris |
True |
Hildegard of Bingen was a leader of the Notre Dame school of early polyphony |
false |
In the early middle ages, music was often written in fixed patterns of long and short notes known as rhythmic nodes |
true |
The motet differs from organum with its emphasis on triads |
False |
embellishments |
melodic decorations |
Tabo and tambourine are what type of instruments |
Tabor and tambourine |
Where did the rondes become popular? |
in the city and at the courts of the nobility |
What is the pavane |
The stately court dance |
Ronde means |
round dance |
Ronde is performed |
In a circle |
The madrigal originated in |
Italy |
Italian and English _____, French ______ |
madrigals, chansons |
Early master of the Italian madrigal |
Jacques Arcadelt |
Expressive devices |
word painting |
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