Music History Chapter 6

Which of the following does not describe Europe in the 14th Century?

The hundred years war ended between Italy and France

In the Roman de Fauvel, the spirit of the times is captured in a story about

A horse who rises from a stable to great power and symbolizes a world turned upside down

Ars Nova musical style proceeded from

Developments in rhythmic notation

In the 14th century, smallest note value was

minum

What interval, considered dissonant in earlier centuries, was thought as consonant to some in the fourteenth century?

Thirds

The incomplete circle C without a dot mensuration on sign of the late 14th century translates as what modern time signature?

4/4

Later in the 14th century, which mensural sign indicated major prolation?

A dot

Which of the following could be notated with Ars Nova notation for the first time?

Syncopation

Isorhythm is

a structural device with a repeating rhythm in the tenor.

In an isorhythmic motet, the repeated melodic unit is the

color

Which is the correct definition of hocket?

alternation of two or more voices in rapid succession

Which of the following is counted among Guillaume de Machaur's accomplishments

He probably wrote the first unified polyphonic mass setting

In La Messe de Nostre Dame, which of the following movements is in discant style?

Gloria

The formes fixes are

poetic and musical forms consisting of repeated verses and refrains

Which of the forms fixes contains a refrain that uses only the same music and the third and final section of the stanza melody

Virelai

During the Ars Nova period, which line was the principal voice in polyphonic chansons?

Cantus

How were ordinary chants set polyphonically in the 14th centuray?

All of the above

-Individual pieces that could be combined in a service

-They were composed as pairs of movements

-They were gathered into anonymous cycles

What distinquishes Ars subtilior from the Ars Nova?

Music from the Ars subtilior extended Ars Nova style through its extreme rhythmic and harmonic complexity

The Italian counterpart to Ars Nova

Trecento

Which of the following describes the form of the 14th century madrigal

Two or more three-line stanzas followed by a ritornello

What is a Landini cadence?

Tenor descends stepwise and the upper voice moves from the 7th step of the scale to the sixth, then moves up a third

In the 14th century, instruments were grouped according to

Relative volume

Which instrument common in the 14th century was made of wood and had a brass-style mouthpiece?

Cornett

What do we know of how instrumental , music was performed in the 14th century?

Instrumental music was probably widespread, but we have few sources that tell specifics

Which of the following describes musica ficta

Chromatic alternations that lay outside of the standardized Guidonian system