Music history chapter 4

Secular music in the Middle Ages was

largely an aural tradition

A conductus is

a sacred Latin song resembling a sequence, but without the paired phrases."

What is one place where Latin was still common in the Middle Ages?

in schools

What was the goliards' occupation?

clergy

Which of the following denotes a Latin song, typically sacred and monophonic?

versus

The most famous chanson de geste, Song of Roland, recounts

Charlemagne's battle against Muslims in Spain."

The chanson de geste was

a type of sung epic poem in the northern French language."

Select the correct term for a poet-singer in the Celtic tradition.

bard

What was one of the benefits afforded to professional musicians by guilds?

legal protection"

What differentiated minstrels from earlier types of professional musicians?

Minstrels were more specialized and had more steady employment available.

Troubadours and trouvères were associated with which class?

nobility

The language of the trouvères was

Old French

Name one patron of the Troubadours.

Eleanor of Aquitaine

Troubadour and trouvère songs were preserved in manuscript anthologies called

chansonniers

Which is the correct definition of contrafactum?

the substitution of one text for another without changing the music substantially

Most troubadour and trouvère songs are

strophic.

What is one central theme of troubadour and trouvère song?

refined love

What is the difference between a troubadour and a trobairitz?

A troubadour is male and a trobairitz is female."

What is unique about Comtessa de Dia's "A chantar?"

It is the only song by a trobairitz to survive with music."

What is the most common text-setting style in troubadour and trouvère song?

syllabic

What do scholars think was the role of instruments in troubadour and trouvère song?

Though instrumental parts were not notated, sources suggest singers were often accompanied by instruments."

Troubadours were from

southern France

Troubadour and trouvère lives were told in fanciful biographies called

vidas

What is the term for a debate song in the troubadour and trouvère traditions?

tenso

Refined or courtly love was

an idealized, unattainable love through which the lover is bettered

What is the most common form in Medieval secular music?

AAB

What is the form of Jeu de Robin et de Marion, by Adam de la Halle?

rondeau

What is the setting of many songs in musical plays?

pastoral

What is a Minnesinger?

a German poet-singer modeled on the troubadours"

What are the components of bar form?

two Stollen and one Abgesang

Where were Italian laude composed?

cities

Songs in the Cantigas de Santa María

tell tales of miracles performed by the Virgin Mary

Which of the following instruments is a three-stringed fiddle with a rotating wheel turned by a crank?

"hurdy-gurdy"

Which of the following modern-day countries contain land that was once part of the Holy Roman Empire?

Germany

Which is the most common surviving dance form of the Middle Ages?

estampi