Music Quiz 1

The phrase Middle Ages refers to the period of European history spanning

450-1450

Romanesque-style churches and monasteries in Europe were built during

1000-1150

Gothic cathedrals were constructed in the period of

1150-1450

The Middle Ages in Europe

all of the above

During the Middle Ages, women

could make music in convents

Most medieval music was

vocal

Gregorian chant

all of the above

Gregorian chant consists of

melody sung without accompaniment

Texture of Gregorian Chant is

Monophonic (one melody without accompaniment)

Gregorian chant is named after Pope Gregory I, who

was credited by medieval legend with having created it, even though it evolved over many centuries

Alleluia

all of the above

The form of the chant Alleluia: Vidimus stellam is

ABA

The large and highly important body of secular songs was composed

during the twelfth and thirteenth centuries by poet-composers called troubadoursand trouvères

Which statement is correct?

The written music notation of troubadour songs indicates only their pitches

Trouvère songs of the Middle Ages dealt with all of the following subjects except

religion

A famous French woman trobairitz was

Beatriz, Countess of Dia

The medieval minstrels were

on the lowest social level

An estampie is a

medieval dance played by medieval minstrels

The first step in a revolution that eventually transformed western music began sometime between 700 and 900 with the

addition of a second melodic line to Gregorian chant

______________ is a term applied to medieval music that consists of Gregorian chant and one or more additional melodic lines.

organum

The melody added to the Gregorian chant to form organum around 1100 was usually ______________ the original chant.

much faster than

The center of polyphonic music in Europe after 1150 was

Paris

The earliest known composers to write music with measured rhythm were

Leonin and Perotin

Leonin and Perotin are notable because they

all of the above

A new system of music notation which allowed composers to specify almost any rhythmical pattern had evolved by the

early fourteenth century

The “New Art”, or ars nova, of the fourteenth century differed from older music in that

a new system of notation permitted composers to specify almost any rhythmic pattern

The leading composer of fourteenth-century France was

Guillaume de Machaut

Which of the following is not a part of the mass ordinary?

Ave Maria

The Notre Dame Mass by Guillaume de Machaut was

all of the above

The intellectual movement that focused on human life and its accomplishments rather than on afterlife, influenced the Renaissance art. What is this intellectual movement called?

Humanism

The Renaissance in music occurred between

1450 and 1600

The Renaissance may be described as an age of

all of the above

Which of the following statements is not true of the intellectual movement of the Renaissance known as humanism?

The humanists were basically atheistic in their beliefs.

Many prominent Renaissance composers, who held important posts all over the continent, came from an area of Europe known at that time as

Low Countries (Flanders)

Renaissance music sounds fuller than medieval music because

all of the above

The texture of Renaissance music is chiefly

polyphonic

A cappella refers to

unaccompanied choral music

The two main forms of sacred Renaissance music are the mass and the

motet

The Renaissance motet is a

polyphonic choral work set to a sacred Latin text other than the ordinary of the mass

The new art (ars nova in Latin) of the 14^th century in France

was a new system of notation that permitted a composer to specify almost any rhythmic pattern

Josquin Desprez spent much of his life in

Italy

Josquin Desprez was a contemporary of

Christopher Columbus

Which of the following statements is not true?

Josquin spent most of his life in the province of Hainaut, today a part of Belgium.

Palestrina’s career centered in

Rome

An attempt was made to purify Catholic Church music as a result of the

b) deliberations of the Council of Trent

The Council of Trent attacked the church music of the Renaissance because it

used secular tunes, noisy instruments, and theatrical singing

Palestrina’s Pope Marcellus Mass sounds fuller than Josquin’s Ave Maria because

it is set for six voices instead of four

During the Renaissance, every educated person was expected to (see pp.88, 93)

all of the above

A madrigal, like a motet, is a polyphonic vocal composition; but it differs from the motet in that it

c) both a and b

The Renaissance madrigal is a

piece for several solo voices set to a short poem, usually about love

The Renaissance madrigal began around 1520 in

Italy

The development of the English madrigal can be traced to 1588 and considered a result of

the publication in London of a volume of translated Italian madrigals

Thomas Weelkes’s As Vesta Was Descending is notable for its

Word painting

Among the most important Italian Renaissance composers was

Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina

Palestrina devoted himself to music for the

Catholic church

Which of the following statements is not true?

Palestrina wrote many works for the Lutheran church, including oratorios and chorales

Palestrina’s Pope Marcellus Mass is written for

a cappella choir