3.03: Middle Ages Music – Flashcards
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Which statement describes a characteristic of plainchant music?
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It was performed without instruments.
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Which person or group brought polyphonic music into the Christian church?
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the Notre Dame School
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Who created a songbook of liturgical melodies called Gregorian chant?
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Pope Gregory
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Which term names the sight-reading system that assigns a name to each musical tone; most often known to us as do, re, mi, fa, so, la, ti, do?
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solfège
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Which word identifies music that is written for the church?
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sacred
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Which phrase best describes a motet?
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a composition with original melodies composed to secular texts
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Which term identifies a medieval song that is usually humorous or deals with love?
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madrigal
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Which composer, who wrote mainly secular songs, also composed the Messe de Nostre Dame?
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Guillaume de Machaut
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Which sentence is an accurate description of jongleurs?
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They were the pop singers of their day that performed epic narrative poems, called Chanson de Geste.
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Which statement is true of monophonic music?
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In monophonic music there is only one melody line, one vocal or instrumental part, and the same notes and rhythms are played.
