Middle Ages/ Renaissance – Flashcards

What we know about instruments in church comes mainly from

In the Middle Ages, most important musicians were

Trouvère songs of the Middle Ages dealt with all of the following subjects except
the Crusades.
religion.
dancing.
love.

Church officials expected monks to sing with

Pope Gregory the Great

The use of organs in church

Gregorian chant

In the recording of the medieval estampie, the melody is played on a rebec, a

Gregorian chant is named after Pope Gregory I, who

One function of secular music in the late Middle Ages was to provide accompaniment for

Which of the following statements is not true of secular music in the Middle Ages?
While the notation does not indicate rhythm, it is likely that many of the secular songs of the Middle Ages had a regular meter with a clearly defined beat.
The medieval jongleurs, important sources of information in a time when there were no newspapers, were accordingly ranked on a high social level.
Some 1,650 troubadour and trouvère melodies have been preserved.
Knights were able to gain great reputations as musical poets.
Knights were able to gain great reputations as musical poets.
The medieval jongleurs, important sources of information in a time when there were no newspapers, were accordingly ranked on a high social level.
Some 1,650 troubadour and trouvère melodies have been preserved.
While the notation does not indicate rhythm, it is likely that many of the secular songs of the Middle Ages had a regular meter with a clearly defined beat.

The French secular songs of the Middle Ages usually dealt with
love.
the Crusades.
spinning.
All answers are correct

The earliest surviving chant manuscripts date from about the _______ century.

As a young student in Paris, Henri de Malines sang

The first large body of secular songs that survives in decipherable notation was composed by

Which of the following statements is not true?
Medieval music theorists favored the use of triads, the basic consonant chords of music.
Perotin was the first known composer to write music with more than two voices.
Paris was the intellectual and artistic capitol of Europe during the late medieval period.
Medieval music that consists of Gregorian chant and one or more additional melodic lines is called organum.

Hildegard of Bingen was
the first woman composer to leave a large number of works that have survived.
All answers are correct.
a visionary and mystic active in religious and diplomatic affairs.
abbess of the convent at Rupertsberg.

Which of the following statements is not true of humanism?
The humanists focused on human life and its accomplishments.
The humanists were basically atheistic in their beliefs.
The Madonna was treated as a beautiful young woman.
The humanists were captivated by the pagan cultures of ancient Greece and Rome.

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

The church modes are

The church frowned on instruments because of their

The two types of services at which monks and nuns sang were

The form of the chant Alleluia: Vidimus stellam is

The medieval jongleurs, important sources of information in a time when there were no newspapers, were

A famous French woman troubadour was

The intellectual movement called humanism

The notation of the secular songs of the Middle Ages does not indicate

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

Gregorian chant consists of

The wandering minstrels, or jongleurs, of the Middle Ages
played instrumental dances on harps, fiddles, and lutes.
All answers are correct
lived on the lowest level of society.
performed music and acrobatics in castles, taverns, and town squares.

Which of the following is not true of Gregorian chant?
It conveys a calm, otherworldly quality.
Its rhythm is flexible, without meter.
It is usually polyphonic in texture.
The melodies tend to move by step within a narrow range of pitches.

The church modes were

We know from paintings and literary descriptions of the Middle Ages that

An estampie is a medieval

Medieval music that consists of Gregorian chant and one or more additional melodic lines is called

Alleluia
may be translated as “praise ye the Lord”.
All answers are correct.
is a Latinized form of the Hebrew word hallelujah.
is often used in Gregorian chants.

During the Middle Ages, women

Most medieval music was

Gregorian chant is seldom heard today because
it is too old-fashioned for modern services.
the Second Vatican Council of 1962-65 decreed the use of the vernacular in church services.
it is very difficult to sing, and those who know how are dying out.
All answers are correct.

Bernard of Clairvaux ordered his monks to sing

The dominant intellectual movement of the Renaissance was called

Gregorian chant
retained some elements of the Jewish synagogue of the first centuries after Christ.
was the official music of the Roman Catholic church for more than 1,000 years.
is set to sacred Latin texts.
All answers are correct.

Gregorian chant melodies tend to move

The first large body of secular songs that survives in decipherable notation was composed

The earliest extant liturgical morality play, Ordo virtutum (Play of the Virtues), was composed by

Which of the following statements is not true of the medieval estampie?
It was intended for religious services.
The manuscript contains only a single melodic line.
The manuscript does not indicate which instrument should play the melody.
It is one of the earliest surviving pieces of instrumental music.

The music the Medieval monks sang was called

The Renaissance may be described as an age of
curiosity and individualism.
All answers are correct.
the “rebirth” of human creativity.
exploration and adventure.

The view of the later medieval church on music during religious services was that it should be

The highlight of the day for monks and nuns was

The first steps toward the development of polyphony were taken sometime between 700 and 900, when

A virtual monopoly on learning during the Middle Ages was held by

Church authorities in the Middle Ages ____________________ their religious services.

Beatriz de Dia was

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

Guillaume de Machaut was a ______________ as well musician.
poet
priest
All answers are correct.
court official

A versatile plucked string instrument with a body shaped like half a pear, popular during the Renaissance, was the

Lute songs are mostly in texture

The passamezzo is a

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

Much of the instrumental music composed during the Renaissance was intended for

The lute song was widely cultivated in England from

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

The movement in which the Catholic church sought to correct abuses and malpractices within its structure is known as

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

The Renaissance madrigal is a

During the Renaissance every educated person was expected to
read musical notation.
play a musical instrument.
be skilled in dance.
All answers are correct

Renaissance music sounds fuller than medieval music because
the typical choral piece has four, five, or six voice parts of nearly equal melodic interest.
the bass register is used for the first time.
composers considered the harmonic effect of chords rather than superimposing one melody above another.
All answers are correct.

Josquin Desprez spent much of his life in

A leading English composer of lute songs was

Josquin Desprez was a contemporary of

The center of polyphonic music in Europe after 1150 was

The Renaissance madrigal began around 1520 in

Which of the following statements is not true?
Josquin’s Ave Maria . . . Virgo serena uses polyphonic imitation, a technique typical of the period.
Josquin’s compositions include masses, motets, and secular vocal pieces.
Josquin’s compositions strongly influenced other composers, and were praised enthusiastically by music lovers.
Josquin spent most of his life in the province of Hainaut, today a part of Belgium.

Which of the following statements regarding the Renaissance is not true?
Secular music contained more rapid changes of mood than sacred music.
A wealth of dance music published during the sixteenth century has survived.
Much of the instrumental music composed during the Renaissance was intended for church use.
Secular vocal music was written for groups of solo voices and for solo voice with instrumental accompaniment.

Among other causes, secular music became more important than sacred music in the fourteenth century because
rival popes claimed authority at the same time, thereby weakening the authority of the church.
the feudal system had gone into decline.
All answers are correct.
the literature of the time stressed earthly sensuality.

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

The texture of Renaissance music is chiefly

Which of the following composers is not an important madrigalist?
Thomas Morley
Luca Marenzio
Thomas Weelkes
Josquin Desprez

John Dowland’s Flow My Tears consists of musical sections that are each immediately repeated.

The Renaissance motet is a

An outstanding composer of the school of Notre Dame was

An outstanding composer of the ars nova was

The term ars nova refers to

A cappella refers to

Guillaume de Machaut’s compositions consist mainly of

The leading music center in sixteenth-century Europe was

Which of the following is not a part of the mass ordinary?
Ave Maria
Gloria
Credo
Kyrie

Which of the following statements is not true of Renaissance music?
The Renaissance period is sometimes called “the golden age” of a cappella choral music.
Renaissance composers often used word painting, a musical representation of specific poetic images.
Instrumental music became more important than vocal music during the Renaissance.
The texture of Renaissance music is chiefly polyphonic.

Besides the madrigal, the was another type of secular vocal music which enjoyed popularity during the Renaissance.

Palestrina’s career centered in

The expression of , as heard in John Dowland’s Flow My Tears, was a prominent feature of English literature and music in the time of William Shakespeare.

The ars nova or new art differed from older music in that

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

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

The Renaissance in music occurred between

The was the most popular instrument in the Renaissance home.

The earliest known composers to write music with measured rhythm were

Leonin and Perotin are notable because they
indicated definite time values and a clearly defined meter in their music.
All answers are correct.
are the first important composers known by name.
were the leaders of the school of Notre Dame.

One of the major characteristics of ars nova music is its use of

Secular music in the fourteenth century
became more important than sacred music.
was not based on Gregorian chant.
included drinking songs and pieces in which bird calls, dog barks, and hunting shouts were imitated.
All answers are correct.

In most lute songs, the lute accompaniment

Renaissance melodies are usually easy to sing because

Terpsichore, a collection of over 300 dance tunes, was arranged for instrumental ensemble by

Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina’s
music includes 104 masses and some 450 other sacred works.
training, like Josquin’s, was in Flanders.
career centered in Florence.
All answers are correct.

Many prominent Renaissance composers, who held important posts all over Europe, came from what was then

Which of the following statements is not true of the Renaissance?

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

The madrigal anthology The Triumphes of Oriana was written in honor of

In medieval times, most polyphonic music was created by

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