Religious Leaders, The Pope Marcellus, The Text Alleluia, o Virga Mediatrix - Flashcards

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The Renaissance saw the rise of amateur musicians and home music-making.

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True

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Of the following, which is NOT a major literary landmark of the Middle Ages?

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Cervantes's Don Quixote

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The early exploration of the New World took place during the Renaissance.

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True

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Of the following, which does NOT represent the thinking of the Renaissance?

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an exclusively religious orientation

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Which historical event did NOT take place in the Renaissance?

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the writing of the Magna Carta

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Hildegard's Alleluia, O virga mediatrix has a neumatic text setting with some melismas.

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True

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The motet differs from organum with its emphasis on triads.

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False

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The form of Alleluia, O virga mediatrix is A-A-B.

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False

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In the early Middle Ages, music was often written in fixed patterns of long and short notes known as rhythmic modes.

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True

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In what part of the liturgy does the Alleluia occur?

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Mass Proper

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Which of the following was NOT a subject reflected in the poems of the troubadours and trouvères?

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the rebirth of classical learning

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Machaut's chanson Puis qu'en oubli is a ballade for three voices.

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False

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Sumer is icumen in is one of the earliest examples of secular polyphony.

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True

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Since Machaut was a cleric in the church, he wrote only sacred music.

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False

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The medieval ancestor of the modern trombone is:

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the sackbut

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What is a cantus firmus?

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A fragment of Gregorian chant or a secular tune used as the foundation of a polyphonic Mass.

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The Renaissance motet became a sacred form with a single Latin text.

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True

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Of the following, who was a leader in the Protestant Reformation?

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Martin Luther

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The fixed melody used as a basis for elaborate polyphonic writing in the Renaissance was called:

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a cantus firmus.

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Which genre of vocal music was NOT used in Renaissance church services?

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Chansons

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The expressive device used by Renaissance composers to pictorialize words musically is called:

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Word painting.

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The vivid depiction of the text through music, known as word painting, is a hallmark of:

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the madrigal

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Which of the following was a lively circle or line dance, often performed outdoors?

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ronde

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The text in Arcadelt's madrigal Il bianco e dolce cigno has levels of meanings, some of which are erotic.

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True

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The two most important genres of Renaissance secular music were the chanson and the madrigal.

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True

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Why was the art music of the Middle Ages predominantly religious?

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The church patronized music extensively.

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The late Middle Ages witnessed:

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the building of great cathedrals. the founding of universities. the rise of the bourgeoisie.

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What characterizes humanism?

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thinking centered on human issues and individuality, inspiration from the ancient cultures of Greece and Rome, and independence from traditional and religion

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The Frankish emperor who encouraged education and the concept of a centralized government was:

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Charlemagne.

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Most of the surviving music from the early Middle Ages is secular.

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False

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What is the primary language of the Mass?

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Latin

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The early polyphonic genre that resulted from the addition of texts to all voices was called:

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motet

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A setting of Gregorian chant with one note per syllable is called:

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syllabic.

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Of the following, which does NOT describe life in the medieval cloister?

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center of trade and commerce

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__________ is traditionally associated with collecting and organizing the chants of the church.

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Pope Gregory

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Improvisation was a technique employed in instrumental dance music of the Middle Ages.

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True

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Bas instruments were used frequently for outdoor occasions during the Middle Ages.

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False

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Music of the fourteenth century developed a style that became known as:

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the Ars nova.

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Sumer is icumen in exemplifies what compositional device?

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round

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The outstanding composer-poet of the Ars nova was:

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Guillaume de Machaut

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Which of the following make up the movements of the Ordinary of the Mass?

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Kyrie, Gloria, Credo, Sanctus, Agnus Dei

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What best describes the texture of the ideal Renaissance sacred music?

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Imitative

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Josquin's career centered exclusively in his native France.

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False

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Which early Renaissance composer exerted a powerful influence on generations of composers who followed?

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Josquin.

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How does the Renaissance motet differ from its medieval predecessor?

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It had only one text in Latin.

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Why are the madrigals of Arcadelt so special?

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They brought a new level of expression to the madrigal

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Where was the madrigal first developed?

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Italy

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Madrigals with simple, pastoral, and often humorous texts were especially favored in:

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England

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Which of the following would be considered an appropriate outdoor instrument?

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the shawm

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The sixteenth-century chanson clung to the fixed meters of the fifteenth-century chanson.

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False

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The Renaissance first came to flower in France.

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False

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Although feudal society was male dominated, the status of women was raised by prevailing attitudes of chivalry and devotion to the cult of the Virgin Mary.

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True

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The Renaissance saw the rise of amateur musicians and home music-making.

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True

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Renaissance musicians could make their living in all of the following ways EXCEPT:

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as professional orchestral conductors.

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Renaissance painters preferred symbolism to realism.

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False

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Hildegard of Bingen was a leader of the Notre Dame school of early polyphony.

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False

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The Notre Dame style of polyphony, in which the tenor line was based on a preexisting chant melody and the upper voice moved freely (and more rapidly), was called:

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organum

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The portion of the Mass that remains the same in every celebration of the service is called:

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the Ordinary.

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The motet differs from organum with its emphasis on triads.

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False

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Polyphony required the development of:

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rhythmic modes.

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Bas instruments were used frequently for outdoor occasions during the Middle Ages.

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False

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An end-blown flute with a breathy tone is called:

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a recorder.

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Sumer is icumen in is one of the earliest examples of secular polyphony.

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True

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Although the "learned" vocal music of medieval church and court was routinely written down, much instrumental music was improvised.

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True

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Secular music was integral to medieval court life, supplying entertainment and ceremonial and dance music.

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True

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Which of the following was NOT a recommendation of the Council of Trent?

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to use more instruments to embellish church music

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After the Protestant revolt of the early sixteenth century, the Roman Catholic Church responded with a movement to recapture the loyalty of its people. This was known as:

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the Counter-Reformation.

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Which composer responded to the reforms of the Council of Trent in an exemplary fashion?

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Palestrina

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The Council of Trent took place in the mid-sixteenth century.

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True

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The Introit is the first movement of the Ordinary of the Mass.

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False

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Tielman Susato published music in which major European center?

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Antwerp

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England adopted the Italian madrigal and developed it into a native form.

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True

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Italian madrigalists set words such as weeping, trembling, and dying with great expression.

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True

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Which of the following would be considered an appropriate outdoor instrument?

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the shawm

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Stately indoor occasions most often called for soft instruments such as recorders and strings.

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True

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Of the following, which is NOT a major literary landmark of the Middle Ages?

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Cervantes's Don Quixote

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Which historical event did NOT take place in the Renaissance?

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the writing of the Magna Carta

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All of the following were Renaissance artists EXCEPT:

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Goya.

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Of the following, which does NOT represent the thinking of the Renaissance?

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an exclusively religious orientation

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Renaissance musicians could make their living in all of the following ways EXCEPT:

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as professional orchestral conductors.

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Which religious figure is praised in the text of Hildegard's Alleluia, O virga mediatrix?

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the Virgin Mary

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Early notation suggested melodic contours using small ascending and descending signs called:

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neumes.

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The form of Alleluia, O virga mediatrix is A-A-B.

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False

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Which of the following does NOT characterize Gregorian chant?

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Triadic Harmonies

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A setting of plainchant with many notes per syllable is called syllabic.

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False

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Which of the following does NOT characterize Puis qu'en oubli?

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It has a monophonic texture.

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The outstanding composer-poet of the Ars nova was:

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Guillaume de Machaut

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Who composed the chanson Puis qu'en oubli?

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Machaut

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Medieval instruments can be classified as bas or haut, meaning:

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Soft or loud

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Which of the following was NOT a subject reflected in the poems of the troubadours and trouvères?

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the rebirth of classical learning

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What is the musical basis of Josquin's Ave Maria . . . virgo serena?

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a Gregorian chant in the top voice, then freely composed

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The text of Ave Maria . . . virgo serena is:

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in praise of the Virgin Mary.

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The dense counterpoint in the Pope Marcellus Mass obscures the words.

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False

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Of the following, who was a leader in the Protestant Reformation?

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Martin Luther

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Which section of the Ordinary of the Mass is a confession of faith?

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the Credo

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Of the following, which does NOT characterize secular music-making in the Renaissance?

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Women were not allowed to perform music professionally

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During the Renaissance, the study of a musical instrument was considered highly improper for ladies.

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False

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Only professional musicians performed secular music in the Renaissance.

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False

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The two most important genres of Renaissance secular music were the chanson and the madrigal.

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True

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Stately indoor occasions most often called for soft instruments such as recorders and strings.

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True

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The late Middle Ages witnessed:

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the building of great cathedrals. the founding of universities. the rise of the bourgeoisie.

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The knowledge of early civilizations and the culture of the Middle Ages were preserved largely in monasteries.

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True

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Why was the art music of the Middle Ages predominantly religious?

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The church patronized music extensively.

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Renaissance painters preferred symbolism to realism.

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False

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The Frankish emperor who encouraged education and the concept of a centralized government was:

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Charlemagne.

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An early center for the development of polyphony was the Cathedral of Notre Dame in Paris.

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True

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Why does Gregorian chant sound so different from other types of Western music?

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There is no harmony.

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The order of church services and the structure of each service are known as the liturgy.

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True

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Hildegard of Bingen wrote both the poetry and the music for Alleluia, O virga mediatrix.

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True

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The portion of the Mass that changes from day to day, depending on the feast celebrated, is called:

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the Proper.

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What is the form of a rondeau?

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A-B-a-A-a-b-A-B

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Since Machaut was a cleric in the church, he wrote only sacred music.

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False

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Music of the fourteenth century developed a style that became known as:

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the Ars nova.

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The French courtly love song of the Middle Ages was called the:

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chanson

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Early songs in Latin, such as those in Carmina burana, were created by:

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students in university towns.

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Of the following, what describes the intended performance practice for the Pope Marcellus Mass?

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It would have been sung by an all-male choir with boy sopranos or male falsettos.

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The first section of the Ordinary of the Mass, a plea for mercy in A-B-A form, is called:

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the Kyrie.

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The upper voice parts of the Pope Marcellus Mass were sung by boy sopranos or adult males with high voices.

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True

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Like the Renaissance motet, a polyphonic setting of the Mass was often based on a cantus firmus.

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True

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The Renaissance motet became a sacred form with a single Latin text.

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True

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The sixteenth century saw a blossoming of instrumental dance music.

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True

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Which of the following does NOT characterize the dances published by Susato?

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irregular phrase lengths

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Unlike Italian madrigals, Fair Phyllis has no word painting.

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False

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The sixteenth-century chanson clung to the fixed meters of the fifteenth-century chanson.

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False

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Madrigals with simple, pastoral, and often humorous texts were especially favored in:

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England

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During the Middle Ages, the status of women:

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was raised through the concept of chivalry held by knights and idealized in music.

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What characterizes humanism?

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thinking centered on human issues and individuality, inspiration from the ancient cultures of Greece and Rome, and independence from traditional and religion

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The two centers of power in the Middle Ages were the feudal lord and the state.

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False

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Why is Renaissance painting considered to be more realistic than medieval painting?

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Renaissance painters created a perspective that made it possible to see the whole simultaneously.

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The two centers of power during the early Middle Ages were the church and:

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newly formed centralized governments led by kings.

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The modes served as the basis for European art music for less than one hundred years.

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false

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In what part of the liturgy does the Alleluia occur?

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Mass Proper

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A setting of Gregorian chant with two to four notes per syllable might be considered:

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neumatic.

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In the early Middle Ages, music was often written in fixed patterns of long and short notes known as rhythmic modes.

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True

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The earliest type of polyphony was:

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organum

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Secular music was integral to medieval court life, supplying entertainment and ceremonial and dance music.

answer

True

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Improvisation was a technique employed in instrumental dance music of the Middle Ages.

answer

True

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Sumer is icumen in exemplifies what compositional device?

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Round

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Troubadours and trouvères were medieval poet-musicians.

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True

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Machaut's chanson Puis qu'en oubli is a ballade for three voices.

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False

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Josquin's sacred works do not use preexisting melodies.

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False

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The reform movement in the Catholic church brought about by the Protestant Reformation was called the Counter-Reformation.

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True

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What is a cantus firmus?

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A fragment of Gregorian chant or a secular tune used as the foundation of a polyphonic Mass.

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Of the following, which best describes the texture of the Pope Marcellus Mass?

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six-voice polyphony

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Which genre of vocal music was NOT used in Renaissance church services?

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Chansons

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Instruments used for outdoor performances, such as the shawm and sackbut, are categorized as:

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loud

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Instrumental music in the sixteenth century often did not specify its instrumentation.

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True

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The expressive device used by Renaissance composers to pictorialize words musically is called:

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Word painting.

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Which of the following was the most important secular genre of the sixteenth century?

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Madrigal

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Which of the following was a lively circle or line dance, often performed outdoors?

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ronde

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The Renaissance was characterized by an increased awareness of the cultures of learned civilizations.

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True

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Which institution supported music in Renaissance society?

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the church the city and state the aristocratic courts

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Most of the surviving music from the early Middle Ages is secular.

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False

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The early exploration of the New World took place during the Renaissance.

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True

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The term Dark Ages formerly referred to the time:

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between 500 and 1000 c.e.

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In addition to composing music, Hildegard of Bingen is known for:

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Visions that foretold the future founding her own convent writing religious poetry

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The service in the Roman Catholic Church that symbolically reenacts the sacrifice of Christ is:

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the Mass

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Organum was freely composed, with no preexisting basis.

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False

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For which liturgical occasion was Hildegard's Alleluia, O virga mediatrix sung?

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a feast day for the Virgin Mary

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Of the following, which woman was a religious leader and a prominent figure in literature and music?

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Hildegard of Bingen

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The medieval ancestor of the modern trombone is:

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the sackbut

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In Germany, aristocratic poet-musicians were called:

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Minnesingers

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The fourteenth century witnessed a decreased focus on secular music.

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False

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Although the "learned" vocal music of medieval church and court was routinely written down, much instrumental music was improvised.

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True

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Of the following, which is NOT a fixed poetic form?

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Motet

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The fixed melody used as a basis for elaborate polyphonic writing in the Renaissance was called:

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A cantus firmus.

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Why does Renaissance music sound different from medieval music?

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It has fuller harmonies. It is performed a cappella. It has smoothly gliding lines.

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How does the Renaissance motet differ from its medieval predecessor?

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It had only one text in Latin.

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Josquin's Ave Maria . . . virgo serena is an example of:

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a motet

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Which early Renaissance composer exerted a powerful influence on generations of composers who followed?

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Josquin.

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Which best describes the character of Farmer's Fair Phyllis?

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comedy and light or pastoral and light

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The text in Arcadelt's madrigal Il bianco e dolce cigno has levels of meanings, some of which are erotic.

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True

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The vivid depiction of the text through music, known as word painting, is a hallmark of:

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the madrigal

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Why are the madrigals of Arcadelt so special?

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They brought a new level of expression to the madrigal

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Where was the madrigal first developed?

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Italy

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