Question 1

the ___ is a stately dance in duple meter similar to the pavane

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passamezzo

Question 2

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

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syncopation

Question 3

the renaissance in music occurred bw

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1450 and 1600

Question 4

during the middle ages women

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were not permitted to sing in church

Question 5

Machaut\'s compositions consist mainly of

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love songs with instrumental accompaniment

Question 6

a famous French woman troubadour was

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beatriz de Dia

Question 7

the passamezzo is a

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stately dance in duple meter

Question 8

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

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lute

Question 9

church authorities in the middle ages ___ their religious services.

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wanted music only as a discreet accompaniment to

Question 10

the \"dark ages\" in Europe

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began about 450 with the disintegration of the roman empire

Question 11

josquin desprez was a contemporary of

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Christopher colombus

Question 12

the renaissance may be described as an age of

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-exploration and adventure  -curiosity and individualism  -the rebirth of human creativity

Question 13

Hildegard of Bingen was

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-a visionary & mystic active in religious and diplomatic affairs  -abbess of the convent at Rupertsberg  the 1st women composer to leave a large number of works that have survived

Question 14

most medieval music was

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vocal

Question 15

Gregorian chant

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-is set to sacred Latin texts -was the official music of the Roman Catholic church for more than 1,000 yrs  -retained some elements of the Jewish synagogue of the 1st centuries after Christ

Question 16

an estampie is a medieval

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dance

Question 17

the Notre Dame Mass by Guillaume de Machaut was

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the 1st polyphonic treatment of the mass ordinary by a known composer

Question 18

the earliest surviving chant manuscripts date from about the ___ century.

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ninth

Question 19

Josquin desprez spent much of his life in

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Italy

Question 20

Trouvere songs of the middle ages dealt with all the following subjects except

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religion

Question 21

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

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Hildegard of Bingen

Question 22

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

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during the twelfth and 13th centuries

Question 23

the first, the organ was

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a primitive instrument whose keys were operated by heavy blows of the fist

Question 24

renaissance music sounds fuller than medieval music because

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-the typical choral piece has 4, 5, or 6 voice parts of nearly equal melodic interest  -the bass register is used for the 1st time  -composers considered the harmonic effect of chords rather than superimposing one melody above another

Question 25

the earliest known composers to write music with measured rhythms were

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Leonin and Perotin

Question 26

The renaissance madrigal began around 1520 in

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Italy

Question 27

the term ars nova refers to

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French and Italian music for the 14th century

Question 28

Beatriz de Dia was

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one of a number of women troubadours

Question 29

the gothic period in Europe encompassed the years

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1150-1450

Question 30

the ars nova, or new art, of the 14th century differed from older music in that

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

Question 31

the renaissance madrigal is a

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piece of several solo voices set to s short poem, usually about love

Question 32

the texture of renaissance music is chiefly

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polyphonic

Question 33

Thomas Weelkes\'s As Vesta Was Descending is notable for its

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word painting

Question 34

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

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motet

Question 35

Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina\'s

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music includes 104 masses and some 450 other sacred works

Question 36

Gregorian chant

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is monophonic in texture

Question 37

____ is a term applied to medieval music that consist of Gregorian chant and one or more additional melodic lines

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organum

Question 38

Gregorian chant consists of

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melody sung without accompaniment

Question 39

Palestrina\'s career centered in

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Rome

Question 40

Cantus Firmus is the term used for

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a chant that is used as the basis for polyphony

Question 41

the church modes were

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the basic scaled of western music during the middle ages

Question 42

the Romanesque period in Europe encompassed the years

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1000-1150

Question 43

a chant that is used as the basis for polyphony is known as

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cantus firmus

Question 44

Guillaume de Machaut was a ____ as well musician

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-poet  -priest -court official

Question 45

The French secular songs of the middle ages usually dealt with

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-spinning  -love the crusades

Question 46

in the middle ages the organ

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was a prominent church instrument

Question 47

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

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organum

Question 48

Palestrina\'s Pope Marcellus Mass sounds fuller than Josquin\'s Ave Maria bc

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it is set for 6 voices instead of 4

Question 49

Leonin and Perotin are notable bc they

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-are the 1st important composers known by name  -indicated definite time values and a clearly defined meter in music  -were the leaders of the school of Notre Dame

Question 50

The Renaissance motet is a

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

Question 51

a madrigal, like a motet, is a vocal composition that combines homo-phonic and polyphonic textures; but it differs from the motet in that it

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-uses a vernacular rather than Latin text  -more often uses word painting and unusual harmonies

Question 52

secular music is the 14th century

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-became more important than sacred music  -included drinking songs & pieces in which bird calls, dog barks, and shouting hunters are imitated

Question 53

a cappella refers to

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unaccompanied choral music

Question 54

the wandering minstrels, or jongleurs, of the middle ages

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-performed music & acrobatics in castles, taverns, & town squares  -lived on the lowest level of society  -played instrumental dances on harps, fiddles, & lutes

Question 55

much of the instrumental music composed during the renaissance was intended for

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dancing

Question 56

an outstanding composer of the ars nova was

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Guillaume de Machaut

Question 57

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

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much faster than

Question 58

an important woman composer of the middle ages was

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Hildegard of Bingen

Question 59

the medieval jongulars, important sources of info. in a time when there were no newspapers, were

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on the lowest social level

Question 60

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

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early 14th century

Question 61

pope gregory the great

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reorganized the liturgy of the catholic church during his reign from 590 to 604

Question 62

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

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Flanders

Question 63

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

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the publication in London of a volume of translated Italian madrigals

Question 64

in the middle ages most important musicians were

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priests

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