Music Quiz Set – Flashcards
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Which statement describes a characteristic of plainchant music?
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It was performed by troubadours. It was secular music. It was performed without instruments. It was performed with multiple parts singing different harmonies.
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Which person or group brought polyphonic music into the Christian church?
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Hildegard von Bergen the Notre Dame School Pope Gregory Guillaume de Machaut
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Who created a songbook of liturgical melodies and a singing school?
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Hildegard von Bergen Guido d'Arezzo Guillaume de Machaut Pope Gregory
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Which term names the sight-reading system that assigns a name to each musical tone?
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solfège nuemes tritone organum
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Which word identifies music that is written for the church?
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secular sacred navicular social
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Which phrase best describes a motet?
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a composition with original melodies composed to secular texts a secular form of music consisting of three to six voices, often in Italian standardized chant repertoire of the Roman Catholic Church a specific set of melodies for singing Roman Catholic religious texts
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Which term identifies a medieval song that is usually humorous or deals with love?
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Gregorian chant organum madrigal motet
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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 Hildegard von Bergen Guido d'Arezzo Pope Gregory
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Which sentence is an accurate description of jongleurs?
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They wrote their own music. They performed Chansons de Geste. They performed only in religious services. They performed organums.
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Which instrument is related to the modern trombone?
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lute cornetto sackbut vielle
