The Middle Age and Renaissance – Flashcards
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            The Phase Middle ages refers to the period of european history spanning
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        450-1450
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            The Intellectual movement called humanism
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        focused on human life and its accomplishments
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            A virtual monopoly on learning during the Middle Ages was held by
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        monks and monasteries
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            the church frowned on instruments because of their
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        early role in pagan riots
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            most medieval music was
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        vocal
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            the view of the later medieval church on music during religious services was that it should be
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        used only as a discreet accompaniment
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            the church modes are
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        like the major and minor scales in that they consist of seven tones and an eighth tone that duplicates the first an active higher
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            one function of secular music in the late Middle Ages was to provide accompaniment for
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        dancing
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            the first steps in a revolution that eventually transformed western music began sometime between 700 and 900 with the
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        addition of a second melodic line to Gregorian chant
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            medieval music that consists of gregorian chant and one or more additional melodic lines is called
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        organum
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            The term ars nova refers to
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        Itialian and french music of the 14th century
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            which of the following is not a part of the mass ordinary
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        Ave Maria
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            the renaissance in music occurred between
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        1450 and 1600
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            which of the following statements is not true of the renaissance
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        the catholic church was even more powerful in the renaissance than during the middle ages
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            which of the following statements is not true of the renaissance music
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        Instrumental music became more important than vocal music during the renaissance.
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            the texture of renaissance music is chiefly
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        polyphonic
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            the two main forms of sacred renaissance music are the mass and the
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        motet
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            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
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            the council of trent attacked the church music of the renaissance because it
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        used secular tunes, noisy instruments and theatrical singing
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            the renaissance madrigal is a
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        piece of several solo voices set to a short poem, usually about love
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            the development of the english madrigal can be traced to 1588 and considered a result of
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        the publication in London of a volume of translated Italian madrigals
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            In most lute songs, the lute accompaniment
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        is subordinate to the voice
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            which of the following statements regarding the renaissance is not true
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        much of the instrumental music composed during the renaissance was intended for church
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            much of the instrumental music composed during the renaissance was intended for
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        dancing
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            the passamezzo is a
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        stately dance in duple meter similar to the pavane
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            a versatile plucked string instrument with a body shaped like half a pear, popular during the renaissance was the
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        lute
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            in middle ages music was
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        a based on church modes
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            in renassiance music
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        each melodic line has great independence
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            in renaissance music word painting illustrates
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        musical representation of specific poetic images