Middle Ages refers to the period of European history – Flashcards
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The phrase 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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B. focused on human life and its accomplishments.
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The dominant intellectual movement of the Renaissance was called
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humanism
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In the Middle Ages, most important musicians were
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preists
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Church officials expected monks to sing with
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proper pronunciation and tone quality.
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The church frowned on instruments because of their
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pagan rites
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What we know about instruments in church comes mainly from
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the pictures and literary descriptions of the day
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We know from paintings and literary descriptions of the Middle Ages that
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instruments were hardly used
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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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music only as an accompatnient
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Church authorities in the Middle Age
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forbade the use of music
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The music the Medieval monks sang was called
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gregorian chants
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gregrain chant is
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A. is monophonic in texture.
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Gregorian chant consists of
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B. melody sung without accompaniment.
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The two types of services at which monks and nuns sang were
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mass and offices
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The highlight of the day for monks and nuns was
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mass
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The church modes were
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C. the basic scales of western music during the Middle Ages.
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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 octave higher.
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The form of the chant Alleluia: Vidimus stellam is
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ABA
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The first large body of secular songs that survives in decipherable notation was composed
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12th and 13th centuries
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famous French woman troubadour was
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Beatriz de Dia.
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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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______________ is a term applied to medieval music that consists of Gregorian chant and one or more additional melodic lines.
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Organum
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The center of polyphonic music in Europe after 1150 was
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paris
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In medieval times, most polyphonic music was created by
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placing new melodic lines against known chants.
