CHAP13

25 July 2022
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TRUE/FALSE. The text setting in Alleluia, O virga mediatrix is mostly syllabic
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ANSWER: FALSE
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The text Alleluia, O virga mediatrix is from which portion of the Mass?
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a) the Ordinary b) the Proper B. THE PROPER
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The texts of the Mass service that are specific to a particular feast day are called the Ordinary
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false FEASTS OF THE MASS ARE SPECIFIC TO THAT FEAST
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Which era does this chanson exemplify?
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a) Ars antiqua b) Ars nova B. ARS NOVA
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Which statement is NOT true about medieval instrumentalists?
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They performed only music written specifically for instruments.
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The medieval French chanson can be described as a secular vocal composition set to a courtly love poem.
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TRUE
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The liturgy refers to the set order of services and structure of each service.
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TRUE. SERVICES TO THE CHURCH.
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Instrumental music in the Middle Ages was generally improvised rather than played from notation.
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TRUE
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Music performed with exchanges between a soloist and chorus is called:
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responsorial singing
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Puis qu'en oubli has no repeated musical sections.
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FALSE. Puis qu'en oubli form, IS a basic musical idea - the theme - is repeated over and over ...
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Machaut's Puis qu'on oubli is best classified as:
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secular music WROTE LOVE SONGS
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The two main services for the Roman Catholic Church are the daily Offices and the Mass.
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TRUE
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Troubadours, medieval poet-musicians from the southern region of France, belonged to:
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mainly the upper classes and the aristocracy.
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Most surviving examples of Gregorian chant are anonymous.
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TRUE
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A unique feature of Hildegard's chant is her occasional use of an upward leap of a fifth, lending an expansive feel to the musi
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TRUE
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The text of Machaut's chanson tells of
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courtly love
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The medieval motet can be characterized as a polyphonic vocal composition, either sacred or secular.
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true One of the most important forms of polyphonic music fromc 1250 to 1750.
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Puis qu'en oubli is in a triple meter with gently syncopated rhythms
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True Machaut's music is rich in affective harmonies, syncopated rhythms, and interplay between double and triple meters.
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Hildegard was known for all the following EXCEPT:
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her historical writings about the saints.
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The vocal range of Puis qu'en oubli is low, best suited for men's voices
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true
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Gregorian chant features regularly phrased melodic lines supported by instrumental accompaniment
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false
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The repeated text and music heard in Machaut's chanson is:
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the refrain.
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Early notation used neumes, little ascending and descending signs written above the words that suggested the shape of the melodic line
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TRUE NEUMES, are the basic elements of Western and Eastern systems of musical notation prior to the invention of five-line staff notation. The word neume is a Middle English corruption of the ultimately Greek word for breath (pneuma
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The poems of the troubadour and trouvère repertory include: a) political and moral songs. b) love songs centered on the idea of unrequited love c) Both a and b.
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a) political and moral songs. b) love songs centered on the idea of unrequited love c) Both a and b. C. BOTH A AND B
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In which poetic form is Machaut's chanson set
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A. rondeau The rondeau form calls for a rigid pattern of repetition of verse and refrain,
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Hildegard's chant Alleluia, O virga mediatrix was intended for performance on a feast day for the Virgin.
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TRUE
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To which category of medieval instruments do the sackbut and shawm belong?
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loud (haut) instruments sackbut The sackbut is a trombone from the Renaissance and Baroque eras shawm=The shawm was a medieval and Renaissance musical instrument of the woodwind family made in Europe from the 12th century (at the latest) until the 17th centurY
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The chants of the church used only the major and minor scale patterns found in later music
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false
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A single line melody that consists of a sigle line melody that is monphonic in texture and lacks harmony and counterpoint is know as ?
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Gregorian chant or Plain chant
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What are the three main groups of chant melodies
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Syllabic-one note sung to each syllable of text Neumatic: a small group of up to 5-6 notes sung to a syllable melismatic. long groups of notes set to a single syllable of text
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modal
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Western use of a variety of scale patterns or mode. The adjective modal refers to various melodic and harmonic types
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Series of services offered throughout the day at monasteries and convents
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Offices
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what are two of the are divided into two types
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offices and the mass
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Collection of prayers that make up the mass falls into what two categories
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Proper-texts that vary from day to day Ordinary-texts that remain the same in every mass