Exam 2: Middle Ages And Renaissance

Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina's: -Music includes 104 masses and some 450 other sacred works. -Music, like Desprez's, was mostly secular. -All answers are correct. -Career centered in Florence.

A new system of music notation that allowed composers to specify almost any rhythmical pattern had evolved by the: -Late twelfth century. -Late fourteenth century. -Early fourteenth century. -Early thirteenth century.

Gregorian chant melodies tend to move: -Only by perfect intervals. -Infrequently, remaining on a single tone for long stretches. -By leaps over a wide range of pitches. -Stepwise within a narrow range of pitches.

An outstanding composer of the ars nova was: -Guillaume de Machaut. -Pope Gregory I. -Leonin. -Perotin.

Gregorian chant is seldom heard today because: -It is too old-fashioned for modern services. -It is very difficult to sing, and those who know how are dying out. -The second Vatican Council of 1962-65 decreed the use of vernacular in church services. -All answers are correct.

The Renaissance may be described as an age of: -Curiosity and individualism. -Exploration and adventure. -The "rebirth" of human creativity. -All answers are correct

The church modes were: -Forms of religious ritual. -Chalices to hold holy relics. -The basic scales of western music during the Middle Ages. -Only used in the music of the Catholic church.

The first large body of secular songs that survives in decipherable notation was composed: -From 590 to 604. -During the fifteenth century. -During the twelfth and thirteenth centuries. -During the ninth century.

The first body of secular songs that survives in decipherable notation was composed by: -Wandering minstrels or jongleurs. -Professional dancers and singers. -Priests and monks. -French nobles called troubadours and trouvères.

Beatriz de Dia was: -Queen of southern France. -One of a number of women troubadours. -The wife of Guillaume IX, duke of Aquitaine. -Abbess of Rupertsberg and a composer of choral music.

The texture of Renaissance music is chiefly: -Monophonic. -Homophonic. -Polyphonic. -Heterophonic.

The first steps toward the development of polyphony were taken sometime between 700 and 900, when: -Musicians composed new music to accompany dancing. -Monks in monastery choirs began to add a second melodic line to Gregorian chant. -The French nobles began to sing hunting songs together. All answers are correct.

Which of the following statements is not true of Renaissance music? -Renaissance composers often used word painting, a musical representation of specific poetic images. -The Renaissance period is sometimes called "the golden age" of a cappella choral music. -The texture of Renaissance music is chiefly polyphonic. -Instrumental music became more important than vocal music during the Renaissance.

Renaissance music sounds fuller than medieval music because: -The bass register is used of the first time. -Composers considered the harmonic effect of chords rather than superimposing one melody above another. -All answers are correct. -The typical choral piece has four, five, or six voice parts of nearly equal melodic interest.

Which of the following describes a difference between English and Italian madrigals? -A lighter and more humorous tone. -More complex melodies. -The use of German folk songs. -More complex harmonies.

Which of the following is not true of Gregorian chant? -The melodies tend to move by step within a narrow range of pitches. -It conveys a calm, otherworldly quality. -Its rhythm is flexible, without meter. -It is usually polyphonic in texture.

Gregorian chant: -Is polyphonic in texture. -Has no texture. -Is homophonic in texture. -Is monophonic in texture.

The term ars nova refers to: -The new art of baroque painters. -German music of the sixteenth century. -Italian and French music of the fourteenth century. -Paintings from the new world.

______________ is a term applied to medieval music that consists of Gregorian chant and one or more additional melodic lines. -Jongleurs. -Ostinato. -Organum. -Alleluia.

The word Alleluia: -Is a Latinized form of the Hebrew word hallelujah. -All answers are correct. -May be translated as "praise ye the Lord." -Is often used in Gregorian chants.

Josquin Desprez was a contemporary of: -Hildegard of Bingen. -Palestrina. -Christopher Columbus. -Perotin.

The notation of troubadour and trouvère melodies does not indicate: -Duration. -Rhythm. -All answers are correct. -Pitch.

Which of the following statements is not true? -Medieval music theorists favored the use of triads, the basic consonant chords of music. -Medieval music that consists of Gregorian chant and one or more additional melodic lines is called organum. -Paris was the intellectual and artistic capitol of Europe during the late medieval period. -Perotin was among the first known composers to write music with more than two voices.

Renaissance melodies are usually easy to sing because: -There is a sharply defined beat. -The melody often moves along a scale with few large leaps. -The music is mostly homophonic. -The level of musicianship in the Renaissance was not very high.

The Renaissance madrigal is a: -Dancelike song for several solo voices. -Polyphonic choral work set to a sacred Latin text. -Piece for several solo voices set to a short poem, usually about love. -Polyphonic choral composition made up of five sections.

The movement in which the Catholic church sought to correct abuses and malpractices within its structure is known as: -The Counter-Reformation. -Protestantism. -The Inquisition. -The Reformation.

Which of the following statements is not true of the medieval estampie? -The manuscript contains only a single melodic line. -It was intended for religious services. -It is one of the earliest surviving pieces of instrumental music. -The manuscript does not indicate which instrument should play the melody.

The two main forms of sacred Renaissance music are the mass and the: -cantata. -Kyrie. -Madrigal. -Motet.

The two types of services at which monks and nuns sang were: -The office and the mass. -The worship service and the praise service. -The monastery and the convent. -The salvation service and the holiness service.

The church modes are: -different from the major and minor scales in that they consist of only five different tones. -like the major and minor scales in that they consist of seven different tones. -completely different from any other form of scale. -different from the major and minor scales in that they consist of only six different tones.

A leading English composer of lute songs was: -Thomas Weelkes. -Josquin Desprez. -John Dowland. -Paul Hillier.

A cappella refers to: -Unaccompanied choral music. -Men taking their hats off in church. -Singing in a hushed manner. -Any form of music appropriate for church use.

The Renaissance motet is a: -Polyphonic choral composition made up of five sections. -Polyphonic choral work set to a sacred Latin text other than the ordinary of the mass. -Dancelike song for several solo voices. -Piece for several solo voices set to a short poem, usually about love.

The development of the English madrigal can be traced to 1588 and considered a result of: -A decree by Queen Elizabeth. -The publication in London of a volume of translated Italian madrigals. -The Spanish armada. -The writings of Shakespeare.

Secular music in the fourteenth century: -Became more important than sacred music. -Was not based on Gregorian chant. included drinking songs and pieces in which bird calls, dog barks, and hunting shouts were imitated. -All answers are correct.