Music Appreciation Part 2

1 September 2022
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being at the center of trade and commerce
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Which of the following does NOT describe life in the medieval cloister?
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Pope Gregory
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________ is traditionally associated with collecting and organizing the chants of the church
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syllabic
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A setting of Gregorian chant with one note per syllable is called
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visions that foretold the future, founding her own convent, writing religious poetry
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In addition to composing music, Hildegard of Bingen is known for
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Hildegard of Bingen
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Which of the following women was a religious leader and a prominent figure in literature and music?
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a feast day for the virgin mary
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On which liturgical occasion was Hildegard's Alleluia, O virga mediatrix sung?
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five
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In Islamic practice, how many times is the call to prayer sounded in a day?
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music notation
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Polyphony required the development of:
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the Romanesque era
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In what era did the development of polyphony begin to emerge?
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organum
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The earliest type of polyphony was
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Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris
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The first major center of polyphony was
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organum
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The Notre Dame style of polyphony, in which the tenor line was based on a preexisting chant melody and the upper voice moved freely (and more rapidly), was called
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Leonin
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Who is credited with compiling the Great Book of Organum (Magnus liber organi)?
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accompaniment with musical instruments
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Which of the following does NOT describe Gaude Maria virgo?
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France
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The tradition of troubadours and trouveres developed in
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the rebirth of classical learning
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Which of the following was NOT a subject reflected in the poems of the troubadours and trouveres?
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they fostered religious tolerance in the west
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Which of the following does NOT describe the Crusades?
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Machaut
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The outstanding composer-poet of the Ars nova was
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chanson
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The French courtly love song of the Middle Ages was called the
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Machaut
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Which of the following composed Ma fin est mon commencement?
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it has a monophonic texture
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Which of the following does NOT characterize Ma fin est mon commencement?
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ABaAabAB
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What is the form of a rondeau?
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word painting
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The expressive device that Renaissance composers used to pictorialize words musically is called
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madrigal
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Which of the following was the most important secular genre of the sixteenth century?
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Italy
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Where was the madrigal first developed?
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madrigal
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The vivid depiction of a text through music, known as word-painting, is a hallmark of the
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They brought a new level of expression to the madrigal
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Why are the madrigals of Arcadelt so important?
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England
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Madrigals with simpler and more accessible texts were especially favored in
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pastoral and light
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Which of the following best describes the character of Farmer's Fair Phyllis?
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books to become available to the middle class people in the middle class to learn how to read music the spread of education and literacy
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The invention of the printing press allowed
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space organized in a succession of planes
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Which of the following was a characteristic of medieval art abandoned in the Renaissance?
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chanson
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Which genre of vocal music was NOT used in Renaissance church services?
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imitative
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What best describes the texture of ideal Renaissance sacred music?
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a cantus firmus
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The fixed melody used as a basis for elaborate polyphonic writing in the Renaissance was called
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Josquin des Prez
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Which early Renaissance composer exerted a powerful influence on generations of composers who followed?
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motet
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Josquin's Ave Maria . . . virgo serena is an example of the
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in praise of the virgin mary
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The text of Ave Maria . . . virgo serena is
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the Ordinary
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The portion of the Mass that remains the same in every celebration of the service is called
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the Proper
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The portion of the Mass that changes from day to day, depending on the feast celebrated, is called
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Latin
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What was the primary language of the Mass?
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Kyrie, Gloria, Credo, Sanctus, Agnus Dei
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Which of the following are the movements of the Ordinary of the Mass?
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Kyrie
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The first section of the Ordinary of the Mass, a plea for mercy, is called the
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the Credo
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Which section of the Ordinary of the Mass is a confession of faith?
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Martin Luther
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Which of the following was a leader in the Protestant Reformation?
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the inclusion of instruments in the service
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In the churches of Luther and Calvin, the musical emphasis was on
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Palestrina
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Which composer responded to the reforms of the Council of Trent in an exemplary fashion?
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soft or loud
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Medieval instruments can be classified as bas or haut, meaning
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recorder
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The ________ is an end-blown flute with a breathy tone.
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loud
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Early instruments used for outdoor performances, such as the shawm and the sackbut, were categorized as
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Antwerp
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Tielman Susato published music in which major European center?