Ch. 16 Music Quiz

Which statement about Machaut is NOT true?

He was an influential composer of the Ars antiqua style.

Which is a true statement regarding Machaut's songs?

Machaut set his chansons to French courtly love poems.

________ mean(s) "finders" or "inventors."

Troubadours and trouvères both

What was the period that immediately preceded the Ars nova called?

ars antiqa

Which musical style appeared in the early 1300s in France and soon thereafter in Italy?

ars nova

European contacts with _______ inspired new concepts of art.

easter cultures

Music, mathematics, geometry, and astronomy were the four topics considered essential to medieval

education

In the Western tradition, music historically has not been linked to mathematics and geometry.

false

The Ars nova began in Italy around the early 1400s.

false

The Ars nova ushered in developments in ______ that transformed the art of music.

harmony rhythm meter

The poems of the troubadour and trouvère repertory include

laments. political and moral ditties. love songs centered on the idea of "unrequited love."

Machaut's own poetry often centers on the idea of

medieval chivalry

How does Machaut convey the medieval fascination for puzzles in Ma fin est mon commencement?

palindromic structure

Which of the following topics might be found in medieval lyrics?

politics songs of the Crusades unrequited love

What is the genre of Machaut's Ma fin est mon commencement?

polyphonic secular chanson

Who of the following was NOT a medieval writer/poet?

pythagorus

Where did Machaut work as a priest?

reims cathedral

In which poetic form is Machaut's chanson Ma fin est mon commencement set?

rondeau

Which of the following is/are poetic forms used in medieval chansons?

rondeau virelai ballade

Trouvères, medieval poet-musicians from the northern region of France, were members of

the upper classes and the aristocracy

The poet-musicians who flourished in the south of France were known as

troubadors

Which secular medieval musicians entertained audiences at the higher social levels?

troubadors

During the later Middle Ages, polyphonic developments in sacred music carried over to the secular realm.

true

Machaut was the first composer self-consciously to attempt a compositional legacy.

true

There was an interest in both the regularity and complexity of musical patterns during the Ars nova.

true