Music Appreciation (Module 2 and Module 3)

In chant from the Middle Ages, the style that features many notes per syllable is called:

melismatic

Which of the following was a result of the printing press?

music became available, affordable, and music literacy spread

In order to properly transmit the new polyphony, which other aspect of music became more sophisticated in the Middle Ages?

music notation

Which of the following instruments were categorized as haut (loud, outdoor) in the Renaissance?

shawm sackbut cornetto

Which of the following was Hildegard not known for?

she WAS known for her: - scientific writings - her poetry and music - her visions

During the Renaissance, which lands did the Europeans explore that were new to them?

the Americas

The Catholic Church's effort in the early sixteenth century to recapture the loyalty of its followers through a return to true Christian piety is known as the

Counter Reformation

T or F: The Roman Catholic church had very little power in Europe during the Middle Ages and the Renaissance.

False

T or F: The first type of polyphony was Gregorian chant.

False

T or F: The text setting in Alleluia, O virga mediatrix is mostly syllabic

False

Which of the following describes life in a medieval monastery?

Members withdrew from secular society. Members were devoted to prayer. Religious life was quite disciplined. They began their day around 2-3am.

Which of the following are Renaissance artists?

Michelangelo and Leonardo da Vicni (the 2 that aren't were Picasso and Hildegard of Bingen)

Claudio ___________________ famously stated that his music was designed to serve the expressive power of his___________

Monteverdi TEXTS

Which of the following describes Palestrina's Gloria from the Pope Marcellus Mass?

duple meter consonant harmony a cappella ensemble

Match the style characteristic with the correct phase in madrigal development.

early madrigal (c. 1525-50) - chiefly composed for amateurs middle madrigal (1550-1580) - texture extended to 5 or 6 voices final phase madrigal (1580-1620) - written to harmonic and virtuosic extremes

T or F: During the Renaissance, the Mass was recited and sung in the vernacular (the language of the people).

false

T or F: Musical ideas from the Middle Eastern cultures were not a part of medieval cultural exchange.

false

T or F: The English madrigal preceded the development of the Italian madrigal by some twenty years.

false

Notre Dame cathedral is located in which city?

Paris

Which part of the Mass Ordinary is not in Latin?

Kyrie

Which of the following were church reformers in the sixteenth century?

Martin Luther and John Calvin

In the middle ages, the status of women was raised by the universal cult of who?

Mary, mother of Christ

T or F: The musical style known as Ars nova first appeared in the early 1300s.

true

Farmer "paints" the first line of the text, "Fair Phyllis I saw sitting all alone," through the musical use of:

monophony

Which of the following was a potential job for a musician in the Middle Ages and Renaissance?

choirmasters, singers, organists, instrumentalists, copyists, composers, teachers, instrument builders, and music printers

Which of the following describe plainchant of the Middle Ages and which do not?

do - monophonic - Latin text - organized according to liturgy don't - polyphonic - favored wide leaps

The earliest polyphonic music is called:

organum

Chant melodies are described as ___________________________ based on how many notes are set to each ___________ of the text.

syllabic, neumatic, or melismatic syllable

Musical instruments in medieval and Renaissance Europe were categorized as soft (bas) or loud (haut) according to their purpose.

******

Tielman Susato was a musical jack-of-all-trades. He composed and arranged different styles of secular and sacred works, and he played virtually all the brass and woodwind instruments of his day.

*********

T or F: Gregorian chant features regularly phrased melodic lines supported by instrumental accompaniment.

False

T or F: Polyphony was universally accepted in medieval religious communities.

False

To which Italian city did Arcadelt move from present-day Belgium?

Florence

The musical style known as Ars nova appeared first in which country?

France

Which of the following belong to the Mass Ordinary?

Gloria Agnus Dei Sanctus

Put the parts of the Mass Ordinary into the correct order.

Kyrie Gloria Credo Sanctus Agnus Dei

The Mass is a daily service with two categories of prayers: the ________________ which are the same for each service, and the _________________ that varies according to the day.

Ordinary Proper

Which composers are associated with polyphonic composition at Notre Dame in the Middle Ages?

Perotin and Leonin

The first person to master the problems of printing polyphonic music is:

Petrucci

T or F: Arcadelt emphasizes the last line of the poem in the madrigal by repeating it.

TRUE

T ot F: Arcadelt uses word-painting to portray the images in the poetry of this madrigal.

TRUE

Which of the following is not true about Gregorian chant (plainchant) melodies?

This is what they ARE known for: - composers are unknown - they are in Latin - they are descended from Middle Eastern sacred music traditions

T or F: Composers in the Ars nova wrote both sacred and secular songs.

True

T or F: In the medieval era, some religious communities utilized polyphonic music to enhance worship on the highest feast days in the church year, like Easter.

True

T or F: The lower voice in organum sings the fixed melody in extremely long notes.

True

Which of the following was the main European port for cultural exchange of Eastern luxuries?

Venice

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

ars antiqua

Which instruments stem from Turkish models?

bells cymbals bass drums

Which of the following goals are attributed to Charlemagne?

centralized government encouragement of education government control of law and order

Which of the following was a popular French secular song genre in the Ars nova?

chanson

Which of the following provided financial support for medieval and Renaissance musicians?

church, city, state, and royal and aristocratic courts

Which of the following was a position Machaut held in his career?

cleric courtier canon

Which of the following accurately describe the harmony of Palestrina's Gloria from the Pope Marcellus Mass?

consonant, full

Which instrument heard in Susato's Three Dances is a cross between a woodwind instrument with finger holes and a brass instrument with a mouthpiece?

cornetto

Instrumental music first flourished in conjunction with?

dance

Which of the following were critiques from the cardinals at the Council of Trent? (pg 92)

embellishment of Gregorian melodies use of popular music in the Mass inappropriate attitude of church musicians

Madrigalisms enhanced the _____________ content of the music.

emotional

T or F: The chants of the church only used the major and minor scale patterns found in later music.

false "modes"

In early organum, which voice sang the fixed melody from the preexisting Gregorian chant?

lowest

Culture in the Middle Ages was largely defined by the rise of religious communities housed in:

monasteries

During the Middle Ages, which Arabic import allowed for pattern-related disciplines to flourish in the West?

numerals

The setting of Farmer's madrigal Fair Phyllis is:

pastoral

Which of the following describes musical aspects of Machaut's chanson Ma fin est mon commencement?

polyphonic duple meter

Machaut's chanson Ma fin est mon commencement contains which of the following?

religious references enigmatic text palindrome

What is the term for music that is performed with exchanges between a soloist and chorus?

responsorial singing

The Susato dances are examples of which kind of instrumental dance?

ronde

Which of the following French Ars nova poetic forms are considered "fixed"?

rondeau ballade virelai

In the Renaissance two important __________genres grew out of the union of poetry and music: the French _________________ and the _______________ madgrigal

secular Chanson Italian

The beginning of the Middle Ages is marked by what event?

the fall of the Roman empire

Which traits does early Christian chant have in common with the Islamic Adhan and which does it not?

they do have in common - parts can be melismatic - monophonic what they don't have in common - sung in Latin - 4 part harmony

Which secular medieval musicians entertained at the higher social levels?

troubadors

T or F: Because instruments were not yet specified in the musical scores for Renaissance dance music, there was much flexibility in performance.

true

T or F: Hildegard's chant Alleluia, O virga mediatrix was intended for performance on a feast day for the Virgin.

true

T or F: Our understanding of the musical culture of ancient civilizations is limited by the few fragments of music that have survived.

true

T or F: Palestrina's Pope Marcellus Mass is a setting of the Mass Ordinary.

true

T or F: Prior to the medieval era, instrumental music was largely an oral tradition.

true

T or F: Pythagoras was renowned for his musical experiments.

true

T or F: Religious wars and medieval explorations enhanced cultural exchange.

true

T or F: The Middle Ages spans nearly one thousand years.

true

T or F: The Pope Marcellus Mass was written for six voice parts.

true

T or F: Trade flourished in the later Middle Ages when a merchant class arose outside of feudal society.

true

Which of the following characterize the Renaissance madrigal?

use of Italian poetry word-painting expressive text-setting

The rhythmic pattern of long-short repeated throughout the piece defines the:

RHYTHMIC MODE

Which statement about the Notre Dame School is NOT true?

This is was IS TRUE: - the first book containing compositions by composers of this school is called the magnus liber organi - composers wrote some of the most earliest examples of polyphony, called organum - Perotin and Leonin were the leaders of the school

T or F: Farmer's madrigal is written for a four-voice SATB ensemble.

true