Music Test Middle Ages, Renaissance

Trouvère songs of the Middle Ages dealt with all of the following subjects except  A. love. B. dancing. C. the Crusades. D. religion.

Religion

The catacombs of Priscilla are located in _____________________.

Rome

The S Francis Altarpiece by Belinghieri commemorates the life of St. Francesk who was a recent _______________ in the Catholic church when the masterpiece was made.

Saint

Michelangelo brought a strong _____ element to the painted figures on the Sistine Chapel.

Sculptural

An attempt was made to purify Catholic Church music as a result of ________________.

deliberations of the Council of Trent

Gregorian chant is __________________ texture.

monophonic

The movement in which the Catholic church sought to correct abuses and malpractices within a structure is known as ____________________.

the Counter-Reformation

What we know about instruments in church comes mainly from________________________: A) the work of Pope Gregory the Great B) old recordings C) surviving musical manuscripts D) the pictures and literary descriptions of the day

the pictures and literary descriptions of the day

True or false: Important figures in early Christian art were often based off of Greek and Roman sculptures and paintings of the past.

true

Most medieval music was _________________.

vocal

The first large body of secular songs that survives in the decipherable notation was composed _________________________. (when)

12th and 13th centuries

What is the Renaissance motet?

A Polyphonic choral work set to a sacred Latin text other than the ordinary of the mass

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

A lighter and more humorous tone

What is a galliard? A) A stately dance in duple meter B) A French lute instrument C) A lively dance in triple meter D) A musician who plays many instruments

A lively dance in triple meter

Leonardo da Vinci's Last Supper is located in _____________________________.

A monestary eating room

Which of the following is NOT a part of the mass ordinary?

Ave Maria

Which of the following is not true of the church of St. Denis?

Abbot Suger used the rounded arches to achieve his desired effects of the ambulatory and the choir.

Who was Hildegard of Bingen? A) A visionary and mystic active in religious and diplomatic affairs. B) The first woman composer to leave a large number of works that have survived. C) Abbess of the convent at Rupertsburg D) All answers are correct

All Answers are correct

During the Renaissance, every educated person was expected to __________________. A. read music notation B. Be skilled in dance C. Play an instrument D. All answers

All answers

Gregorian Chant ____________________. A. is set to sacred Latin texts B. was the official music of the Roman Catholic church for more than 1,000 years C. retained some elements of the Jewish synagogue of the first centuries after Christ. D. All answers

All answers

Secular music in the 14th century ____________________. A. was not based on Gregorian Chant B. Included drinking songs and pieces in which bird calls, dog barks, and haunting sounds were imitated C. became more important the sacred music. D. All answers

All answers

Why are Leonin and Perotin notable? A. They were leaders of the school of Notre Dame B. They indicated definite time values and a clearly defined meter in their music. C. They are the first most important composers known by name. D. All answers

All answers

The Renaissance may be described as an age of _________________. A. the "rebirth" of human creativity B. Curiosity and individualism C. Exploration & adventure D. All answers are correct

All answers are correct

Which statement is true about Palestrina's Pope Marcellus Mass? A) It is sung in a capella B) It is set for six voices instead of four C) Palestrina was a singer in the papal choir during Pope Marcellus's reign. D) All answers are correct.

All answers are correct

Which of the following is not a part of the Renaissance mass? A) Alleluia B) Agnus Dei C) Gloria D) Sanctus

Alleluia

The figure of Venus in Botticelli's Birth of Venus was based on: A) A Minoan sculpture of a priestess. B) An ancient Roman copy of a Greek sculpture of Aphrodite or Venus. C) An ancient Egyptian sculpture of a goddess. D) An ancient Greek sculpture of a market woman.

An ancient Roman copy of a Greek sculpture of Aphrodite or Venus.

A famous French woman troubadour was __________________________.

Beatriz de Dia

______________________ made figures look like they were moving and really alive, unlike medieval sculpture.

Contrappasto

Which is not true of the painting Last Supper by Da Vinci? A) Da Vinci includes all of the traditional symbols of the divine B) Christ subtly reaches for the bread and wine anticipating the first Eucharist or communion. C) Jesus holds his bag of silver, which he was paid to betray Christ. D) At the Last Supper, Christ informs the apostles that one of them will betray him.

Da Vinci includes all of the traditional symbols of the divine.

An estampie is a medieval: A. dance. B. stringed instrument. C. secular song form. D. song of worship.

Dance

Much of the instrumental music composed during the Renaissance was intended for ___________________.

Dancing

One function of secular music in the late Middle Ages was to provide accompaniment for ________________________.

Dancing

Images of heaven and hell caused medieval people to consider their _____________________.

Eternal fate

True or false: Early Greek and Roman images were never used in early Christian iconography.

False

True or false: Most of the nobility were able to read and write during the middle ages.

False

Instrumental movement called humanism __________________.

Focused on the human life and its accomplishments.

The music medieval monks sang was called ________________________.

Gregorian Chant

An outstanding composer of the ars nova was _______________.

Guillame de Machaut

Which of the following is not true of the central figure of Christ in the Last Judgement Tympanum? A) He stares out sympathetically B) His proportions are not naturalistic C) He is elongated D) He appears frontal and symmetrical

He stares out sympathetically

The increased use of stained glass created a space inside the church that medieval people would have described as _____________________.

Heavenly

Lute songs are mostly __________ in texture. A. monophonic B. polyphonic C. homophonic D. imitative

Homophonic

We can recognize important biblical figures in early Christian art from the use of ______________________.

Iconography

Images in early manuscripts were referred to as________________.

Illuminations

Which of the following is NOT true of Renaissance music?

Instrumental music became more important than vocal music during the Renaissance.

In most lutes songs, the lute accompaniment ________________. A) is given equal prominence with the voice B) plays the same melody as the voice C) is subordinate to the voice D) is more prominent than the voice

Is subordinate to the voice

Which of the following is NOT true of Gregorian chant?

It is usually polyphonic

The Renaissance madrigal began around 1520 in __________________.

Italy

The leading music center in 16th century Europe was _____________________.

Italy

A leading English composer of lute songs was ___________. A. John Dowland. B. Thomas Weelkes. C. Josquin Desprez. D. Thomas Morley.

John Dowland

A versatile plucked string instrument with a body shaped like half a pear, popular during the Renaissance, was the ______________.

Lute

Besides the madrigal, the _______ was another type of secular vocal music which enjoyed popularity during the Renaissance. A. estampie B. motet C. lute song D. galliard

Lute song

The expression of __________ , as heard in John Dowland's Flow My Tears, was a prominent feature of English literature and music in the time of William Shakespeare. A. bliss B. patriotism C. pain D. melancholy

Melancholy

The first steps toward the development of polyphony were taken sometime between 700 and 900, when __________________.

Monks in monastery choirs began to add a second melodic line to Gregorian Chant.

A virtual monopoly on learning during the Middle Ages was held by ______________________. A) Knights in castles B) Professors in universities C) Monks in monestaries D) Wandering minstrels or jongulers

Monks in monestaries

The two main forms of sacred Renaissance music are the mass and the ___________________.

Motet

Which of the following statements regarding the Renaissance is NOT true?

Much of the instrumental music composed during the Renaissance was intended for church use.

Giovanni Pierluigi de Palestrina's _____________________. A) Music includes 104 masses and some 450 other sacred works B) Music, like Desprez's, was mostly secular C) Career centered in Florence D) All answers are correct

Music includes 104 masses and some 450 other sacred works

___________________________ is a term applied to medieval music that consists of Gregorian chant and one or more additional melodic lines.

Organum

The center of polyphonic music after 1150 was _____________________.

Paris

What is a Renaissance madrigal?

Piece for several solo voices set to a short poem, usually about love.

In medieval times, most polyphonic music was created by ________________.

Placing new melodic lines against known chants.

The texture of Renaissance music is chiefly ______________.

Polyphonic

In the Middle Ages, most important musicians were __________________.

Priests

Which of the following statements is NOT true about the Renaissance? A. Every educated person was expected to be trained in music. B. Education was considered a status symbol by aristocrats and the upper middle class. C. The Catholic Church was even more powerful in the Renaissance than during the Middle Ages. D. Musical activity gradually shifted from the church to the court.

The Catholic Church was even more powerful in the Renaissance than during the Middle Ages.

Which of the following is not true of Michelangelo's ceiling for the Sistine Chapel? A) The architectural framing that we see surrounding the central scenes is the only real element on the ceiling, the remainder is paint. B) The scenes from the control panel show the Temptation of Adam & Eve and their Expulsion from Eden indicating the need for Christ's sacrifice. C) The scenes along the central panel represent episodes from Genesis in the Old Testament. D) The outer scenes show the prophets and sibyls that foretell the coming of Christ.

The architectural framing that we see surrounding the central scenes is the only real element on the ceiling, the remainder is paint.

The church modes were ___________________.

The basic scales of Western music during the Middle Ages.

During the Middle Ages, what institution was the center of musical life?

The church

Why are Renaissance melodies usually easy to sing? A) The music is mostly homophonic B) The melody often moves along a scale with a few large leaps. C) The level of musicianship in the Renaissance was not very high. D) There is a sharply defined beat.

The melody often moves along a scale with a few large leaps.

What we know about instruments in church comes mainly from ___________________.

The pictures and literary descriptions of the day

Which of following is not true of Donatello's David? A) Donatello's David as the first free-standing classical nude since antiquity. B) The sculpture is typical of its time in that it shows a sense of eroticism. C) Donatello's David shows a revival of the classical interest in and respect for the body. D) The sculpture is made of bronze and was made without the lost wax method, which is the same method that ancient sculptures used.

The sculpture is typical of its time in that it shows a sense of eroticism.

Pointed arches of the Gothic period allowed for _________________ supports that did not need as much support allowing for the creation of a more elegant space.

Thinner

What is acapella?

Unaccompanied chloral music

Most medieval music was _________________. A. instrumental. B. vocal. C. for the piano. D. for the organ.

Vocal

Thomas Weekles's As Vesta Was Descending is notable for its ___________________. A) Word painting B) Instrumental accompaniment C) Monophonic texture D) Completely homophonic texture

Word painting