chapters 12 and 13 Music 108

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

Choirmaster, Music painter, Organist, Composer

Chant melodies are described as syllabic, neumatic, or based on how many notes are set to each of the text.

melismatic,syllable

The text setting in Alleluia, O virga mediatrix is mostly syllabic

False

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

Melismatic

You may hear similarities between Hildegard's modal melodies and the melodies and scales used by which sacred traditions?

Middle Eastern

The pre-tonal scale patterns utilized in Gregorian chant are referred to as:

Modes

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

Monasteries

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

Music literacy spread,Music books became available,Music books became affordable.

Trade flourished in the later Middle Ages when a merchant class arose outside of feudal society

True

Which of the following was Hildegard not known for?

Her architectural plans for the new churches

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

Mary, Mother of Christ

Monophonic sacred music of the early Christian church is called:

Plainchant

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

They are Hebrew and Syrian

Hildegard's chant Alleluia, O virga mediatrix was intended for performance on a feast day for the Virgin.

True

Our understanding of the musical culture of ancient civilizations is limited by the few fragments of music that have survived. True or false

True

The Middle Ages spans nearly one thousand years.

True

The liturgy refers to the set order of services and structure of each service. √Correct choiceTrue XIncorrect choiceFalse

True

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

Venice

Which of the following describes plainchant of the Middle Ages?

monophonic Latin text organized according to liturgy

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

parts can be melismatic,monophonic

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

False

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

False

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

Responsorial singing

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

The fall of the Roman Empire

Who of the following are Renaissance artists?

Leonardo da Vinci,Michelangelo