Music 110 Prelude 2-Chapter 13

Musical literacy in the cultivated middle and upper classes in Renaissance society is marked by the rise of the musician who plays for the love of music and not professionally, known as a(n) _________ musician

Amateur

Which era does Puis qu'on oubli exemplify?

Ars Nova

Which secular leader in the Middle Ages promoted a strong, centralized government?

Charlemagne

One of the earliest examples of secular polyphony comes from:

England

The beginning of the Middle Ages is marked by the:

Fall of the Roman Empire

True or False Puis qu'en oubli has no repeated musical sections.

False

True or False: The Renaissance marks the passing of European society from a predominately secular society to a more sacred one.

False

True or False: The art and literature of ancient Greece and Rome was of little interest to artists and writers in the Renaissance.

False

True or False: The early Christian church had very little power in Europe during the Middle Ages and the Renaissance.

False

Which composer lived and worked during the Ars nova?

Guillaume de Machaut.

One woman composer and author who was active in church society in the Middle Ages was:

Hildegard of Bingen

The surge in rational, scientific problem solving in the Renaissance is called:

Humanism

One of the major advancements in the Renaissance was the invention of printing, pioneered by:

Johannes Gutenberg.

The earliest secular songs that have been preserved are in which language?

Latin

Poet-musicians in Germany in the Middle Ages were known as:

Minnesingers

The act of supporting an artistic project, either financially, intellectually, or both, is known as:

Patronage

During the Renaissance, lands new to the Europeans were discovered, including:

The Americas.

The violent series of events that took place as part of an attempt to capture the Holy Land from the Muslims is known as:

The Crusades

During the Middle Ages all power came from which religious organization?

The Roman Catholic Church.

The most idealized woman in Western culture during the Middle Ages was:

The virgin Mary

Which statement is NOT true about medieval instrumentalists?

They performed only music written specifically for instruments.

True or False Instrumental music in the Middle Ages was generally improvised rather than played from notation.

True

True or False Puis qu'en oubli is in a triple meter with gently syncopated rhythms.

True

True or False The medieval French chanson can be described as a secular vocal composition set to a courtly love poem.

True

True or False The vocal range in the work Puis qu'en oubli is low, best suited for men's voices.

True

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

True

True or False: Professional women musicians made their mark in society.

True

True or False: The Middle Ages span nearly one thousand years.

True

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

True

The main European port for cultural exchange of Eastern luxuries was:

Venice

Machaut is best described as:

a courtier

The constant imitation from beginning to end in between the voices of Sumer is icumen in is characteristic of its genre, which is :

a round

The poems of the troubadour and trouvère repertory include:

a. political and moral songs. b. love songs centered on the idea of "unrequited love." Both a and b

The lower two voices in Sumer is icumen in sing short repeated ideas known as:

an ostinato

The recorder, lute, and hammered dulcimer all were categorized into which group in the Middle Ages?

bas

The text of Machaut's chanson Puis qu'on oubli tells of:

courtly love

Which of the following was NOT an activity associated with secular music in medieval society?

devotional services

To which category of medieval instruments do the sackbut, crumhorn, cornetto, tabor, and nakers belong?

loud (haut) instruments

Troubadours, medieval poet-musicians from the southern region of France, belonged to:

mainly the upper classes and the aristocracy

Culture in the Middle Ages was largely shaped by the rise of:

monasteries.

This texture of Puis qu'on oubli is best described as:

polyphonic

In which poetic form is Machaut's chanson Puis qu'on oubli set?

rondeau

Machaut's Puis qu'on oubli is best classified as:

secular music

The text of Sumer is icumen in celebrates:

summer

What event inspired Raimbaut to write his famous epic?

the crusades

The repeated text and music heard three times in Machaut's chanson Puis qu'on oubli is called:

the refrain