Music History Ch 3 quiz

Which is a portion of the Mass Ordinary that is always set syllabically?

Credo

In responsorial psalmody, what precedes and sometimes follows the verse?

a respond

Which is the term for an expansion of an existing chant?

trope

In the Middle Ages, chants for the Mass were copied in a book called the

Gradual

Name one female composer of the Middle Ages.

Hildegard of Bingen

In the final syllable of the Alleluia, what term connotes an extension by a lavish melisma?

Jubilus

How do Mass antiphons typically compare to Office antiphons?

Mass antiphons are more elaborate, fitting with the greater solemnity of the Mass

The Lesser Doxology is

a common text praising the Trinity that follows the last verse of a psalm recitation.

The text of the Mass Proper

changes to suit the day.

Which is the central component of the Roman Mass?

communion

The Liber usualis

contains modern editions of text and music for the Mass and the Office.

What is the term for a grouping of Ordinary chants?

cycle

Sequences occur

following the Alleluia.

Liturgical dramas were performed

in church

Psalm tones

include an opening intonation, recitation, mediant, more recitation, and a termination.

The church calendar

includes a number of days that commemorated Jesus' story, as well as saints' fest days.

The Kyrie text

includes three statements each of three two-word phrases.

Which style of text-setting involves long melodic passages on a single syllable?

melismatic.

What were recitation formulas?

outlines of melodies that singers could use for a number of texts

In the Mass, what happens during the Communion?

remembrance of the Last Supper

Hymns are

strophic

In addition to the Mass, the Roman liturgy included a series of eight services celebrated daily at specified times called

the Office.

In an Office psalm, what determines the mode of the psalm tone?

the mode of the antiphon.

When a chant is performed antiphonally

two choirs alternate

Which Office takes place at sunset?

vespers