Music test 2

it was not until the _______ century that composers customarily wrote music for specific voices or instruments.

17th

The art of the middle ages was strongly affected by each of the following except

Accurate and realistic portrayal of the human figure

During the middle ages, instruments were used to

All of the above

The 12th or 13th century english piece " summer is icumen" is an example of a

Canon

After the fall of Rome in the fifth century, the______ became the only effective unifying force in the western World

Christian church

Composers, performers and music listeners continue to become less and less interested in the music of the medieval era

False

Medieval music is characterized by the heavy sonorities of loud instruments and large ensembles

False

The medival period was devoid of art and music

False

The first complete setting of the entire ordinary of the mass by one composer is thought to be the missa notre dame by _____

Guillaume de machaut

During the 14th century all of the following took place except

Hilegard of bingen began creating original compositions for performance in her convent

In the 14th century, a new, more optimistic era known as the age of humanism emerged in

Italy

The Netherlands composer, _____________, was considered by his contemporaries to be the greatest composer who had ever lived

Josquin des Prez

In his ninety-five theses presented to the Catholic church, Martin Luther suggested all of the following except

Latin should be eliminated from the service entirely.

The _____ is the main worship service of the Catholic Church

Mass

Many contemporary composers reflect the strong influence of the medieval style, using _________ scales and other medieval concepts

Modal

"Summer is icumen in" employs a repeated bass motive called a(n)

Ostinato

___________, known as the "Prince of Music," was a late Renaissance composer whose conservative church music reflected the values of the Council of Trent.

Palestrina

In the 6th century CE _____ collected,organized, and codified the chants for use by the christian churches in the western world

Pope gregory

During the 14th century, all of the following occurred except

Roman rulers began to separate and murder the early Christians

The "english sound" refers to music

That often sounds more modern due to the use of modes that sound major and minor

Medieval polyphony consisted of independent melodic lines that were intended to be heard in a linear rather than a vertical(harmonic) way

True

Gregorian Chant was usually sung in

Unison

Abbess Hildegard of Bingen was

a twelfth-century composer of sacred song and chant.

The madrigal was like the motet in all of the following ways except

both had religious texts.

The congregational song or hymn introduced into the worship service by Martin Luther was called the Lutheran

chorale

The __________ was a quiet keyboard instrument capable of subtle changes of volume and even a slight vibrato.

clavichord

Instrumental ensembles consisting of members of the same instrument family (organized much like vocal choirs, with soprano, alto, tenor, and bass ranges) were called

consorts

Medieval melodies were based upon modal scales

each of which has a unique pattern and distinctive character.

The madrigal originated in Italy but soon became very popular in

england

A canon is a polyphonic composition in which all of the voices perform the same melody, beginning at the same time.

false

A psalter always contains both music and words

false

Although the medieval motet could either be sacred or secular in its subject matter, the Renaissance motet was always a secular piece.

false

During the Renaissance, girls were generally provided education and many received formal music lessons.

false

Like other Renaissance composers, Josquin des Prez was more conservative when composing motets and more innovative and daring when composing polyphonic Masses.

false

Renaissance composers were concerned only with setting religious texts to music for worship services and did not appreciate instrumental music.

false

Renaissance dance pieces were often organized into sets of from four to seven movements.

false

Sixteenth-century organs had many stops and the full pedal keyboard that is found on organs today.

false

The language of the Mass was changed to Latin by the Catholic church in the 1960s.

false

Unlike the Mass, the motet could employ either original poetry or Biblical verses for its text, and thus offered composers a wider range of expression. True

false

The psalms are written in ____________: there is no set number of syllables per line, and the phrases end with words that do not rhyme.

free verse

During the sixteenth century, the singing of psalms became the prevalent form of Protestant music everywhere except in __________, where the Lutheran chorale predominated. Italy

germany

The entrance of each new phase of a Renaissance motet is called a point of

imitation

The Medieval Era is referred to as the Dark Ages because

it was a chaotic period of social and political unrest

One of the greatest performers and composers of Renaissance lute music was

john dowland

The most widely used instrument during the sixteenth century was a plucked string instrument called the

lute

Sixteenth-century Italy introduced a new type of song to the secular repertoire, the

madrigal

Madrigals became known for dramatic, extreme examples of word painting called

madrigalisms.

Until the middle of the sixteenth century, the high-pitched madrigal lines were sung by

male sopranos

The use of musical devices to dramatize descriptive words or phrases is called word

painting

To vary the sonority, composers of Renaissance motets included

passages in which the voices moving together in the same rhythm.

The Book of __________ is a collection of 150 songs or poems of praise in the Old Testament of the Bible.

psalms

The specific name for a collection of psalms in versions suitable for singing is a

psalter

All of the following instruments required no change in facial expression, could be played in "graceful" positions, and were considered suitable for women to play, except the

recorder

The most common subject matter for medieval art is

religious subjects

Chorales were __________ in form.

strophic

The early christian church

suppressed performances of music addressed to Greek and Roman gods

All of the following are true of the harpsichord except

the harpsichord could produce vibrato.

The following are all significant differences between the motet and the madrigal except

the madrigal was written in Latin

The Renaissance motet had all of the following features except

the parts were usually played on instruments as well as sung.

The form of a Renaissance motet is

through-composed

The madrigal form, like that of the motet, was

through-composed

Although Gregorian chant forms the starting point for the Western tradition of art music, it was originally intended to enhance worship rather than to entertain listeners.

true

Because of the way it extends each syllable, a melismatic setting is especially suitable for a short text.

true

By the seventeenth century, it was common for the church organist to play a four-part harmonization while the congregation sang the chorale melody, just as in most Protestant churches today.

true

During the Medieval period, women were excluded from singing in church congregations or choirs, in accordance with the apostle Paul's instruction that women should "keep silence in the church."

true

During the Renaissance, stylistic differences between religious and secular music and between vocal and instrumental music became apparent.

true

Many of the Masses composed by Josquin des Prez and his contemporaries were based upon secular tunes.

true

Martin Luther believed that people should be able to participate in their worship service rather than merely observe it. True

true

Only certain instruments that required no change of facial expression and could be played in "graceful" positions were considered suitable for women to play.

true

Renaissance composers sometimes indicated that a piece might be "either played or sung," but did not specify which instruments were to play given parts until late in the sixteenth century.

true

Since many of the psalms were arranged in identical metrical patterns and therefore could be set to one tune, it was not considered necessary to write a different melody for each psalm.

true

The Council of Trent reacted against both the use of secular melodies in Mass settings and the complex polyphony that made it difficult to understand the sacred text.

true

The liturgy, or words of the Mass, were first spoken in Greek.

true

The madrigal, like the motet, was mostly polyphonic in texture and through-composed in form

true

The melodies of Gregorian chant are commonly sung a Capella.

true

The only purely instrumental music that has survived from the Middle Ages consists of various popular dances.

true

The term a Capella means vocals, unaccompanied by instruments.

true

The term stylized dances refers to musical works that have the rhythms and character of a particular dance, but are intended for listening rather than dancing.

true

The variable portions of the Mass are called the Proper, since they are "proper" only at certain times.

true

Unlike the emotional Italian madrigals, English madrigals were often light in mood, whimsical, gently humorous, sentimental, or festive.

true

During the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries, the most popular string instrument that was bowed rather than plucked was the

viol

Each of the following were characteristic of Palestrina's compositional style except

words that were not clearly understood.