Final Test Part 2

Medieval music that consists of Gregorian chant and one or more additional melodic lines is called

organum

The phrase Middle Ages refers to the period of European history spanning

450-1000.

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

A. Ave Maria

An outstanding composer of the ars nova was

A. Guillaume de Machaut.

The term ars nova refers to

A. Italian and French music of the fourteenth century.

Which of the following statements is not true? A. Medieval music theorists favored the use of triads, the basic consonant chords of music. B. Medieval music that consists of Gregorian chant and one or more additional melodic lines is called organum. C. Paris was the intellectual and artistic capitol of Europe during the late medieval period. D. Perotin was among the first known composers to write music with more than two voices.

A. Medieval music theorists favored the use of triads, the basic consonant chords of music.

The first steps in a revolution that eventually transformed western music began sometime between 700 and 900 with the

A. addition of a second melodic line to Gregorian chant.

. Leonin and Perotin are notable because they

A. are the first important composers known by name.

In medieval times, most polyphonic music was created by

A. placing new melodic lines against known chants.

The form of the chant Alleluia: Vidimus stellam is

ABA.

The first large body of secular songs that survives in decipherable notation was composed by

B. French nobles called troubadours and trouvères.

Which of the following statements is not true of the medieval estampie? A. It is one of the earliest surviving pieces of instrumental music. B. It was intended for religious services. C. The manuscript contains only a single melodic line. D. The manuscript does not indicate which instrument should play the melody.

B. It was intended for religious services.

Cantus firmus is the term used for

B. a chant that is used as the basis for polyphony.

In the recording of the medieval estampie, the melody is played on a rebec, a

B. bowed string instrument.

A famous French woman troubadour was

Beatriz de Dia.

The earliest known composers to write music with measured rhythm were

C. Leonin and Perotin.

The ars nova or new art differed from older music in that

C. a new system of notation permitted composers to specify almost any rhythmic pattern.

A new system of music notation that allowed composers to specify almost any rhythmical pattern had evolved by the

C. early fourteenth century.

Secular music in the fourteenth century

C. included drinking songs and pieces in which bird calls, dog barks, and hunting shouts were imitated.

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

C. monks in monastery choirs began to add a second melodic line to Gregorian chant.

Among other causes, secular music became more important than sacred music in the fourteenth century because

C. the feudal system had gone into decline.

Guillaume de Machaut's compositions consist mainly of

D. love songs with instrumental accompaniment.

The music the Medieval monks sang was called

Gregorian chant.

The earliest extant liturgical morality play, Ordo virtutum (Play of the Virtues), was composed by

Hildegard of Bingen.

Which of the following is not true of Gregorian chant? A. It conveys a calm, otherworldly quality. B. Its rhythm is flexible, without meter. C. The melodies tend to move by step within a narrow range of pitches. D. It is usually polyphonic in texture.

It is usually polyphonic in texture.

______________ 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 in Europe after 1150 was

Paris

An outstanding composer of the school of Notre Dame was

Perotin.

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

The church

Which of the following statements is not true of secular music in the Middle Ages? A. Knights were able to gain great reputations as musical poets. B. The medieval jongleurs, important sources of information in a time when there were no newspapers, were accordingly ranked on a high social level. C. Some 1,650 troubadour and trouvère melodies have been preserved. D. While the notation does not indicate rhythm, it is likely that many of the secular songs of the Middle Ages had a regular meter with a clearly defined beat.

The medieval jongleurs, important sources of information in a time when there were no newspapers, were accordingly ranked on a high social level.

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

all answers are correct

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

all answers are correct

The use of organs in church

bothered the clergy because they distracted the listeners from worship.

An estampie is a medieval

dance

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

dancing

The first large body of secular songs that survives in decipherable notation was composed

during the twelfth and thirteenth centuries.

The church frowned on instruments because of their

earlier role in pagan rites.

We know from paintings and literary descriptions of the Middle Ages that

instruments were used.

The word Alleluia

is a Latinized form of the Hebrew word hallelujah.

Gregorian chant

is monophonic in texture.

Gregorian chant is seldom heard today because

it is very difficult to sing, and those who know how are dying out.

The church modes are

like the major and minor scales in that they consist of seven different tones.

The French secular songs of the Middle Ages were often concerned with

love

Gregorian chant consists of

melody sung without accompaniment.

A virtual monopoly on learning during the Middle Ages was held by

monks in monasteries.

As a young student in Paris, Henri de Malines sang

monophonic songs in various languages.

The earliest surviving chant manuscripts date from about the _______ century.

ninth

The medieval jongleurs, important sources of information in a time when there were no newspapers, were

on the lowest social level.

Beatriz de Dia was

one of a number of women troubadours.

The wandering minstrels, or jongleurs, of the Middle Ages

performed music and acrobatics in castles, taverns, and town squares.

Guillaume de Machaut was a ______________ as well as a musician.

poet

In the Middle Ages, most important musicians were

priests.

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

religion

Pope Gregory the Great

reorganized the Catholic church liturgy during his reign from 590 to 604.

The notation of troubadour and trouvère melodies does not indicate

rhythm

Gregorian chant melodies tend to move

stepwise within a narrow range of pitches.

One of the major characteristics of ars nova music is its use of

syncopation

The church modes were

the basic scales of western music during the Middle Ages.

The highlight of the day for monks and nuns was

the mass.

The two types of services at which monks and nuns sang were

the office and the mass.

What we know about instruments in church comes mainly from

the pictures and literary descriptions of the day.

During the late Middle Ages, the church believed that music during religious services should be

used only as a discreet accompaniment.

Bernard of Clairvaux ordered his monks to sing

vigorously with manliness.

Most medieval music was

vocal.

Church authorities in the Middle Ages ____________________ their religious services.

wanted music only as a discreet accompaniment to

Gregorian chant is named after Pope Gregory I, who

was credited by medieval legend with having created it.

Church officials expected monks to sing

with proper pronunciation and tone quality.