Music - Part 2

Leonin and Perotin are notable because they indicated definite time values and a clearly defined meter in their music. are the first important composers known by name. All of the answers are correct.

All of the answers are correct

Which of the following is not a part of the mass ordinary? Gloria Credo Ave Maria Kyrie

Ave Maria

Josquin Desprez was a contemporary of Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina. Correct! Christopher Columbus. Perotin. Henry VIII of England

Christopher Columbus

The foremost composer of fourteenth-century France was Perotin. Péronne d'Armentières. Guillaume de Machaut. Charles V.

Guillaume de Machaut.

The Renaissance madrigal began around 1520 in Italy England Flanders France

Italy

The leading English composer of lute songs was Thomas Weelkes Carlo Gesualdo John Dowland Luca Marenzio

John Dowland

Which of the following statements is not true? Josquin spent most of his life in the province of Hainaut, today a part of Belgium. Josquin's compositions strongly influenced other composers, and were praised enthusiastically by music lovers. Josquin's Ave Maria . . . Virgo serena uses polyphonic imitation, a technique typical of the period. Josquin's compositions include masses, motets, and secular vocal pieces.

Josquin spent most of his life in the province of Hainaut, today a part of Belgium.

The center of polyphonic music in Europe after 1150 was Paris Reims London Rome

Paris

The madrigal anthology The Triumphes of Oriana was written in honor of the goddess Dianan Queen Anne King Henry VIII Queen Elizabeth I

Queen Elizabeth I

Palestrina's career centered in Florence the Netherlands Naples Rome

Rome

The ars nova, or new art, of the fourteenth century differed from older music in that a new system of notation permitted composers to specify almost any rhythmic pattern. the subjects were all secular. the music emphasized homophonic texture. there was no syncopation.

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

In the recording of the medieval estampie, the melody line is played on a rebec, a tubular wind instrument medieval drum bowed string instrument plucked string instrument

bowed string instrument

A chant that is used as the basis for polyphony is known as cantus firmus organum basso ostinato alleluia

cantus firmus

Much of the instrumental music composed during the Renaissance was intended for the concert hall the piano dancing religious worship

dancing

An attempt was made to purify Catholic Church music as a result of the deliberations of the Council of Trent complaints of Desiderius Erasmus founding of the Jesuit order in 1540 music of Palestrina

deliberations of the Council of Trent.

The dominant intellectual movement of the Renaissance was called classicism humanism feudalism paganism

humanism

Gregorian change is monophonic in texture is polyphonic in texture is homophone in texture has no texture

in monophonic in texture

Secular music in the fourteenth century was less important than sacred music. was very similar to music of earlier centuries. was based on Gregorian chant. included drinking songs and pieces in which bird calls, dog barks, and hunting shouts were imitated.

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

Palestrina's Pope Marcellus Mass sounds fuller than Josquin's Ave Maria because Palestrina was a better composer. All of the answers are correct. it is set for six voices instead of four. the recording engineer adjusted the levels differently.

it is set for six voices instead of four.

The church modes are different from the major and minor scales in that they consist of only five different tones. completely different from any other form of scale. like the major and minor scales in that they consist of seven tones and an eighth tone that duplicates the first an octave higher. different from the major and minor scales in that they consist of only six different tones.

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

Most of the French secular songs of the Middle Ages dealt with dancing spinning love the Crusades

love

A versatile plucked string instrument with a body shaped like half a pear, popular during the Renaissance, was the recorder viol shawm lute

lute

The first steps toward the development of polyphony were taken sometime between 700 and 900, when musicians composed new music to accompany dancing. the French nobles began to sing hunting songs together. monks in monastery choirs began to add a second melodic line to Gregorian chant. All of the answers are correct.

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

The development of the English madrigal can be traced to 1588 and considered a result of a decree by Queen Elizabeth of the publication in London of a volume of translated Italian madrigals of the writings of Shakespeare. of the Spanish armada

of the publication in London of a volume of translated Italian madrigals.

Medieval music that consists of Gregorian chant and one or more additional melodic lines is called organum. cantus firmus. alleluia. ars nova

organum

The _________ is a state dance in duple mete similar to the pavanne passamezzo minuet galliard saltarello

passamezzo

The wandering minstrels, or jongleurs, of the Middle Ages performed music and acrobatics in castles, taverns, and town squares. lived on the highest level of society played instrumental dances on the drums always had steady work

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

During the Renaissance every educated person was expected to be a composer play an instrument, dance, and read musical notation all of the answers are correct sing Gregorian chant

play an instrument, dance, and read musical notation.

The texture of Renaissance music is chiefly monophonic heterophonic homophonic polyphonic

polyphonic

The notation of the secular songs of the Middle Ages does not indicate rhythm pitch dynamics duration

rhythm

The Notre Dame Mass by Guillaume de Machaut was All of the answers are correct. written for the Cathedral of Notre Dame in Paris. the first polyphonic treatment of the mass ordinary by a known composer. written for three voices without instrumental accompaniment.

the first polyphonic treatment of the mass ordinary by a known composer.

Renaissance melodies are usually easy to sing because there was a sharply defined beat, which kept the performers together. the music was mostly homophonic, so that one could sing it with a group. the level of musicianship in the Renaissance was not very high. the melody usually moves along a scale with few large leaps.

the melody usually moves along a scale with few large leaps.

The first large body of secular songs that survives in decipherable notation was composed during the fifteenth century by wandering minstrels called jongleurs. the twelfth and thirteenth centuries by French nobles called troubadours and trouvères. the ninth century by monks for church services. the fourteenth century by Guillaume de Machaut and his contemporaries.

the twelfth and thirteenth centuries by French nobles called troubadours and trouveres

The reason Renaissance music sounds fuller than Medieval music is because it is sung a cappella. there is more emphasis on the bass line. there is not much emotion. there is more dissonance.

there is more emphasis on the bass line.

A cappella refers to unaccompanied choral music any form of music appropriate for church use men taking their hats off in church. singing in a hushed manner because on is in church

unaccompanied choral music

Gregorian chant is named after Pope Gregory I, who had his name put on the first printed edition. composed all the chants presently in use. wrote the texts for the chant. was credited by medieval legend with having created it, even though it evolved over many centuries.

was credited by medieval legend with having created it, even though it evolved over many centuries.

Hildegard of Bingen All of the answers are correct was the first women composer to leave a large number of works that have survived wrote only poetry was a troubadour in Rupertsberg, Germany

was the first women composer to leave a large number of works that have survived.

The musical representation of specific poetic images was known as madrigal motet word painting ballet

word painting

Thomas Weelkes's As Vesta Was Descending is notable for its instrumental accompaniment monophonic texture completely homophonic texture word painting

word painting

One or more long, sustained notes that accompany a melody is known as a phrase sequence binary form drone

drone