Music Test 2 MC

The first type of notated secular music was plainchant. True False

False

The madrigal flourished principally in France. True False

False

The main rhythmic pattern found in Sumer is icumen in is short-short-short-long. True False

False

The music of the early Christian church service was largely polyphonic. True False

False

The preeminent composers of sacred Renaissance motets were from southern Italy. True False

False

The principal genres of Renaissance secular music are strictly monophonic in texture. True False

False

The text setting in Alleluia, O virga mediatrix is mostly syllabic. True False

False

The two categories of prayer in the Catholic Mass during the Renaissance were the Ordinary and the Extraordinary. True False

False

Early musical notation was fostered in monasteries and cloisters. True False

True

Fair Phyllis features repeated sections with repeated text. True False

True

Gregorian chant can be characterized as a monophonic vocal composition. True False

True

Hildegard's chant Alleluia, O virga mediatrix was intended for performance on a feast day for the Virgin. True False

True

Homorhythm describes a texture in which all of the voices are rhythmically aligned. True False

True

Most surviving examples of Gregorian chant are anonymous. True False

True

The Catholic Church's effort in the early sixteenth century to recapture the loyalty of its followers through a return to true Christian piety is known as the: Reformation Counter-Reformation Magna Carta

Counter-Reformation

The following statements are true about Josquin's motet EXCEPT: The meter changes within the piece, moving from duple to triple and back to duple. Each voice sings a different text praising the Virgin Mary. The text is a rhymed poem.

Each voice sings a different text praising the Virgin Mary.

One of the earliest examples of secular polyphony comes from: Italy France England

England

During the Renaissance, the Mass was recited and sung in the vernacular (the language of the people). True False

False

Gregorian chant features regularly phrased melodic lines supported by instrumental accompaniment. True False

False

Gregorian chant usually features multiple texts occurring simultaneously. True False

False

Humanists were inspired by ancient Egyptian culture. True False

False

Martin Luther was the leader of the Counter-Reformation. True False

False

Palestrina's Gloria from the Pope Marcellus Mass belongs to the Proper, the variable part of the Mass celebration. True False

False

Sumer is icumen in has no repeated musical sections. True False

False

Syllabic singing is represented by more than one note per syllable. True False

False

The English madrigal preceded the development of the Italian madrigal by some 20 years. True False

False

The Sanctus is the only mass section sung in Greek. True False

False

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

False

The chants of the Catholic Church used only the major and minor scale patterns found in later music. True False

False

Despite being of northern European birth, Josquin spent most of his career in: Paris Italy Spain

Italy

Which era does Sumer is icumen in exemplify? Middle Ages Renaissance Classical

Middle Ages

Which of the prayers in the Mass Ordinary is NOT in Latin? Kyrie Sanctus Agnus Dei

Kyrie

Which of the following make up the sections of the Mass Ordinary? Kyrie, Gloria, Collect, Epistle, Gradual, Canon Kyrie, Gloria, Credo, Sanctus, Agnus Dei Kyrie, Introit, Gradual, Communion, Ite missa est

Kyrie, Gloria, Credo, Sanctus, Agnus Dei

In which language is Josquin's motet text written? Italian French Latin

Latin

Which was a recommendation of the Council of Trent regarding music for the church? Use more instruments in the Mass Make the words more understandable Combine secular elements into the music for the Mass

Make the words more understandable

_______ melodic scale patterns were preferred in the Middle Ages. Major and minor Modal Octatonic

Modal

Which was NOT a recommendation of the Council of Trent regarding music for the church? Use fewer or no instruments in the Mass Sing in the vernacular Remove secular elements from the music for the Mass

Sing in the vernacular

The text of Sumer is icumen in tells of: Summer, the season of renewal the praise of the Virgin Mary tales of victorious battles

Summer, the season of renewal

A cappella singing met the demands for clarity of text set forth at the Council of Trent. True False

True

A unique feature of Hildegard's chant is her occasional use of an upward leap of a fifth, lending a dramatic feel to the music. True False

True

Cathedral choir schools were training centers for male singers in the Renaissance. True False

True

Palestrina experimented with different textures and "density" of voices in his Gloria from the Pope Marcellus Mass. True False

True

Palestrina's Pope Marcellus Mass was probably intended for a cappella performance. True False

True

The Pope Marcellus Mass was written for six voice parts. True False

True

The harmony of the Palestrina's Gloria from the Pope Marcellus Mass is best described as full and consonant. True False

True

The liturgy refers to the set order and structure of each service in the Catholic Church. True False

True

The most popular subject of the sacred Renaissance motet was the Virgin Mary. True False

True

The original singers of Sumer is icumen in were probably male. True False

True

The text of most sacred Renaissance motets was in Latin. True False

True

The text of the Gloria in Palestrina's Pope Marcellus Mass is easily understood, due largely to its syllabic nature and Palestrina's frequent use of homorhythm. True False

True

The two main services for the Roman Catholic Church are the daily Offices and the Mass. True False

True

The use of a fixed melody in one voice was a compositional technique found in sacred Renaissance motets. True False

True

Women did not originally sing the higher range parts in Palestrina's Pope Marcellus Mass. True False

True

Composers in the Renaissance often used ________ in one voice as a basis for elaborate ornamentation in other voices. a cantus firmus homorhythm a cappella singing

a cantus firmus

Music performed without instrumental accompaniment is called: melismatic singing a cappella singing responsorial singing

a cappella singing

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

a round

The lower two voices in Sumer is icumen in sing short repeated ideas known as: an ostinato a refrain a verse

an ostinato

How does Josquin create musical contrast in the final two lines of the text, "O Mater Dei, memento mei"? by using long note values by using a homorhythmic texture neither a nor b both a and b

both a and b

Reading of lessons and singing of psalms was a part of daily services in medieval: monasteries convents both a and b

both a and b

Hildegard was known for all the following EXCEPT: her visions and interpretation of the scriptures her poetry and music her historical writings about the saints

her historical writings about the saints

The period in which there was a surge in rational, scientific problem solving in the Renaissance is called: the Romanesque humanism divinity

humanism

The predominant texture in Josquin's motet Ave Maria . . . virgo serena is: homorhythmic imitative polyphony monophony

imitative polyphony

Fair Phyllis is best described as a: motet madrigal melisma

madrigal

A melody in which there are many notes sung per syllable is referred to as: trochaic syllabic melismatic

melismatic

Which of the following is NOT typical of the Renaissance motet? for multiple voices, sometimes based on a chant set to Latin texts, often in praise of the Virgin Mary monophonic texture and sung in the vernacular

monophonic texture and sung in the vernacular

Josquin's Ave Maria . . . virgo serena incorporates an older Gregorian chant: as a cantus firmus throughout the whole work during the triple meter sections only briefly at the beginning

only briefly at the beginning

The melodic texture of Sumer is icumen in is best described as: monophonic polyphonic homophonic

polyphonic

The texture of Sumer is icumen in is best described as: monophonic polyphonic stereophonic

polyphonic

In which form is Sumer is icumen in set? round ternary melismatic

round

The English version of Sumer is icumen in is best described as: secular music sacred music liturgical music

secular music

The text Alleluia, O virga mediatrix is from which portion of the Mass? the Ordinary the Proper

the Proper

The text of Josquin's motet Ave Maria . . . virgo serena praises the virtues of: Saint Anne the Virgin Mary the Holy Spirit

the Virgin Mary