SB Part 2

True or false: Josquin Desprez, one of the greatest Renaissance composers, wrote only religious works, such as motets and masses for the church.

False

Select all the facts concerning the life of Guillaume de Machaut.

He served King John of Bohemia. He traveled on military campaigns and on visits to royal courts. He was a church official.

Select all the activities that Josquin Desprez participated in.

He served in the papal choir in Rome. He was a master of Renaissance music. He traveled widely, writing music for different courts and chapels

How did Machaut reflect the changes and secularization of the fourteenth century?

He wrote both religious music and secular love songs.

What is the theme of Machaut's song, Puis qu'en oublio sui de vous?

His disappointment after being forgotten by the young woman he loved

How does a church mode differ from major and minor scales?

It has a different pattern of whole and half steps.

Which of the following statements best describes the music in this audio recording? ABout 34 secs

It is the word alleluia sung to the free rhythm of Gregorian chant.

Select all the characteristics of Renaissance music.

It uses harmonies that help express the emotions of the words. It uses word painting to represent poetic images. It demonstrates a humanistic interest in language.

Palestrina was an important ______ ______ composer.

Italian

Which two notable medieval composers in Paris are among the first composers known by name?

Leonin and Perotin

Which individuals are known as the school of Notre Dame?

Leonin, Perotin, and their followers

Which position did Palestrina hold during his career?

Music director for St. Peter's in Rome

Select all the characteristics of music during the Renaissance.

Secular music was increasingly valued as an art in the Renaissance. Renaissance music could be printed and circulated widely.

Select all the statements about Hildegard of Bingen.

She wrote many monophonic chants. She was an abbess in Germany. She was a visionary and mystic.

Select all the statements that describe texture in Renaissance music.

Texture could vary within a composition, from homophony to polyphony. Most music during the Renaissance was polyphonic.

Listen to the audio clip. What is the music in this recording? 29 secs

The accompaniment to an estampie, a type of medieval dance

Listen to the audio clip. Which of the following best describes the music in this selection from Machaut's Notre Dame Mass? 38 secs

There are four voices. One of the two lower voices is the tenor and has the chant. The two higher voices have more active, syncopated rhythms.

Who performed secular music in the Middle Ages?

Troubadours and trouvères

Select all the statements that describe the poet-composers known as troubadours and trouvères.

Troubadours lived in southern France and wrote in the Provençal language.

The texts known as the mass ordinary have what characteristic?

They remain the same every day throughout the year.

What is known about troubadour and trouvère songs?

They were commonly about courtly love, battle, and dance.

What is known about songs written by troubadours and trouvères?

They were probably accompanied by instrumentalists.

36 secs Listen to the audio clip. Which of the following best describes the music in this recording?

This is a motet on the Latin prayer "Ave Maria" with polyphonic imitation.

True or false: Women troubadours existed who wrote songs that were sung to men from the perspective of a woman.

True

True or false: Medieval music manuscripts do not clearly indicate whether instruments played the same lines as singers.

True

True or false: Most of the Gregorian-chant melodies known today were created during the Middle Ages.

True Most of the several thousand melodies known as Gregorian chants were created between 600 and 1300 CE., which is the period known as the Middle Ages.

The developments in musical style that occurred during the ______ century were so significant that they are referred to as the ars nova (new art).

fourteenth

"Which description applies to Guillaume de Machaut's Notre Dame Mass?

he first polyphonic setting of the mass ordinary by a known composer.

An important innovation at the school of Notre Dame between 1170 and 1200 was the use of ______ rhythm.

measured

Select all the characteristics of rhythm in Gregorian chant.

Written in imprecise rhythmic values Has no meter or evident beat Flexible and free flowing

Hildegard of Bingen claims to have written O Successores after being inspired by a ______.

vision

One of the few instruments used in churches during the Middle Ages was the ______.

organ

Most medieval music manuscripts indicate only ______ and lack detailed performance instructions.

pitch

Organum is a type of ______ associated with medieval music.

polyphony

The development of ______ music in the fourteenth century reflected the changing attitudes towards religion, everyday pursuits and pastoral life.

secular

True or false: Melodic lines in Renaissance music are rhythmically independent.

true

Examples of word painting in a Renaissance song would be the use of downward scales to correspond to the word "descending" and ______ scales to correspond with the word "ascending."

upward

Select all the features that are typical of organum in medieval music.

A chant line that was sung using low notes Melodic lines that produced polyphony

Select all the descriptions about an estampie.

A dance in triple meter with a strong, fast beat One of the earliest surviving forms of instrumental music

Select all the statements that accurately compare the motet and the mass in the Renaissance.

A mass ordinary has five texts and takes more time to perform than a motet. The words of the mass are those of the ordinary, whereas the motet uses other sacred text. The motet and mass were both important types of sacred music

Select all the characteristics of the French ars nova rondeau (such as Puis qu'en oubli sui de vous).

Eight lines of poetry A refrain that comes back at the end Two phrases, a and b

"True or false: According to the Renaissance ideal, an educated person was discouraged from taking musical training or playing a musical instrument.

False

Select all the statements that are characteristics of rhythm and melody in Renaissance music.

Imitation of the main melody is a common device used by composers. Each melodic line has rhythmic independence. The beat is subtle because different melodies overlap each other.

Match the word painting techniques that Renaissance composers would likely use to accompany the words in a song.

Low matches Choice, A low note in the melody A low note in the melody Jump matches Choice, A leap in the melodic line A leap in the melodic line Stairs matches Choice, A series of notes that step upward A series of notes that step upward Chase matches Choice, A voice that quickly repeats another A voice that quickly repeats another

Select all the instruments that minstrels usually played for dances.

Lute Harp Fiddle

What is the texture of Gregorian chants?

Monophonic

Which is an example of musical patronage during the Renaissance?

Musicians working for a court employer

As with many medieval musical works, the instruments used to play estampie were which of the following?

Not specified

Which sacred work was composed by Machaut?

Notre Dame Mass

Listen to the audio clip. Which of the following describes the music in this recording? ( 25s)

Phrases a and b of a rondeau of the ars nova by Machaut

Select all the forms of entertainment provided by wandering minstrels.

Stories Dance Acrobatics

Select all the new developments in rhythm and meter that occurred in the early fourteenth century.

Syncopation became more common. Beats could be in groups of two or three. Composers could precisely notate many different rhythmic patterns.

Select all the reasons for the richer and more developed sounds in Renaissance music than medieval music.

The harmonies were fuller and more consonant. The bass register was employed for the first time.

What were the two main types of sacred music composed during the Renaissance?

The motet and the mass

Paris was the home of which of the following institution that played a major role in the development of music in the later Middle Ages?

The school of Notre Dame

Select all the characteristics of troubadour (trouvère) songs.

They often concerned love for an unattainable noble woman. They sometimes dealt with political satire.

Select all the descriptions about wandering minstrels, or jongleurs.

They performed in castles, taverns, and town squares. They carried news with them wherever they went.

Renaissance choral music was usually performed ______, meaning that singers were unaccompanied by instruments.

a cappella

Gregorian chant and certain other folk songs in Western music use scales called ______ modes.

church