Music 105 Quiz Part 2 (P2-20)
Renaissance sacred music was generally performed with instruments.
False
Which of the following topics might be found in medieval lyrics?
All possible answers.
In regards to typical English madrigals, which statement is true?
All statements are true.
Which of the following statements is true of paintings and sculpture from the Renaissance?
All statements are true.
Which of the following characterizes humanism?
All answers shown here.
The ronde
All possible answers
Tielman Susato was well known for his work as a
All possible answers
Medieval and Renaissance musicians could find employment in which of the following professions?
All possible answers.
Music as a commodity means that music
All possible answers.
The Ars nova ushered in developments in ______ that transformed the art of music.
All possible answers.
The poems of the troubadour and trouvère repertory include
All possible answers.
What is the Mass?
All possible answers.
Which describes harmony in Renaissance music?
All possible answers.
Which of the following relate(s) to the genre of madrigal?
All possible answers.
Which of the following are fixed poetic forms?
All the answers shown here.
What was the period that immediately preceded the Ars nova called?
Ars antiqua
Which of the following is a true statement?
Books of dance music became available for amateur and professional players during the Renaissance.
What is the Mass?
Both a reenactment of Christ's Last Supper with his disciples and the primary (and most solemn) ritual of the Roman Catholic Church.
Pope Gregory the Great composed all of the Gregorian chant melodies.
False
Who of the following composers was influential in the later Italian madrigal tradition?
Claudio Monteverdi
The Catholic Church's effort during the early sixteenth century to recapture the loyalty of its followers through a return to true Christian piety is known as the
Counter-Reformation
Which of the following is a true statement?
During the Renaissance printed music became available and music literacy spread.
European contacts with _______ inspired new concepts of art.
Eastern cultures
During the Renaissance, the Mass was recited and sung in the vernacular (the language of the people).
False
During the Renaissance, the study of a musical instrument was considered improper for ladies.
False
Hildegard's Alleluia, O virgo mediatrix is a Gregorian chant.
False
In the Middle Ages, it was assumed that women were worthy of connection with the divine.
False
Instrumental music in the Renaissance was performed strictly with no embellishment of the notated music.
False
Only professional musicians performed secular music during the Renaissanc
False
Polyphony was universally accepted in medieval religious communities.
False
Specific instruments to be used were often identified in the musical scores for Renaissance dance music.
False
The Ars nova began in Italy around the early 1400s.
False
The English madrigal preceded the development of the Italian madrigal by some one hundred years.
False
The Middle East had no influence on European musical styles.
False
The Renaissance marks the passing of European society from a predominately secular society to a more sacred one.
False
The art and literature of ancient Greece and Rome was of little interest to artists and writers in the Renaissance.
False
The creation of new musical instruments fostered the development of polyphony.
False
The first type of polyphony was Gregorian chant.
False
The fourteenth century witnessed a decreased focus on secular music.
False
The literature of ancient Greece and Rome was of little interest to artists and writers of the Renaissance.
False
The text of John Farmer's Fair Phyllis refers to real historical figures.
False
The text setting in Alleluia, O virga mediatrix is mostly syllabic.
False
In addition to the Italian madrigal, what other genre arose from the union of poetry and music during the Renaissance?
French chanson
Hildegard of Bingen was born into a _____ noble family.
German
Which composer responded to the reforms of the Council of Trent in an exemplary fashion?
Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina
The text of the Kyrie is based on a _______ prayer.
Greek
Which statement about Machaut is NOT true?
He was an influential composer of the Ars antiqua style.
Monteverdi's Si ch'io vorrei morire is sung in
Italian
Where did the madrigal first emerge as an important genre?
Italian courts at the beginning of the 1500s
Despite being of northern European birth, Josquin spent most of his career in
Italy
Where was the madrigal first developed?
Italy
Which part of the Mass Ordinary is not in Latin?
Kyrie
In which language is the text of Josquin's motet written?
Latin
What was the primary language of the Mass?
Latin
Which was the language of learning in the Middle Ages and Renaissance?
Latin
Which of the following instruments was likely found in prosperous homes during the Renaissance?
Lute
Which was a recommendation of the Council of Trent regarding music for the church?
Make the words more understandable.
The Protestant Reformation was started by
Martin Luther
Which is true of trade during the Middle Ages?
Musicians and their works moved along trade routes.
_______, little ascending and descending signs written above the words that suggested the shape of the melodic line, helped singers remember the general shapes of the different melodies.
Neumes
Which of the following statements is NOT true?
Notated polyphony emerged at the end of the Renaissance.
The earliest polyphonic music is called
Organum
Which statement regarding polyphony in the Middle Ages is NOT true?
Polyphonic music was sung by the church congregation.
What was the single most important feature in the development of Western music?
Polyphony
In the Catholic Mass, the parts that change according to the day belong to the
Proper
In regards to Hildegard of Bingen, which statement is NOT true?
She was the first to notate plainchant.
Which is a true statement regarding early music notation?
Tempo and dynamic markings were absent.
What was the Council of Trent?
The Catholic Church committee that met in response to the Protestant Reformation.
Which of the following statements about religion during the Renaissance is NOT true?
The Renaissance was an age of unquestioning faith.
During the Middle Ages, all power came from which religious organization?
The Roman Catholic Church
The chanson is an example of secular music.
True
Which of the following is NOT true of Gregorian chant (plainchant) melodies?
They are in Hebrew and Syrian.
In regards to the troubadours and trouvères, which of the following statements is NOT true?
They wrote sacred music.
Which meter did medieval musicians find especially attractive because it symbolized the perfection of the Trinity?
Triple
________ mean(s) "finders" or "inventors."
Troubadours and trouvères both
Both Italian and English madrigals often feature word-painting.
True
During the later Middle Ages, polyphonic developments in sacred music carried over to the secular realm.
True
Early instrumental music largely depended on improvisation.
True
Early instrumental music relied on the improvisation skills of players.
True
Early instruments were grouped into the same general families as modern ones.
True
England adopted the Italian madrigal and developed it into a native form.
True
Hildegard's chant Alleluia, O virga mediatrix was intended for performance on a feast day of the Virgin Mary.
True
Humanism was inspired by ancient Greek and Roman cultures.
True
Machaut was the first composer self-consciously to attempt a compositional legacy.
True
Monteverdi uses word-painting to portray the images found in the poetry for his madrigal Si ch'io vorrei morire.
True
Music notation was invented to further the goals of Christian worship.
True
Music that directly reflects the meaning of the words is called word-painting.
True
Musical instruments in the Renaissance were categorized by the loudness of sound they produced.
True
Musical notation of polyphony allowed for more detail and control over the musical texture.
True
One of the most popular subjects of the sacred Renaissance motet was the Virgin Mary.
True
Palestrina's Pope Marcellus Mass reflects the Catholic Church's belief that heavenly sounds produced by trained professionals would be more spiritually powerful than the rough song of an untrained congregation.
True
Polyphony is the combination of two or more simultaneous melodic lines.
True
Polyphony was utilized to enhance worship on the most significant feast days in the church year.
True
Renaissance composers concentrated on the Ordinary for their musical settings of the Catholic Mass.
True
Renaissance music generally featured consonant harmonies.
True
Singing polyphony required specialized singers.
True
Some cardinals in the Council of Trent advocated for abolishing polyphony altogether and returning to Gregorian chant.
True
Sometimes humorous madrigals would have a refrain of syllables such as "fa la la."
True
The harmony of the Gloria from Palestrina's Pope Marcellus Mass is best described as full and consonant.
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
The use of a fixed melody in one voice was a compositional technique found in sacred Renaissance motets.
True
There was an interest in both the regularity and complexity of musical patterns during the Ars nova.
True
There was much flexibility of performance of instrumental Renaissance music, based on the occasion and which instruments were on hand.
True
Those who sang Gregorian plainchant during the Middle Ages believed it had been composed by the divine and not the human mind.
True
Which does not describe a humanist outlook?
Unquestioning faith and mysticism.
Which statement regarding music notation is true?
Western music notation was invented to further the goals of Christian worship.
Which statement does NOT describe the typical church choir of the Renaissance?
Women sang the upper voices, and men sang the lower voices.
Palestrina's Pope Marcellus Mass was likely performed
a Capella
The sixteenth century has come to be regarded as the golden age of the ______ style.
a Cappella
Composers in the Renaissance often used ________ in one voice as a basis for elaborate ornamentation in other voices.
a cantus firmus
Susato's Danserye is
a collection of popular dances
Which does NOT describe a Renaissance motet?
a polyphonic secular work
Which does NOT apply to Renaissance liturgical music?
abandonment of Gregorian chant
Organum grew out of the improvisatory custom of
adding a second voice to a Gregorian melody.
The knowledge of instruments and performance practice from the Middle Ages and Renaissance comes from
artwork and historical documents.
Renaissance instruments that were appropriate for indoor performances were categorized as
bas
The French courtly love song of the Middle Ages was called the
chanson
The Mass Proper
contains prayer texts that vary from day to day throughout the church year.
The Mass Ordinary
contains the texts that remain the same in every Mass.
Women musicians in the Renaissance earned their living as
court singers.
Instrumental music first flourished in conjunction with
dance
The pavane, saltarello, and ronde are all
dances
Music, mathematics, geometry, and astronomy were the four topics considered essential to medieval
education
The beginning of the Middle Ages was marked by the
fall of the Roman Empire.
Louder (outdoor) Renaissance instruments were categorized as
haut
Which did not occur in the later Middle Ages?
introduction of printing
The musical attributes of plainchant include all of the following except
it is in a major key.
The mood of Farmer's madrigal Fair Phyllis is
light and pastoral.
The set order of services and structure of each church service is known as
liturgy
Which is a plucked string instrument?
lute
Machaut's own poetry often centers on the idea of
medieval chivalry.
In plainchant from the Middle Ages, if there are many notes per syllable, the style is called
melismatic
Which of the following is NOT typical of the Renaissance motet?
monophonic texture and sung in the vernacular
The two centers of power during the early Middle Ages were the church and
newly formed centralized governments led by kings.
The "decoration" of plainchant with one or more simultaneous musical lines is called
organum.
How many Gregorian chants survive?
over three thousand
How does Machaut convey the medieval fascination for puzzles in Ma fin est mon commencement?
palindromic structure
Susato is considered a musical jack-of-all trades because he
played virtually all the brass and woodwind instruments of his day.
What is the genre of Machaut's Ma fin est mon commencement?
polyphonic secular chanson
Which term describes the texture of two or more melodies performed at the same time?
polyphony
Composers of organum based their pieces on
preexisting Gregorian chants.
What is a cantus firmus?
preexisting melody
Music performed with exchanges between a soloist and chorus is called
responsorial.
Susato's Three Dances are examples of which kind of instrumental dance?
ronde
In which poetic form is Machaut's chanson Ma fin est mon commencement set?
roundeau
Which instrument is an early version of the trombone?
sackbut
The Renaissance marks the passing of European society from a predominantly ______ to a more ______ one.
sacred; secular
Which instrument is an ancestor of the oboe?
shawm
Medieval instruments can be classified as bas or haut, meaning
soft or loud
During the Renaissance, lands new to the Europeans were discovered, including
the Americas.
During the fourteenth century, a style of music developed that became known as
the Ars nova.
Composers from ________ were at the forefront of musical composition.
the Cathedral of Notre Dame in Paris
Modal melodies of the early Christian church are similar to melodies and scales from
the Middle East
Depending on the feast celebrated, which portion of the Mass changes from day to day?
the Proper
The text of Josquin's motet Ave Maria...virgo serena praises the virtues of
the Virgin Mary
The most universally idealized woman in Western culture during the Middle Ages was
the Virgin Mary.
Which voice in organum carries the original chant in sustained notes?
the lower voice
Trouvères, medieval poet-musicians from the northern region of France, were members of
the upper classes and the aristocracy.
What might explain why medieval chants can sound unfamiliar to a modern listener?
they are modal
The multivoiced sacred music of the Renaissance was sung by
trained male singers.
Which secular medieval musicians entertained audiences at the higher social levels?
troubadours
Who were the most prominent performers of secular music in medieval France?
troubadours and trouvères
The poet-musicians who flourished in the south of France were known as
troubadours.
What musical aspect is found in Hildegard's praise songs, but is not found in most Gregorian chant?
wide leaps
An unexpected harsh dissonance coinciding with the word "death" is an example of
word-painting
