Music History chapter 3
Through performing the Office
"all 150 psalms were sung at least once per week."
Which Office takes place at sunset?
Vespers"
In responsorial psalmody, what precedes and sometimes follows the verse?
a respond"
The text of the Mass Proper
"changes to suit the day."
Which is the central component of the Roman Mass?
"communion"
The text of Sequences contain mostly
"couplets."
How many psalm tones are there?
"eight"
Sequences occur
"following the Alleluia."
Liturgical dramas were performed
"in church."
In the Mass, what happens during the Communion?
"remembrance of the Last Supper"
Tropes include
"the addition of text only, music only, or words and music to chants."
The purpose of the liturgy in the Middle Ages was
"to communicate with God and reinforce beliefs in listeners."
Which is a portion of the Mass Ordinary that is always set syllabically?
Credo
In the Middle Ages, chants for the Mass were copied in a book called the
Gradual
Which movement is NOT part of the Mass Ordinary?
Gradual
Name one female composer of the Middle Ages.
Hildegard of Bingen"
What are the three main sections of the Mass?
Introduction, Bible readings and teachings, Communion."
How do Mass antiphons typically compare to Office antiphons?
Mass antiphons are more elaborate, fitting with the greater solemnity of the Mass."
The Lesser Doxology is
a common text praising the Trinity that follows the last verse of a psalm recitation."
A chant performed before and after the singing of a psalm is called
an antiphon."
The Liber usualis
contains modern editions of text and music for the Mass and the Office."
What is the term for a grouping of Ordinary chants?
cycle
Psalm tones
include an opening intonation, recitation, mediant, more recitation, and a termination."
The church calendar
includes a number of days that commemorated Jesus' story, as well as saints' feast days."
The Kyrie text
includes three statements each of three two-word phrases."
In the final syllable of the Alleluia, what term connotes an extension by a lavish melisma?
jubilus
Which style of text-setting involves long melodic passages on a single syllable?
melismatic"
What were recitation formulas?
outlines of melodies that singers could use for a number of texts"
Besides music, what was Hildegard of Bingen also known for?
prophesies
Hymns are
strophic
In addition to the Mass, the Roman liturgy included a series of eight services celebrated daily at specified times called
the Office
In an Office psalm, what determines the mode of the psalm tone?
the mode of the antiphon."
Which of the following is a responsorial part of the Mass?
tract
Which is the term for an expansion of an existing chant?
trope
When a chant is performed antiphonally
two choirs alternate."
