MUSC 1101 Midterm: Middle Ages and Renaissance

Jazz musicians organize their improvisations around what two things?

-a pre-determined harmonic pattern -a time frame specific to the piece

Which of the following were a result of the invention of printing from movable type? a) Music books became affordable b) Music literacy spread c) Music was banned from amateur performance d) Music books became available

A, B, D

Which of the following characterize the Renaissance chanson and the madrigal? a) They were set to poetry with intricate verse structures. b)They were composed to be sung for religion occasions. c) They often featured expressive devices, such as word-painting, to bring the words and music more closely together.

A, C

The Ars nova style resulted in the development of which of these musical elements? a) meter b) monophony c) harmony d) rhythm

A, C, D

Which of the following terms describes Josquin's Ave Maria...virgo serena? a) a cappella ensemble b) dissonant harmony c) imitative polyphony d) consonant harmony

A, C, D

Which of the following are typical of the Renaissance motet? a) for multiple voices, sometimes based on a chant b) monophonic texture c) sung in the vernacular d) set to Latin texts, often in praise of the Virgin Mary.

A, D

Binary form

A-B

Ternary Form

A-B-A

One of the basic structures in music is _________, which begins with a statement and ends with a departure, without a return to the opening section.

Binary Form

A popular secular sung genre in the Ars Nova was the French ________.

Chanson

Sextuple meter is also known as a _________ _______ _______.

Compound duple meter

A 2nd melody played against the first is called a _____________.

Countermelody

Which of the following was a potential job for a musician in the Middle Ages and Renaissance? a) Choirmaster b) Music Printer c) Organist d) all of these

D) All of these

Music of the Baroque and Classical periods is mostly chromatic, modal, or diatonic?

Diatonic

What term best describes a combo of tones that sounds discordant or in need of resolution?

Dissonant

In some Asian cultures, harmony consists of a single sustained pitch called ___________.

Drone

In through-composed songs, music from previous stanzas is repeated. True/False?

False

The high point of a melodic line is called its cadence. True/False?

False.

The musical style known as Ars Nova appeared first in the country.

France.

Music that is made up spontaneously in performance is called ______________.

Improvision

Name one of the instruments that was found in particularly prosperous Renaissance homes.

Lute

The first composer to collect his works in order to preserve his legacy was ___________.

Machaut.

The number of beats in a measure determines the _______.

Meter

Claudio __________ famously stated that his music was designed to ______________ the expressive power of his ____________.

Monteverdi, serve, texts.

In the Renaissance, one of the most popular sacred works with a Latin text was the _______________.

Motet

A fragment of a theme that forms a melodic-rhythmic unit is called a ___________.

Motive

A large scale work, like a symphony, is often broken up into smaller sections called _____________.

Movements

What are the sections of a symphony known as?

Movements

Most children's songs have a ______ range.

Narrow

In a concert in which a symphony is performed, when is the audience generally expected to clap?

Only at the end of the final movement.

The madrigal is known for the expressive device of word-____________.

Painting.

Word for "soft"

Piano

Monophonic sacred music of the early Christian church is called _____________.

Plainchant

The 16th Century has come to be regarded as the golden age of music for voices along, without instrumental accompaniment, a style called _____________.

a cappella.

The foundation of the Western musical heritage was provided by the following... a) ancient Mediterranean cultures b) Middle East c) South America d) Myanmar

a, b

Which of the following are true about scales? a) most western music is based on major/minor scales b) the tonic (or, do) is the least important note of the scale. c) The distance between the first and last notes of a scale is called an octave d) melody and harmony are derived independently of scales

a, b

Which of the following is a tradition in live Western "classical" music performances? a) knowing when to clap b) the formal attire the performers wear c) audience participation on the stage

a, b

Hildegard was known for which of the following? a) her scientific and medical writings b) her visions c) her poetry and music d) her architectural plans for churches

a, b, c

At the concert, what information does a program provide? a) pieces on the concert b) the music notation for the night's concert c) the names of the performers

a, c

Which of the following are active chords? a) dominant b) tonic c) subdominant

a, c

Which of the following French Ars Nova poetic forms are considered "fixed"? a) rondeau b) trope c) virelai d) ballade e) stanza

a, c, d

Which of the following are true about Gregorian chant (plainchant) melodies? a) They were influenced by Greek, Hebrew, and Syrian music traditions b) They are in Hebrew and Syrian c) They are in Latin d) There are over 1000 in existence

a, c, d

Which of the following are true of harmony? a) Harmony is derived from scales b) Harmonic practices are identical today to what they were a millennium ago c) chords occur when three or more notes are sounded simultaneously d) The most common chord in western music is the triad

a, c, d

Which of the following terms are used to describe a single note? a) duration b) contour c) range d) tone color

a, d

Which of the following are the basic elements of form? a) contrast b) consonance c) conjunct d) variation e) repetition

a, d, e

There are certain traditions surrounding concerts and concert-going: these include the performers' ___________, the appropriate time to ________, and time to move from your ______.

attire, applaud, seat

Which of the following create rhythmic complexity in music? a) a strong regular pulse b) syncopation c) accented offbeats d) polyrhythm

b, c, d

Which of the following describe life in a medieval monastery? a) only men were allowed in cloistered communities b) members withdrew from secular society c) religious life was quite disciplined d) members were devoted to prayer

b, c, d

Which of the following describe plainchant of the Middle Ages? a) wide leaps are favored b) Latin text c) Organized according to liturgy d) polyphonic e) monophonic

b, c, e

Which of the following terms is NOT used to describe the structure of a melody? a) rhyme scheme b) cadence c) timbre d) phrase

c

Which of the following are terms that can be used to label a piece of music that is composed and which are not? a) orchestra b) conductor c) piece d) work

c, d

The preeminent _________ of motets from the early Renaissance were from ________ Europe, in particular present0day Belgium and Northern _______________.

composers, Northern, France.

What term is usually used to refer to the first-chair violinist in an orchestra?

concertmaster

A melodic line that moves by small intervals is called ____________.

conjunct

A melodic line that mvoes by small intervals is called ______________.

conjunct

Which term refers to the overall shape of a melody?

contour

Music in a major/minor key is considered ________.

diatonic.

In most western music, each measure contains a fixed number of beats, and the ______ _____ gets the strongest accent.

down beat

What is the first accented beat in a meter's pattern called?

downbeat

Madrigalisms enhanced the ____________ content of the music.

emotional

Allegro

fast

Melody and ________ do not function ________ of one another. On that contrary, each _______ influences the other.

harmony, independently, constantly

What is the distance between two pitches called?

interval

Meter, marked in _____ (or bars), organizes the ______________ in music.

measures, beats

Chants are described as syllabic, neumatic, or ________, based upon how many __________________ are set to each ________ of the text.

melismatic, notes, syllable

The parts that make up a _________ are phrases; phrases end in resting places called _______.

melody, cadences

An interval smaller than a half step is called a _________.

microtone

The pre-tonal scale patterns utilized in Gregorian chant are referred to as ______________.

modes.

Changing between keys within a single piece is called _______________, while changing the key of an entire piece is called __________________.

modulation, transposition

Culture in the Middle Ages was largely defined by the rise of religious communities housed in ___________.

monasteries.

The greek word _______ implied a union of melody, language, and movement.

mousikas

What term is used to describe music that moves without a strong sense of beat?

nonmetric

A short, repeated musical pattern used as a structural device is known as a __________.

ostinato

Several meters occurring simultaneously is called ____________.

polyrhythm

adagio

quite slow

The distance between the highest and lowest pitches in a melodic line determines its ____________.

range

Which element propels music forward in time?

rhythm

Which term describes a collection of pitches arranged in ascending and descending order?

scale

A motive, when restated at a different pitch, results in a _____________.

sequence

Which meter can only be classified as compound?

sextuple

The Renaissance marks the passing of European __________ from a predominantly religious orientation to a more _______ one. This awakening was called _________.

society, secular, humanism.

A song in which the music is repeated for each stanza of the poem is called ___________.

strophic

What is the most common form in vocal music?

strophic form.

What is created when the accent is shifted to a weak beat or an offbeat?

syncopation

The word ________ refers to the pace of music.

tempo

What determines the tonality of a piece?

the scale chosen by the composer

How is the key of a piece determined?

the scale used

What is the opposite of strophic form?

through-composed

The _______ is the first and central note of a scale. The principle of organization around a central note is called ___________.

tonic, tonality.

Music with words that are in the language of the people is said to be in the ___________.

vernacular

Melody is the horizontal dimension in music, while harmony adds ______ perspective.

vertical

presto

very fast

Grave

very, very slow

andante

walking pace

Religious ___________ like the Crusades and medieval ______ allowed for an exchange of musical instrument with Middle __________ cultures.

wars, explorations, Eastern

Composers use the_______________ technique to emphasize the meaning of the text through music.

word painting

What is the technique wherein the meaning of a word is pictorialized by the music?

word-painting

In addition to the _______ being performed, the program may include short notes about each composition and _________ sketches about the soloist and ______.

works, biographical, conductor

In the _________ two important __________ genres grew out of the union of poetry and music: the French ________and the __________ madrigal.

Renaissance, secular, chanson, Italian

A theme can be developed by using what three things?

Rhythm, harmony, melody

What two things do composers use to achieve expression?

Tempo & Dynamics

When a melodic idea is used as a building block in the construction of a larger work, what is it called?

Theme

Harmonies built on the dominant (fifth scale degree) have a tendency to move toward the _________.

Tonic

In the major-minor harmonic system, which chord is the rest chord?

Tonic Chord

A cadence punctuates music in the same way that commas and periods punctuate sentences. True/False?

True