Music 4: Exam 2
J.s.bach Church cantatas all contain solo Arias recitatives and ----
Choruses
The principal components of Opera include Arias recitative overtures and
Choruses
The first type of notated secular music was plain chant
False
The main rhythmic pattern found in Sumer is short - short - short - long
False
The music of the early Christian Church service was largely polyphonic
False
The preeminent composers of sacred Renaissance motets for from Southern Italy
False
The text setting in Alleluia o virga is mostly syllabic
False
The two categories of Prayer in the Catholic mass during the Renaissance were the ordinary and the extraordinary
False
Which era does Sumer exemplify
Middle Ages
Fair Phyllis features repeated sections with repeated text
True
Gregorian chant can be characterized as monophonic vocal composition
True
Hildegard's chant Alleluia was intended for performance on a feast day for the virgin
True
Homer Rhythm describe the texture in which all the voices are rhythmically Homer Rhythm describe the texture in which all the voices are rhythmically aligned
True
Many of Bach cantatas are elaborations of protestant chorale or hymn Tunes
True
Many of Bach cantatas were intended for devotional use
True
Most surviving examples of Gregorian chant are anonymous
True
Palestrina Pope Marcellus Mass was probably intended for a cappella performance
True
How many movements are there in J S Bach cantata number 140
7
Composers in the Renaissance often used ---- in one voice as a basis for elaborate ornamentation in other voices
A cantus firmus
Dido and Aeneas was first presented by
A group of girls at a boarding school
The constant imitation from beginning to end in between the voices of Sumer its characteristic of its genre which is
A round
Nicoli's Lutheran chorale Wachet is in bar form which is best described as
A-A-B
Which best describes the chorale Melody as it is heard in the Fourth Movement of Bach cantata
All voices are singing the chorale Melody
The lower two voices in Sumer sing short repeated ideas known as
An ostinato
Why does Dido sing a lament at the end of the Opera
Because Aeneas left her
How does josquin create musical contrast in the final two lines of the text
Both A&B, by using long note values but using a homo rhythmic texture
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
Counter Reformation
The following statements are true about motet except
Each voice sings a different text praising the Virgin Mary
One of the earliest examples of secular polyphony comes from
England
A capella style refers to singing with instrumental accompaniment
False
A ground base is only hurt at the beginning of Dido's Aria
False
Bach church cantatas are single movement works
False
Bach wrote most Baroque genres except chamber music
False
During the Renaissance the mass was recited and sung in the vernacular
False
Gregorian chant features regularly phrase melodic lines supported by Instrumental accompaniment
False
Gregorian chant usually features multiple texts occurring simultaneously
False
Humanists were inspired by ancient Egyptian culture
False
Johann Sebastian Bach had an international career
False
Martin Luther and fellow reformer John Calvin believed only priests who are trained singer should participate in church music making
False
Martin Luther was the leader of the Protestant Counter Reformation
False
Palestrina's Gloria from the Pope Marcellus Mass belongs to the proper, the variable part of the mass of aberration
False
Sumer has no repeated musical sections
False
Syllabic singing is represented by more than one note per syllable
False
The English Madrigal preceded the development of the Italian Madrigal by some twenty years
False
The Madrigal flourished principally in France
False
The Sanctus is the only Mass section sun in Greek
False
The art and literature of ancient Greece and Rome was of little interest to artists and writers in the Renaissance
False
The chance of the Catholic Church use only the major and minor scale patterns found in later music
False
The earliest Opera plots were drawn from real-life situations
False
What is the structural basis for Dido's Aria
Ground Bass
Where was Purcell employed when he wrote Dido and Aeneas
He was a music teacher in a girl's school
The period in which there was a surge in rational, scientific, problem solving in the Renaissance is called
Humanism
The predominant texture in josquin's motet is
Imitative polyphony
Which is not true of an overture
It is generally played Again between scenes
Despite being of Northern Europe, josquin spent most of his career in
Italy
---- melodic scale patterns were preferred in the Middle Ages
Modal
Which of the prayers in the mass ordinary is not in Latin
Kyrie
Which of the following make up the sections of the mass ordinary
Kyrie, Gloria, credo, Sanctus, Angus dei
Which language is josquin's motet text written
Latin
J.s.bach spent the last several decades of his life working at st. Thomas Church in
Leipzig
The text of an opera is known as a
Libretto
For which church denomination did J s Bach write his cantatas
Lutheran
Fair Phyllis is best described as a
Madrigal
Which was a recommendation of the Council of Trent regarding music for the church
Make the words more understandable
A melody in which there are many notes sung pre syllable is referred to as
Melismatic
Which of the following is not typical of the Renaissance motet
Monophonic texture and sung in the vernacular
Which of the following was an early master of Italian opera
Monteverdi
In the Lutheran tradition the cantata was performed along with the Gospel reading sermon and prayers on
Most Sundays of the church year
Josquin's Ave Maria incorporates an older Gregorian chant
Only briefly at the beginning
Most important news owner of the Baroque era
Opera
Who wrote the chorale text and tune for Wachet
Philip Nicolai
The melodica texture of Sumer is best described as
Polyphonic
The texture of Sumer is best described as
Polyphonic
Which musical style best describes the opening line "tht hand Belinda darkness Shades me"
Recitative
Dinosaurios into sections. Which line Begins the second section
Remember me, but ah forget my fate
The energetic instrumental idea that recur several times between the vocal statements in the first movement of J S Bach cantata number 140 is best described as
Ritornello
In which form is Sumer set
Round
The English version of Sumer is icumen in is best described as
Secular music
Which was not a recommendation of the Council of Trent regarding music for the church
Singing the vernacular
Which voices sing the original Chorale tune in the first movement of cantata number 140
Soprano
The text of Sumer tells of
Summer the season of renewal
Narrative multimedia is an art form that
Tells a story
The Libretto for Dido and Aeneas is based upon
The Aeneid
The Protestant movement led by Martin Luther is known as
The Reformation
The text of josquin's motet Ave Maria praises the virtues of
The Virgin Mary
For what religious occasion was J S. Bach cantata number 140 written
The end of the church the end of the church year
In Baroque Opera what happens to the time during an aria
Time stops
In the Aria Dido sings remember me but forget my fate. What was what was her fate
To die
Acapella singing met the demands for clarity of text set forth at the Council of Trent
True
And unique feature of Hildegard chant is her occasional use of an upward lead of a fifth lending a dramatic fuel to the music
True
Cathedral choir schools where are training centers for male singers in the Renaissance
True
Early musical notation was fostered in monasteries and Cloisters
True
Palestrina experimented with different textures and density of voices in his Gloria from the Pope Marcellus Mass
True
The Fourth Movement of cantata number 140 features the tenor section singing in unison
True
The Liturgy refers to the set order and structure of each service in the Catholic Church
True
The Masque was an English entertainment that combined music and poetry
True
The Pope Marcellus Mass was written for six voice parts
True
The harmony of the palestrina's Gloria from the Pope Marcellus Mass is described as full and consonant
True
The original singers of Sumer were probably male
True
The principal owners of Renaissance secular music are strictly monophonic in texture
True
The text of most sacred Renaissance motets was in Latin
True
The text of the Gloria and palestrina Pope Marcellus Mass is easily understood due largely to its syllabic nature and palestrina's frequent use of homo rhythm
True
The two main services for the Roman Catholic Church are the daily offices and the mass
True
The use of a fixed melody in One Voice Was compositional technique found in sacred Renaissance motets
True
While in Leipzig Bach was responsible for directing the University Music Group
True
Women do not originally sing the higher range Parts in palestrina's Pope Marcellus Mass
True
the most popular subject of the Sacred Renaissance motet was the Virgin Mary
True
An aria is characterized by
Tuneful and highly emotive melodies
How does Purcell musically depict Dido's grief in the Aria
With descending chromatic bass line
Music performed without instrumental accompaniment is called
a capella
Reading of lessons and singing of psalms was a part of daily services in medieval:
both a & b; convents and monestaries
Hildegard was known for all the following EXCEPT:
her historical writings about saints
The text Alleluia, O virga mediatrix is from which portion of the Mass?
the proper
