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Musc
Test 2
Question | Answer |
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monophonic in texture, named after a pope | Gregorian chant |
the church modes are... | like the major and minor scales in that they consist of seven tones and an eighth tone that duplicates the first an octave higher. |
was the first woman composerr to leave a large number of works that have survived | Hildegard of bingen |
was credited by medieval legend with having created it, even though it evolved over many centuries | Gregorian chant is named after pope Gregory I, who |
one or more long, sustained notes that accompany a melody is known as | drone |
performed music and acrobatics in castles, taverns, and town squares | the wandering minstrels, or jongleurs, of the middle ages |
the notation of the secular songs of the middle ages does not indicate | rhythm |
the first large body of secular songs that survives in decipherable notation was composed during | the 12th and 13th centuries by french nobles called troubadours and trouveres |
most of the french secular songs of the middle ages dealt with | love |
in the recording of the medieval estampie, the melody line is played on a rebec | a bowed string instrument |
the center of polyphonic music in europe after 1150 was | paris |
a chant that is used as the basis for polyphony is known as | cantus firmus |
leonin and perotin are notable because they | are the first important compsers known by name, indicated definite time values and clearly defined meter in their music, and were the leaders of the school of Notre Dame |