Question 1

The Great Roman scholar Boethius discussed music in his treatise entitled:

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De institution musica

Question 2

Roman music was more restrained than that of Greek music.

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False

Question 3

The fundamental groupings of the liberal arts in the education system from the late Roman period through the Middle Ages were the work of:

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Capella

Question 4

The Romans had developed brass instruments more than the Greeks.

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True

Question 5

Music in the late Roman scheme of human knowledge and study was closely allied with what discipline?

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Mathematics

Question 6

The Greek belief that music can affect the listener's character and behavior is embodied in the doctrine of:

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ethos

Question 7

The aulos was what type of instrument?

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woodwind

Question 8

The culture of ancient Greece greatly impacted the philosophical and intellectual roots for much of later Western culture.

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True

Question 9

It is evident that the rhythm of Greek music (as exemplified in both the Seikilos fragments) is closely tied to poetry.

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True

Question 10

The total pitch spectrum of the Greek music theorists was laid out according to the:

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Greater Perfect System

Question 11

The Greek tonos was a kind of:

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scale

Question 12

The fundamental scalar unit of Greek music theory was the:

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tetrachord

Question 13

It appears that the Greeks had a rather simple and unsophisticated system of music theory.

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False

Question 14

In a(n) ____________________ performance, sections of a musical work are sung by two groups of singers in alternation.

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antiphonal

Question 15

A song based on a biblical text but not taken from the book of Psalms is called a(n):

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canticle

Question 16

Early Christian worship and music were derived from the practices of the ancient Greeks.

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False

Question 17

According to the anthology, the genre we will be examining during lecture is a(n):

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Mass

Question 18

Unlike the music of the Greeks, Jewish and early Christian music are based on:

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modes

Question 19

In the early Christian period, an eastern branch of the Roman Catholic Church was centered in:

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Byzantium

Question 20

The style of chant associated with the region of Spain and Portugal is referred to as:

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Mozarabic

Question 21

The type of chant associated with France and the Netherlands is often referred to as:

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Gallican

Question 22

The diversification of various musical styles in the Christian church was primarily a result of:

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conflicting theological opinions ineffective means of communication decentralization of political power

Question 23

The service of Vespers in the Divine Office is celebrated at:

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Sunset

Question 24

The most important element of the Divine Office is the singing of:

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Psalms

Question 25

The parts of a Mass whose text remains the same throughout the liturgical year are referred to as:

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Ordinaries

Question 26

Pope Gregory I, who led the Roman church from 590 to 604, also composed the music, leading to the term "Gregorian Chant."

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False

Question 27

Due to the number of actual music manuscripts dating from the Middle Ages, it is evident that music was mostly disseminated through written documents.

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False

Question 28

For what major Christian celebration does the sequence "Victimae paschale lauded" belong:

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Easter

Question 29

The setting of the text of the the sequence is clearly:

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syllabic

Question 30

In what category of chant would you place the sequence?

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Proper

Question 31

The eleventh-century music theorist ____________________ had an important hand in the development of music education for church singers.

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Guido of Arezzo

Question 32

The church modes consist of eight-note diatonic scales beginning on d, e, f, and g, respectively

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True

Question 33

The troubadours worked in the region that today is ____________________.

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Souther France

Question 34

The secular, sometimes bawdy songs sung by renegade clerical students in the eleventh and twelfth centuries are called ____________________.

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Goliard Songs

Question 35

The structural basis of many secular songs was a stanza whose form may be outlined ____________________.

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aab

Question 36

Bernart de Ventadorn was known primarily as a:

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Trouvere

Question 37

What mode would you most often expect to find in a secular song?

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Dorian

Question 38

The most important instrumental genre of the medieval period was the:

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istampita

Question 39

One of the defining characteristics of the instrumental work of the medieval dance piece was its:

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open and closed endings

Question 40

The term ____________________ was used to characterize instruments that were appropriate for outdoor performance.

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haut

Question 41

A small organ that could be carried and played by a single player was called ____________________.

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portative

Question 42

The musicians of the centuries before 1300 employed a wide variety of chordophones (string instruments).

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True

Question 43

The composer believed to have been responsible for the addition of voices ( up to 4 or 5) to organum duplum was:

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Perotin

Question 44

The development of medieval polyphony took place primarily at the cathedral of:

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Notre Dame

Question 45

In what type of motion did organum duplum (two voice organum) typically move?

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parallel motion oblique motion contrary motion

Question 46

The first composer of organum is believed to have been:

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Leonin

Question 47

The system of rhythmic modes is illustrated in music contained in ____________________.

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Magnus Liber Organi

Question 48

The Ars Nova is a term often associated with what composer:

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DeVitry

Question 49

The motets composed in the late middle ages were often organized by a what is known as:

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isorhythmic

Question 50

The slowest moving voice in the motet is most often the:

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tenor

Question 51

The text of the motet  In arboris centers around:

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Virgin Mary

Question 52

The term "Ars Nova" literally translates as:

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New Art

Question 53

The form of Machaut's Rose, liz printemps is:

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Rondeau

Question 54

Which of the following contributed to the secularization of European culture?

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Schism Bubonic Plague

Question 55

The name of the treatise that addressed the complex rhythms of the 14th-century was the:

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Ars Nova

Question 56

The development of structural procedures in 14th-century polyphonic love songs is best illustrated by the use of:

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formes fixes

Question 57

The term that best describes that late 14th-century music in France where composers created works with extreme elaborateness and intricacy is:

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ars subtilior

Question 58

The musical style period of the fourteenth century in Italy is referred to as ____________________.

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Trecento

Question 59

One of the most important composers in 14th-century Italy was:

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Landini

Question 60

Non avra ma pieta is an example of a(n):

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ballata

Question 61

In the 1300's, in contrast to French composers, the Italian composers concentrated more on sacred music than in secular music.

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False

Question 62

The lyrical style associated with Italian music of the 14th century came to be known as:

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Cantilena style

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