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Unit 1
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What is distinctive about the Franconian Motet? | The triplum was quicker thean the motetus |
| The Divine Office is | a series of psalms and chants performed eight times per day |
| The troubadors wrote and sang songs in which language? | Occitan |
| Which does not characterize a thirteenth-century motet? | Latin texts only |
| Who composed organum for four voices? | Peritonus |
| The prescribed texts and rites that collectively constitute the religious services of the church are known as the | liturgy |
| On which did Boethius base his De instituitione musica? | Greek sources |
| Trecento composers used all but which of these genres? | discant clausulae |
| southern Italy | Beneventan |
| in a motet that carries the Gregorian chant, the tenor is knows as the | cantus firmus |
| What secular song form employs a canon? | caccia |
| Who wrote a famous treatise and composed isorhythmic motets? | Phillipe de Vitry |
| Hildegard of Bingen is known for | composing both the words and music for chants and liturgical drama |
| The main sung parts of the Ordinary portion of the Mass are | Kyrie, Gloria, Credo, Sanctus, Agnus Dei |
| The Squarcialupi Codex is | one of the main sources of trecento music |
| The Messe de Nostre Dame is notable because | it was the first time that a single composer set the Ordinary of the mass as a cycle |
| By the end of the fourteenth century, the musical style of which region began to dominate in Italy? | France |
| Which feature of Ars Nova composition was most offensive to conservatives? | duple meter |
| Rome | Old Roman |
| Of the following, which does not characterize the music of the Ars Subilitor? | Satirical texts aimed at the clergy |
| Psalms are typically preceded and followed by chants called | antiphons |
| Chants that have sections with many notes per syllable are called | melismatic |
| Roman de Fauvel was | an allegorical story interspersed with Ars Nova music |
| The Doctrine of Ethos is the theory that music | influences a person's morality |
| The correct chronological order for sources of organum is | Musica enchiriadis, Ad organum faciendum, Magnus Liber Organi |
| Polyphonic treatment was applied to | solo portions of the Proper and troped parts of the Ordinary of the Mass and Office |
| Which of the following describes the sources for notated music of ancient Greece? | There are few surviving examples |
| Who composed isorhythmic motets, polyphonic songs, and a Mass Ordinary setting? | Guillaume de Machaut |
| The three genera of tetrachords in the Greek system of music theory are | diatonic, chromatic, and enharmonic |
| What is the definition of an authentic mode? | Modes in which the melody ranges from the final to approximately one octave above it |
| Hexachords can begin on which pitches? | C, F, G |
| Which of the following letter schemes best represents the form of the ballade? | aabC |
| Which Church figure expressed concern over music's ability to arouse feelings? | St. Augustine |
| The eight church modes are defined primarily by their | range, final, and reciting tone |
| Which of the following statements is true of art music in ancient Rome? | Images, written descriptions, and some instruments are all that remain |
| Goliards were | scholars who sang secular songs in Latin |
| Discant is the style of composition used to set the | neumatic sections of solo portions of chant |
| The voice that holds the chant melody is called the | tenor |
| Which of the following is not a feature of the polyphonic conductus? | The tenor voice came from Gregorian chant |
| Milan | Ambrosian |
| Polyphonic music at the Notre Dame school employed how many rhythmic modes? | 6 |
| The medieval motet began as an elaboration or troping of | substitute clausulae |
| In the early fourteenth century, what type of music can be found in Italian manuscripts? | laude |
| For the ancient Greeks, harmonia was | the concept of an orderly whole divisible by parts |
| Of the following, which genre favored by Machaut would most likely be monophonic? | virelai |
| Organum in which all the voices sing in measured rhythm is called | discant |
| Heterophony refers to | one person playing a melody with embellishment while others sing or play the original |
| Spain | Mozarabic |
| Psalm tones consist of | intonation, tenor, mediant, and termination |
| The Magnus Liber Organi was | a book of organum begun by Leoninus and updated by Perotinus |
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