The Middle Ages and Renaissance
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| A fixed pattern of long and short notes that is repeated or varied is known as | show 🗑
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| show | the Cathedral of Notre Dame in Paris
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| Composers of organum based their pieces on | show 🗑
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| Which term describes the texture of two or more melodies performed at the same time? | show 🗑
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| show | highly melismatic.
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| Gaude Maria virgo is performed | show 🗑
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| show | Latin.
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| show | True
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| show | adding a second voice to a Gregorian melody.
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| Pérotin’s organum | show 🗑
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| show | False
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| Polyphony was utilized to enhance worship on the most significant feast days in the church year. | show 🗑
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| show | True
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| The compilation of early polyphony is the | show 🗑
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| The earliest polyphonic music is called | show 🗑
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| show | False
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| The performance of Gaude Maria virgo is typical of the genre in that it is sung antiphonally. What does antiphonal mean? | show 🗑
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| show | polyphony
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| Which of the following is a true statement? | show 🗑
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| show | Notated polyphony emerged at the end of the Renaissance.
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| Which statement regarding polyphony in the Middle Ages is NOT true? | show 🗑
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| Which voice in organum carries the original chant in sustained notes? | show 🗑
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| show | Pérotin
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| show | Léonin
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| ______ is credited with compiling the Magnus liber organi. | show 🗑
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| After the fall of Constantinople to the Turks, ______ writings were brought to Europe in increasing numbers. | show 🗑
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| show | The Roman Catholic Church
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| show | True
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| show | They wrote sacred music.
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| During the Renaissance, lands new to the Europeans were discovered, including | show 🗑
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| Which is true of trade during the Middle Ages? | show 🗑
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| show | The influence of European musical styles surpasses that of any of its languages or religions.
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| show | During the Renaissance printed music became available and music literacy spread.
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| Medieval and Renaissance musicians could find employment in which of the following professions? | show 🗑
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| Music as a commodity means that music | show 🗑
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| One of the major advancements in the Renaissance was the invention of printing, pioneered by | show 🗑
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| Which is a true statement regarding early music performances of medieval and Renaissance music? | show 🗑
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| The Middle East had no influence on European musical styles. | show 🗑
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| show | False
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| show | fall of the Roman Empire.
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| show | False
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| The most universally idealized woman in Western culture during the Middle Ages was | show 🗑
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| show | Pérotin.
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| Which did not occur in the later Middle Ages? | show 🗑
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| show | Tempo and dynamic markings were absent.
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| Which of the following statements is true of paintings and sculpture from the Renaissance? | show 🗑
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| show | Western music notation was invented to further the goals of Christian worship.
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| show | Leonardo da Vinci
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| Who were the most prominent performers of secular music in medieval France? | show 🗑
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| Women musicians in the Renaissance earned their living as | show 🗑
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| show | True
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| show | education
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| show | palindromic structure
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| In the Western tradition, music historically has not been linked to mathematics and geometry. | show 🗑
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| In which poetic form is Machaut’s chanson Ma fin est mon commencement set? | show 🗑
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| European contacts with _______ inspired new concepts of art. | show 🗑
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| Which secular medieval musicians entertained audiences at the higher social levels? | show 🗑
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| Machaut was the first composer self-consciously to attempt a compositional legacy. | show 🗑
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| Machaut’s own poetry often centers on the idea of | show 🗑
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| show | False
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| show | All possible answers.
harmony
rhythm
meter
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| show | All possible answers.
laments
political and moral ditties
love songs centered on the idea of "unrequited love."
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| show | troubadours
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| show | True
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| show | the upper classes and the aristocracy.
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| What is the genre of Machaut’s Ma fin est mon commencement? | show 🗑
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| show | Ars antiqua
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| show | Reims Cathedral
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| show | Machaut set his chansons to French courtly love poems.
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| show | Ars nova
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| show | All possible answers.
ballade
rondeau
virelai
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| show | All possible answers
songs of the Crusades
politics
unrequited love
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| show | He was an influential composer of the Ars antiqua style.
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| show | Pythagoras
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| ________ mean(s) "finders" or "inventors." | show 🗑
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| An unexpected harsh dissonance coinciding with the word "death" is an example of | show 🗑
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| At which point in the text of Fair Phyllis does the work change to an imitative texture? | show 🗑
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| show | True
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| Farmer "paints" the first line of the text, "Fair Phyllis I saw sitting all alone," through the use of | show 🗑
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| show | four
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| show | French chanson
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| In madrigal poetry, references to death | show 🗑
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| show | Italy
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| show | simple vocal style
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| show | False
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| Monteverdi uses word-painting to portray the images found in the poetry for his madrigal Si ch’io vorrei morire. | show 🗑
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| show | Italian
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| show | 5-voice a cappella group
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| Which of the following instruments was likely found in prosperous homes during the Renaissance? | show 🗑
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| Sometimes humorous madrigals would have a refrain of syllables such as "fa la la." | show 🗑
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| show | All statements are true.
They often have pastoral texts.
They often have lively rhythms.
The texts are often humorous.
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| show | through the use of madrigalisms
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| show | False
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| show | True
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| The mood of Farmer’s madrigal Fair Phyllis is | show 🗑
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| The text of John Farmer’s Fair Phyllis refers to real historical figures. | show 🗑
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| Where did the madrigal first emerge as an important genre? | show 🗑
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| Which of the following relate(s) to the genre of madrigal? | show 🗑
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| show | Claudio Monteverdi
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| show | Claudio Monteverdi
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| Composers in the Renaissance often used ________ in one voice as a basis for elaborate ornamentation in other voices. | show 🗑
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| Despite being of northern European birth, Josquin spent most of his career in | show 🗑
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| show | All possible answers.
by using a full-chord sound
by using a homorhythmic texture
by using long note values
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| show | True
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| In which language is the text of Josquin’s motet written? | show 🗑
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| Josquin’s Ave Maria...virgo serena incorporates an older Gregorian chant | show 🗑
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| One of the most popular subjects of the sacred Renaissance motet was the Virgin Mary. | show 🗑
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| show | The Renaissance was an age of unquestioning faith.
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| Renaissance music generally featured consonant harmonies. | show 🗑
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| show | False
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| show | sacred; secular
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| The ________ is regarded as the golden age of the a cappella style. | show 🗑
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| show | False
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| The following statements are true about Josquin’s motet EXCEPT which one? | show 🗑
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| show | trained male singers.
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| show | imitative polyphony.
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| The text of Josquin’s motet Ave Maria...virgo serena praises the virtues of | show 🗑
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| The use of a fixed melody in one voice was a compositional technique found in sacred Renaissance motets. | show 🗑
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| show | preexisting melody
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| show | All possible answers.
fuller chords
"sweeter" thirds and sixths
carefully controlled dissonance
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| Which does NOT apply to Renaissance liturgical music? | show 🗑
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| Which does NOT describe a Renaissance motet? | show 🗑
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| Which does not describe a humanist outlook? | show 🗑
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| show | triple
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| Which of the following is NOT typical of the Renaissance motet? | show 🗑
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| show | False
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| How many voice parts are required to sing the Pope Marcellus Mass? | show 🗑
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| In the Catholic Mass, the parts that change according to the day belong to the | show 🗑
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| show | congregational singing in the vernacular should be the basis of Christian worship
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| show | John Calvin
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| Palestrina was choirmaster at which Italian church? | show 🗑
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| show | True
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| Palestrina’s Pope Marcellus Mass was likely performed | show 🗑
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| show | True
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| Some cardinals in the Council of Trent advocated for abolishing polyphony altogether and returning to Gregorian chant. | show 🗑
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| The Catholic Church’s effort during the early sixteenth century to recapture the loyalty of its followers through a return to true Christian piety is known as the | show 🗑
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| show | False
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| The Protestant Reformation was started by | show 🗑
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| The harmony of the Gloria from Palestrina’s Pope Marcellus Mass is best described as full and consonant. | show 🗑
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| The sixteenth century has come to be regarded as the golden age of the ______ style. | show 🗑
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| The text of the Gloria in Palestrina’s Pope Marcellus Mass is easily understood, due largely to its syllabic nature and Palestrina’s frequent use of homorhythm. | show 🗑
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| What are the Ninety-Five Theses? | show 🗑
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| What is the Mass? | show 🗑
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| show | The Catholic Church committee that met in response to the Protestant Reformation.
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| Which of the following is NOT a true statement about Martin Luther? | show 🗑
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| Which part of the Mass Ordinary is not in Latin? | show 🗑
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| Which statement does NOT describe the typical church choir of the Renaissance? | show 🗑
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| Which was NOT an objection of the Council of Trent to the music in the church service? | show 🗑
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| Which was a recommendation of the Council of Trent regarding music for the church? | show 🗑
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| Which was the language of learning in the Middle Ages and Renaissance? | show 🗑
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| show | True
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| Early instruments were grouped into the same general families as modern ones. | show 🗑
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| Instrumental music first flourished in conjunction with | show 🗑
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| Instrumental music in the Renaissance was performed strictly with no embellishment of the notated music. | show 🗑
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| Louder (outdoor) Renaissance instruments were categorized as | show 🗑
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| Musical instruments in the Renaissance were categorized by the loudness of sound they produced. | show 🗑
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| show | bas.
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| Specific instruments to be used were often identified in the musical scores for Renaissance dance music. | show 🗑
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| Susato is considered a musical jack-of-all trades because he | show 🗑
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| Susato was a member of the ______ city band, an esteemed group of five instrumentalists who performed regular town concerts. | show 🗑
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| Susato’s Danserye is | show 🗑
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| show | ronde
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| The knowledge of instruments and performance practice from the Middle Ages and Renaissance comes from | show 🗑
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| The members of the esteemed Antwerp city band were expert improvisers. | show 🗑
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| The pavane, saltarello, and ronde are all | show 🗑
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| The ronde | show 🗑
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| show | True
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| Tielman Susato was well known for his work as a | show 🗑
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| show | Perform melodic embellishments.
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| show | shawm
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| Which instrument is an early version of the trombone? | show 🗑
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| show | lute
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| show | saltarello
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| Which of the following is a true statement? | show 🗑
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| show | sackbut
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