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What 2 institutions vied for political control during the Middle Ages? |
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The Church and the Court |
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What began in the monasteries of Western European around the year 1000 C.E.? |
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musical notation, with note-heads placed on lines and spaces |
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The music heard at all medieval churches was what we today call Gregorian Chant, named in the honor of __________? |
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Pope Gregory the Great |
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Gregorian Chant |
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All of the above (is sung a cappella, has neither meter nor regular rhythms, is considered monophonic) |
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Given to the church as a tithe while still a child, this composer of Gregorian Chant later founded a convent and gave advice to popes as well as kings |
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Hildegard of Bingen |
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The period from 1150-1350 is often called the "Age of the Cathedrals" because: |
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much of the commercial wealth generated in the cities was used to construct splendid new cathedrals. |
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What is the term for the early polyphony of the Western Church |
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organum |
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All early polyphony written in rhythmic notation was composed in: |
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triple meter to honor the Holy Trinity |
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The foremost composer of fourteenth-century France was: |
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Guillaume de Machaut |
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The French secular songs of the Middle Ages created by the troubadours or trobairitz were usually about? |
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Love |
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During the Middle Ages, and later during the Renaissance, women: |
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were not allowed to sing in the church |
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In the late Middle Ages, the principal musical instrument of the monastery and Cathedral was the: |
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pipe organ |
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What instrument, because it could play a melody while also providing a basic chordal accomplishment, served the function of our modern guitar in medieval society? |
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vielle |
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Which musician is not considered a medieval composer? |
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Palestrina |
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Which of the following statements is NOT true concerning the Renaissance? |
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Religious music was more important than secular music |
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What does "humanism" mean? |
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The belief that people have the capacity to shape their world. and create good and beautiful things; emphasizes self-esteem and human worth. |
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Which of the following statements is NOT true of the composer Josequin Desprez? |
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he wrote 70 Gregorian Chants |
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This temperamental and egotistical composer, who was described as the musical equivalent |
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Josequin Desrez |
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The term "a cappella" means: |
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to sing without instrumental accompaniment |
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The process by which one or more musical vioces, or parts, enter and duplicate exactly for a period of time the music presented by the previous voice is known as: |
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imitation |
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Which of the following was NOT a response by the Roman Catholic Church to the Protestant Reformation? |
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talking in church was not allowed |
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Most polyphonic church choirs in the Renaissance were exclusively male, the soprano part being preformed by___? |
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all of the above (choir boys, adult men singing in falsetto, and castrati) |
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A single castrato could produce as much volume as: |
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Two men singing in falsetto or 3-4 boys |
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Giovanni Palestrina was called the "savior of church music" for.. |
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his role in maintaining a place for composed polyphony within the Catholic church |
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Whose music was so widely admired that later composers, including Bach and Mozart, incorporated elements of is style into some of their sacred works? |
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Palestrina |
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Popular musicians in the Middle Ages preformed without benefit of musical notation because |
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most people were illiterate, and unable to read music... and manuscripts were very expensive. |
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In 1460, what invention revolutionized the world of information no less than did the computer in the 20th century? |
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the printing press |
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Which of the following statements is NOT true concerning madrigals? |
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it was written to be sung by 1 solo voice |
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When music artfully depicts, or even mimics, the text, the result is called: |
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word painting |
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Which of the following was a composer of madrigals? |
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Thomas Weelkes |
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