- The earliest known composers to write music with measured rhythm were
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Pope Gregory and Chastelain de Couci
Machaut and Josquin
Leonin and Perotin
all of the above
- An outstanding composer of the school of Notre Dame was
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Hildegard of Bingen
Perotin
Pope Gregory I
Guillaume de Machaut
- Cantus firmus is the term used for
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the melody added to a Gregorian chant to form organum
a chant that is used as the basis for polyphony
a part of the Catholic church's religious service
the singers of a church choir
- Among other causes, secular music became more important than sacred music in the fourteenth century because
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the literature of the time stressed earthly sensuality
rival popes claimed authority at the same time, thereby weakening the authority of the church
the feudal system had gone into decline
all of the above
- One of the major characteristics of ars nova music is its use of
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organum
syncopation
monophonic texture
Gregorian chant
- Secular music in the fourteenth century
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became more important than sacred music
was not based on Gregorian chant
included drinking songs and pieces in which bird calls, dog barks, and hunting shouts were imitated
all of the above
- The term ars nova refers to
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German music of the sixteenth century
paintings from the new world
Italian and French music of the fourteenth century
the new art of baroque painters
- A new system of music notation that allowed composers to specify almost any rhythmical pattern had evolved by the
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early thirteenth century
late twelfth century
late fourteenth century
early fourteenth century
- The ars nova differed from older music in that
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the music emphasized homophonic texture
the subjects were all secular
rhythm could be notated more precisely
there was no syncopation
- The most celebrated Italian composer of the fourteenth century was
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Francesco Landini
Hildegard of Bingen
Leonin
Guillaume de Machaut
- Francesco Landini's Ecco la primavera (Spring has come) is in the poetic and musical form of a
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ballata
Mass
vielle
troubadour
- The foremost composer of fourteenth- century France was
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Hildegard of Bingen
Charles V
P‚ˇonne d'Armenti¸res
Guillaume de Machaut
- Guillaume de Machaut was a ______________ as well as a musician.
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court official
poet
priest
all of the above
- Guillaume de Machaut's compositions consist mainly of
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dance music
Gregorian chants
love songs with instrumental accompaniment
music for church services
- Which of the following is not a part of the mass ordinary?
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Gloria
Kyrie
Credo
Ave Maria
- The Notre Dame Mass by Guillaume de Machaut was
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written for three voices without instrumental accompaniment
written for the Cathedral of Notre Dame in Paris
the first polyphonic treatment of the mass ordinary by a known composer
all of the above