Middle Ages Quiz #3

Mr. Swenson

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  1. The earliest known composers to write music with measured rhythm were
  2. Your answer:
    Pope Gregory and Chastelain de Couci
    Machaut and Josquin
    Leonin and Perotin
    all of the above


  3. An outstanding composer of the school of Notre Dame was
  4. Your answer:
    Hildegard of Bingen
    Perotin
    Pope Gregory I
    Guillaume de Machaut


  5. Cantus firmus is the term used for
  6. Your answer:
    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


  7. Among other causes, secular music became more important than sacred music in the fourteenth century because
  8. Your answer:
    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


  9. One of the major characteristics of ars nova music is its use of
  10. Your answer:
    organum
    syncopation
    monophonic texture
    Gregorian chant


  11. Secular music in the fourteenth century
  12. Your answer:
    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


  13. The term ars nova refers to
  14. Your answer:
    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


  15. A new system of music notation that allowed composers to specify almost any rhythmical pattern had evolved by the
  16. Your answer:
    early thirteenth century
    late twelfth century
    late fourteenth century
    early fourteenth century


  17. The ars nova differed from older music in that
  18. Your answer:
    the music emphasized homophonic texture
    the subjects were all secular
    rhythm could be notated more precisely
    there was no syncopation


  19. The most celebrated Italian composer of the fourteenth century was
  20. Your answer:
    Francesco Landini
    Hildegard of Bingen
    Leonin
    Guillaume de Machaut


  21. Francesco Landini's Ecco la primavera (Spring has come) is in the poetic and musical form of a
  22. Your answer:
    ballata
    Mass
    vielle
    troubadour


  23. The foremost composer of fourteenth- century France was
  24. Your answer:
    Hildegard of Bingen
    Charles V
    P‚ˇonne d'Armenti¸res
    Guillaume de Machaut


  25. Guillaume de Machaut was a ______________ as well as a musician.
  26. Your answer:
    court official
    poet
    priest
    all of the above


  27. Guillaume de Machaut's compositions consist mainly of
  28. Your answer:
    dance music
    Gregorian chants
    love songs with instrumental accompaniment
    music for church services


  29. Which of the following is not a part of the mass ordinary?
  30. Your answer:
    Gloria
    Kyrie
    Credo
    Ave Maria


  31. The Notre Dame Mass by Guillaume de Machaut was
  32. Your answer:
    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


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