Exam 2

Question 1

Typical medieval voice parts:

Answer 1

Triplum / Discantus / Cantus

Duplum / Contratenor (fills in harmony)

Tenor (starting point)

Question 2

Typical renaissance voice parts:

Answer 2

• Superius
• Contratenor altus (high contratenor)
• Tenor (still starting point)
• Contratenor bassus (low contratenor)

Question 3

What was the 14th century known as the age of in music? (Described in a treatise of the same name by Philippe de Vitry)

Answer 3

Ars nova (New art)

Question 4

Cum statua/ Hugo, Hugo/ Magister invidie - composer:

Answer 4

Philippe de Vitry

Question 5

Cum statua/ Hugo, Hugo/ Magister invidie - what is unusual about the tenor?

Answer 5

It is composed. Usually would be from a plainchant.

Question 6

Cum statua/ Hugo, Hugo/ Magister invidie - genre?

Answer 6

Isorhythmic motet

Question 7

Isorhythmic motet was built on the 13th c practice of repeating tenor _______ ________.

Answer 7

cantus firmus

Question 8

Cum statua/ Hugo, Hugo/ Magister invidie - Century?

Answer 8

14th c

Question 9

Define color

Answer 9

sequences of pitches that repeat

Question 10

Define talea

Answer 10

Sequences of durations that repeat

Question 11

Messe de Nostre Dame (Kyrie) - composer?

Answer 11

Guillaume de Machaut

Question 12

Messe de Nostre Dame (Kyrie) - Century?

Answer 12

14th c

Question 13

Messe de Nostre Dame (Kyrie) - genre?

Answer 13

Isorhythmic motet

Question 14

What piece is being described?

• Lyrics: a complaint about society
• three voices: triplum, duplum, tenor
• Hocket: two voices alternate in rapid succession

Answer 14

Cum statua/ Hugo, Hugo/ Magister invidie

Question 15

What piece is being described:

• Tenor cantus firmus drawn from chant Kyrie (Xmas mass)
• Greater prominence of imperfect consonances (3rd, 6th)
• Complex rhythms, including syncopation
• Stratified texture (higher parts are faster and more active than lower parts)

Answer 15

Messe de Nostre Dame (Kyrie)

Question 16

3 furmes fixes (fixed forms) of monophonic songs:

Answer 16

• Rondeau
• Ballade
• Virelai

Question 17

Rose, liz, printemps, verdure - genre:

Answer 17

Rondeau

Question 18

Rose, liz, printemps, verdure - Century:

Answer 18

14th c

Question 19

Rose, liz, printemps, verdure - composer:

Answer 19

Guillaume de Machaut

Question 20

What piece is being described:

• Not based on chant
• Long, decorative melismas on certain words
• Some imperfect consonances (3rds, 6ths) sweeten the harmony

Answer 20

Rose, liz, printemps, verdure

Question 21

Renaissance years:

Answer 21

c. 1400 - 1600

Question 22

Humanism

Answer 22

Italian movement to revive the culture and values of ancient Greece and Rome

Question 23

Missa Se la face ay pale - composer:

Answer 23

Guillaume Du Fay

Question 24

Missa Se la face ay pale - century:

Answer 24

15th c. Renaissance

Question 25

Missa Se la face ay pale - genre

Answer 25

Cantus firmus mass

Question 26

Missa Se la face ay pale is based on the ______ of a ______ _______ called Se la face ay pale.

Answer 26

based on the tenor of a secular ballade

Question 27

What piece is being described: * Medieval characteristics: * Stratified texture * Bass moves melodically * Some complicated, syncopated rhythms Renaissance characteristics: * four parts * imperfect consonances * smoother, melodious upper parts

Answer 27

Missa Se la face ay pale

Question 28

Mille regretz - composer

Answer 28

Josquin des Prez

Question 29

Josquin des Prez was a student of...

Answer 29

de Ockeghem

Question 30

Mille regretz - century

Answer 30

Late 15th c. Renaissance

Question 31

Mille regretz - genre

Answer 31

Chanson

Question 32

What piece is being described: * Not forms fixes but simple 4-line poem, set polyphonically * Poignant, simple, direct homophonic textures alternate with touches of polyphony * Constantly descending melodic lines - emblem of sadness

Answer 32

Mille regretz

Question 33

What mode is Mille regretz in?

Answer 33

E Phrygian

Question 34

Ave Maria... Virgo serena - composer:

Answer 34

Josquin des Prez

Question 35

Ave Maria... Virgo serena - century:

Answer 35

late 15th c. Renaissance

Question 36

Ave Maria... Virgo serena - genre:

Answer 36

Motet

Question 37

What piece is being described: * No cantus firmus - free composition * four equal voices main focus: text expression Melody projects, heightens natural, expressive word stress

Answer 37

Ave Maria... Virgo serena

Question 38

Josquin's 3 types of Masses:

Answer 38

* Older cantus-firmus style stratification * Parody Mass * Soggetto cavata

Question 39

Define parody mass

Answer 39

All voices based on pre-existing polyphonic composition (usually a motet)

Question 40

Define Soggetto cavata

Answer 40

cantus firmus taken from vowels of a word or phrase

Question 41

Tant que vivray - genre:

Answer 41

Parisian chanson

Question 42

Define chanson

Answer 42

Polyphonic setting of a French, secular poem, freely composed (no cantus firmus)

Question 43

Tant que vivray - composer:

Answer 43

Claudin de Sermisy