MUSIC

Question 1

Also known as the middle ages or the dark ages

Answer 1

Medieval period

Question 2

When did the medieval ages start and end?

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400 AD and early 1400 AD

Question 3

Form of government established during the middle ages

Answer 3

Feudal system

Question 4

The fuedal system divided society into five classes:

Answer 4

The King, the bishop, the baron, the lord, the peasant

Question 5

In year 313 AD, Emperor Constantine issued the ____ to end the persecution of Christians

Answer 5

Edict of Milan

Question 6

The _____ spread across Europe and cost many lives.

Answer 6

Bubonic plague

Question 7

Group of notes that are sung on a syllable of a particular word or text.

Answer 7

Melisma

Question 8

Is a smooth , even manner or musical performance.

Answer 8

Legato

Question 9

Also called the Gregorian mode, is one of the eight scales in the gregorian chant

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Church mode

Question 10

This texture refers to only one musical line.

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Monophonic texture

Question 11

Such as organum and motets, was developed from combining several musical lines,

Answer 11

Polyphonic texture

Question 12

Was mainly sacred vocal music such as plainchant, conducts, masses, and motets, instrumental estampie, and secular vocal songs

Answer 12

Musical genre

Question 13

Distinctive music forms that marked the period was the ___

Answer 13

Plainchant or plainsong

Question 14

Form of prayer song that is purely vocal, and intended for church use only

Answer 14

Plainchant

Question 15

The early form of musical notation used to transcribe the Gregorian chant

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Neume

Question 16

Servants hired to serve in courts

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Minstrels

Question 17

We’re hired to entertain crowds with acrobatic tricks

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Jongleurs

Question 18

Was one of the popular composers of the medieval period

Answer 18

Adam de la Halle

Question 19

One of Adam de la Halle’s famous works was?

Answer 19

Le Jeu de Robin et Marion

Question 20

Renaissance means ____

Answer 20

Rebirth

Question 21

The period of transformation in Europe from 1400 ton1600 AD

Answer 21

Renaissance period

Question 22

Renaissance influenced the development of a form of philosophy called ____

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Humanism

Question 23

Is a philosophy that focuses on the mind, beauty, power, and value of an individual rather than the supernatural

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Humanism

Question 24

Renaissance art and sculpture was greatly influenced by

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Humanism

Question 25

_____ features accurate, detailed, and realistic human faces and bodies.

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Realism

Question 26

Means unaccompanied by any musical instrument

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A capella

Question 27

Is a polyphonic music set to a sacred Latin text order than the ordinary of the mass

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Motet

Question 28

The term baroque means?

Answer 28

Irregularly shaped pearl

Question 29

Is a musical ornament played by rapid alternation between two adjacent notes

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Trill

Question 30

Also known as the grace note

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Appogiatura

Question 31

Similar to the trill

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Mordent

Question 32

___ was born in Italy during the baroque era

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Opera

Question 33

It means labor, work, and composition

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Opera

Question 34

Is a musical texture in which a solo instrument or a voice dominates other parts that serves as accompaniment

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Monody

Question 35

A lyrical song accompanied by an orchestra

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Aria

Question 36

Is a musical form of talking accompanied sparsely by a harpsichord

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Recitative

Question 37

A musical play without scenery, costumes, and acting

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Oratorio

Question 38

___ is a musical performance in both sacred and secular styles with acting and scenery

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Cantata