quiz 1

Question 1

the song that has an improv harp at the beginning that is fast ish and a fem voice singing over it

Answer 1

alleluia! o virga mediatrix (F) - hildegard von bingen

Question 2

the song where a masc voice starts and is slow, echo-y and lower, monophonic

Answer 2

alleluia! o virga mediatrix (M) - hildegard von bingen

Question 3

the slow, melismatic monophonic song that is more minor-y starting with an echo-y masc voice

Answer 3

viderunt omnes (og ver) - anon

Question 4

a capella song w masc voices w polyphonic choir that is really boring and echo-y

Answer 4

viderunt omnes (4 voice organum ver) - perotin the great

Question 5

harp, flute, percussion song w strong and sharp fem voice and 6/8 time

Answer 5

a chantar m’er de so qu’ieu non volria - beatriz de dia/la comtessa

Question 5

middle-slow song with polyphonic mixed voices and solo and ensemble singing, sounds heavenly and ethereal

Answer 5

sol oritur occasus - herrad of landsberg

Question 6

romance language song with speaking at beginning, masc and fem voices, bowed choppy strings and snapping, your fav one so remember the name well bitch

Answer 6

a virgen santa maria todos a loar devemos - anon

Question 7

midtempo song w bowed and plucked strings and echo-y and jaded sounding fem vocals, btw in major key

Answer 7

helas! pitie envers moy dort si fort - trebor

Question 8

song with no instruments a capella with polyphonic ensemble only and fem and masc voices, starts off high

Answer 8

agnus dei from notre dame mass - guillaume de machaut

Question 9

when was medieval period

Answer 9

450-1450

Question 10

a form/script that says how public religious worship/Christianity is is practiced

Answer 10

liturgy

Question 11

sacred music sung by clergy part of worship of roman catholic church in latin or greek

Answer 11

plainchant/chant

Question 12

why were plainchants in greek/latin

Answer 12

bc the clergy spoke greek/latin

Question 13

private place of worship observed by gated community in monastery/convent

Answer 13

Divine Office

Question 14

public place of worship and most solemn liturgy service w foremass and holy communion

Answer 14

mass

Question 15

parts of text that change according to the day of liturgical year on church calendar, psalms for choirs and solo singers, older and closer to scripture texts

Answer 15

mass proper

Question 16

parts of text that stay the same that get material, parts of services meant for entire congregation to sing

Answer 16

mass ordinary

Question 17

mass structure

Answer 17

1. kyrie eleison - most often performed in moveis
2. gloria in excelsis
3. credo
4. sanctus
5. agnus dei

Question 18

church modes name em

Answer 18

ionic, dorian, phrygian, lydian, mixolydian, aeolian, locrian

Question 19

performance practice

Answer 19

how ppl performed a piece

Question 20

one person singing/group of ppl singing together at same time

Answer 20

direct performance

Question 21

solo singer leads congregation/choir in call/response

Answer 21

responsorial performance

Question 22

two choirs alternate and respond to each other

Answer 22

antiphonal performance

Question 23

sacred plainchant/hymn (a capella, monophonic) in liturgical christian worship done in mass proper, oldest genre there

Answer 23

gradual

Question 24

sacred liturgical chant thats comnined w scripture verses from psalms, melismatic

Answer 24

alleluia

Question 25

instrumetn playing same pitch over and over

Answer 25

drone

Question 26

polyphonic sacred genre where 1-3 more melodies r added to og plainchant melody, extant notation from 10th century

Answer 26

organum

Question 27

male literate poets/composers of early secular vocal music, could even be church ppl

Answer 27

troubadour/trouveres

Question 28

female literate poets/composers of early secular vocal music, could even be church ppl

Answer 28

trobairitz/trouveres

Question 29

illiterate freelance musicians who played memorized or improved music for dances and events so nothing written down

Answer 29

jongleur

Question 30

repetitive instrumental monophonic music accompanying dance, first known dance music genre made by trouveres

Answer 30

estampie

Question 31

musically literate royal companions/advisors who go to royal court w royalty who were sometimes trouveres

Answer 31

courtier

Question 33

medieval language in royal courts from 12-14th centuries

Answer 33

occitan/provencal

Question 34

medieval secular vocal genre of troubadour love song, comtessa de dia's a chantar m'er de so qu'eu no volria is one of these

Answer 34

canso

Question 35

repeating musical stanza/verse -> AAA form

Answer 35

strophic form

Question 36

preexisting melody that's base for polyphonic work, e.g. plainchant line

Answer 36

cantus firmus/cantus firmus composition

Question 37

12-14 century of polyphonic composers at notre dame cathedral --> e.g. leonin, perotin

Answer 37

notre dame school

Question 38

sacred non-liturgical latin song for 2-3 voices bc lyrics don't borrow much from previous chants, performed during mass while lectionary/sacred book was brought from storage to place where it was read aloud to congregation, related to ars antiqua genre

Answer 38

conductus

Question 39

multigenerational tradition of sacred/secular vocal music from notre dame catheral paris composers school in 13th century, made by adding new parts to preexisting plainchant melody aka cantus-firmus, 13th century french music boom

Answer 39

ars antiqua

Question 40

period of music boom in 14 century france, rhythmic innovation away from 3 metre and smaller note values --> guillaume de machaut

Answer 40

ars nova

Question 41

late 14th century music style from paris w show-off-y complex rhythm, harmony, and notation, after guillaume machaut

Answer 41

ars subtilior

Question 42

ca 1221-1284, manuscript of 420 monophonic poems abt humanized virgin mary w music notation, supervised by king alfonso x in portuguese-galician text, influenced by troubadours in irregular stanzas and have pics of instruments and performerse

Answer 42

cantigas de santa maria

Question 43

repeated lines in song @ each verse's end

Answer 43

refrain

Question 44

c 1300-1377 super famous frecnch poet/composer/church cleric/courtier who led the complex ars nova style influenced by trouvere style, made notre dame mass which is earliest extant complete mass ordinary setting

Answer 44

guillaume de machaut

Question 45

notre dame mass historical significance

Answer 45

notre dame mass was earliest extant complete setting of mass ordinary by atrtributable single compose to polyphonic music --> agnus dei from notre dame mass by guillaume da machaut was one

Question 46

ca. 1390, manuscript w 112 polyphonic ars subtilior music, mostly french dance songs --> helas! pitie envers moy dort si fort by trebor in provencal language. heart shaped song

Answer 46

chantilly codex

Question 47

13-line poem divided 5-3-5 stanzas, secular vocal genre

Answer 47

rondeaux

Question 48

melody + accomp

Answer 48

homophony

Question 49

one melody only

Answer 49

monophony

Question 50

multiple mess of melodies

Answer 50

polyphony

Question 51

studying how history was written and how povs and prejudice distort ppl/gropus

Answer 51

historiography

Question 52

reinterpreting history and challenging status quo

Answer 52

historical revisionism