Quizzes

Question 1

Which best describes the Academy of the Incogniti?

Answer 1

a group of intellectuals who met in private

Question 2

Castrati were used in Rome and the Papal states to perform sacred music, but women were allowed to perform in operas in those same locations.

Answer 2

False

Question 3

Which of the following is not true about the Florentine Camerata?

Answer 3

They were supporters of the “prima prattica.”

Question 4

All of the following are true about Jacquet de la Guerre except:

Answer 4

She was the first French woman to write sonatas for the piano.

Question 5

Which of the following statements is not true about Jacquet de la Guerre?

Answer 5

She stopped composing when she got married.

Question 6

Which of the following is not true about Isabella Leonarda?

Answer 6

She was excused from her daily duties as a nun so she could devote her time to composing music.

Question 7

Caccini, Strozzi, and Guerre were virtually unknown during their lifetimes.

Answer 7

False-Although these women were erased from the pages of written history at times, they were known during their lifetimes.

Question 8

Nuns in convents in Bologna experienced great musical freedom, and were encouraged to sing and play instruments, including cornetti and trombones, typically played by males.

Answer 8

False

Question 9

After the Council of Trent, nuns were given greater freedom to worship and sing publicly.

Answer 9

False

Question 10

Which of the following is not true regarding dowries for entering convents during the Baroque period?

Answer 10

Families of females who entered convents gave their daughter’s inheritance to the church.

Question 11

By 1650, as many as three-quarters of the female children born into Italian aristocratic families entered convents.

Answer 11

True

Question 12

The monodic style was monophonic.

Answer 12

False

Question 13

The Doctrine of the Affections was an ancient Greek belief.

Answer 13

False

Question 14

With the rise of the middle class during and after the Age of Enlightenment, public and paid performances by women began to increase.

Answer 14

False

Question 15

Which best describes Elisabeth-Claude Jacquet de la Guerre’s social rank?

Answer 15

artisan-class

Question 16

Which of the following statements does NOT describe music of the Baroque period?

Answer 16

Form-driven structure, symmetrical balance, and objectivity

Question 17

Which is incorrect regarding the French Baroque keyboard suite?

Answer 17

The musical roots of the keyboard suite are connected to the instrumental dance suite.

Question 18

Which of the following was not one of Francesca Caccini’s duties?

Answer 18

Building instruments for the court.

Question 19

All of the following describe Maria, dolce Maria except–

Answer 19

It was dedicated to the Virgin Mary.

Question 20

Francesca Caccini’s primary duties revolved around serving the women of the Versailles court.

Answer 20

False-Caccini was employed by the Medici family in Italy. The Versailles court is in France.

Question 21

The Renaissance was an entirely secular age, and this was reflected in the music.

Answer 21

False

Question 22

“Fin amors” refers to which of the following:

Answer 22

Unattainable love referenced in troubadour songs.

Question 23

In the year 1580 women musicians gained permission to perform publicly without the fear of negative social consequences.

Answer 23

True

Question 24

Which of the following is NOT true of devadasi?

Answer 24

They remained sexually pure.

Question 25

Which of the following does not describe Maddalena Casulana?

Answer 25

She was stabbed in the throat due to her impropriety.

Question 26

Which of the following is not true of noble women’s musical performances during the Renaissance?

Answer 26

They were allowed to perform on small hand drums.

Question 27

Which of the following is not a true statement about the Renaissance?

Answer 27

Noble women were allowed to perform publicly.

Question 28

Which is of the following is not a musical element found in “A chanter m’er de so?”

Answer 28

Wide range

Question 29

All of the following are associated with a "kouta" EXCEPT:

Answer 29

woodblock printing

Question 30

Which of the following best explains why courtesan's music is difficult to find today?

Answer 30

It was often improvised.

Question 31

Which of the following is not associated with troubadour's songs?

Answer 31

Written in French

Question 32

Which of the following is not true regarding troubadours?

Answer 32

They primarily wrote songs for the lord of the court

Question 33

Women who married royalty in European courts were—

Answer 33

Selected for their ability to form political alliances.

Question 34

Which of the following does not describe a siren?

Answer 34

Provided noble men with wise counsel

Question 35

Which of the following does not describe a courtesan?

Answer 35

She was considered to be a virtuous woman.

Question 36

Which is true regarding Renaissance madrigals?

Answer 36

Word painting reflected emotion.

Question 37

Which of the following most impacted the musical form of troubadour songs?

Answer 37

The poetic rhyme scheme

Question 38

Who among the following was employed by the Medici family?

Answer 38

Maddalena Casulana

Question 39

All sacred music is liturgical.

Answer 39

False -A morality play is sacred but is not part of the liturgy.

Question 40

Which of the following statements does NOT describe Hildegard's style of writing chant?

Answer 40

Limited to one octave

Question 41

Which of the following statements is NOT true about Hildegard?

Answer 41

She began recording her visions when she was a child.

Question 42

The Office was codified by Pope Gregory the Great.

Answer 42

False

Question 43

The primary liturgical genres of the Roman Catholic church were the mass and the office.

Answer 43

True

Question 44

All of the following facts are true about Pope Gregory the Great EXCEPT:

Answer 44

He developed written notation-Written notation was developed by Guido of Arrezo.

Question 45

In 313 A.D. Constantine legalized Christianity and women were allowed to sing in the church.

Answer 45

False

Question 46

All of the following are correct regarding the term "kolisha" EXCEPT:

Answer 46

Jewish women were allowed to sing in the choir

Question 47

Hebrew women, such as Miriam, Deborah, and Hannah, were depicted in the Bible as leading in public worship.

Answer 47

False-The women participated in secular music, but were banned from liturgical music used in public worship.

Question 48

The Abbot was opposed to Hildegard von Bingen moving her convent away from the monastery for all of the following reasons except --

Answer 48

The monks would lose the dowries (material goods) that the nuns had brought with them upon entering the convent.

Question 49

The vast majority of published sacred works by women date from the latter half of the 20th century.

Answer 49

True

Question 50

Women could not officially sing during the Christian Mass until after 1900.

Answer 50

True

Question 51

Which of the following terms is associated with the preservation of musical manuscripts?

Answer 51

Scriptoria

Question 52

Which is true regarding the Ordo Virtutum?

Answer 52

It is rhythmically free-The Devil is not allowed to sing, and thus speaks his part.

Question 53

In which regard was a medieval-era performance of the Ordo Virtutum different from a Mass?

Answer 53

It included dramatic roles

Question 54

In which way does Sofia Gubaidulina's musical language most abandon a culturally defined "female" sphere?

Answer 54

In her use of harsh dissonance | Gubaidulina's structural design is complex beneath the surface.

Question 55

Which of the following church-sponsored institutions prepared musicians to assist at liturgy?

Answer 55

schola cantorum

Question 56

The Age of Enlightenment brought about greater freedom for women to perform and publish music.

Answer 56

False

Question 57

Mozart was inspired to write the "Queen of the Night Aria" in The Magic Flute for which of the Weber sisters?

Answer 57

Josefa

Question 58

All of the following statements are true about Nannerl Mozart EXCEPT:

Answer 58

Nannerl chose to end her musical career to marry and have children-she was forbidden

Question 59

All of the following statements are true about Nanette Streicher nee Stein EXCEPT:

Answer 59

At age seven, she began assisting her father building pianos in their piano shop in Vienna. (It was Ausburg)

Question 60

The patronage of Empress Maria Theresa resulted in Vienna becoming the musical capital of Europe.

Answer 60

True

Question 61

Which of the following statements is NOT true about Marianna Martines?

Answer 61

Pietro Metastasio was Martines' first music teacher-He hired her first teacher

Question 62

Which of the following is NOT an accurate statement about Martines' composition, Dixit Dominus?

Answer 62

Features text of Psalm 100-it’s Psalm 109

Question 63

Which of the following is NOT true about Marianne Martines?

Answer 63

Her primary source of income was concert fees she received for public performances.

Question 64

Maria Theresia von Paradis could play at least ______ piano concertos and sonatas for memory.

Answer 64

60

Question 65

Which of the following men assisted Maria Theresia with her compositions by developing a wooden board and peg system for her to use as a musical staff?

Answer 65

Johann Riedinger

Question 66

Anna Amalia, Princess of Prussia was encouraged to study music by everyone except

Answer 66

her father, Frederick I.

Question 67

Maria Theresia von Paradis's career was divided into which of the following three parts?

Answer 67

performing, composing, and teaching.

Question 68

Maria Theresia suffered from hysterical blindness due to the violent behavior of her parents.

Answer 68

True

Question 69

The Viennese people gave Maria Theresia von Paradis the title of "The Blind Enchantress" out of respect for her remarkable musical talent.

Answer 69

True

Question 70

Maria Theresia von Paradis was born blind and never recovered her sight.

Answer 70

False

Question 71

Maria Theresia sang Pergolesi's Stabat Mater, while accompanying herself on the organ,when she was only 11 years old.

Answer 71

True

Question 72

Maria Theresia von Paradis was named after an Empress, who later became her patron.

Answer 72

True

Question 73

Anna Amalia, Princess of Prussia, was forced to become an abbess of a convent because she defied her brother and continued to compose and perform music.

Answer 73

False-Her brother sent her to a convent because of her love affair with a young army officer.

Question 74

Anna Amalia, Princess of Prussia, played harpsichord, organ, flute, and violin.

Answer 74

True False CONFUSED ON THIS ONE-NO ORGAN?

Question 75

Anna Amalia, Princess of Prussia, played harpsichord, organ, flute, and violin.

Answer 75

True False CONFUSED ON THIS ONE-NO ORGAN?

Question 76

Due to her interest in intellectual and artistic pursuits, the court of Anna Amalia, Duchess of Saxe-Weimar, became known as the ________________.

Answer 76

court of the muses

Question 77

Which of the following statements is NOT true about Anna Amalia, Duchess of Saxe-Weimar?

Answer 77

Although she was a patron of the arts, she did not compose music.

Question 78

Although Anna Amalia, Princess of Prussia, was Abbess of the Quedlinburg convent, she was allowed to live in her home in Berlin and hold musical soirees.

Answer 78

True

Question 79

Anna Amalia, Princess of Prussia, composed several ___________, which was a unique genre of composition for women of all historical eras.

Answer 79

marches

Question 80

Anna Amalia, Princess of Prussia, received her first music lessons from her brother, Frederick.

Answer 80

True