Test 3

Question 1

2 types of music being composed (one type for religious needs, one for everything else)

Answer 1

Sacred
Secular

Question 2

Early music during the medieval time was being written by ______ in monasteries and _____ in convents.

Answer 2

Monks
Nuns

Question 3

3 social classes during the middles ages were:

Answer 3

Nobles
Peasants
Clergy

Question 4

The Roman Catholic Church, including the music portion, was reorganized under Pope ______

Answer 4

Gregory

Question 5

______ was a nun, theorist, mystic, diplomat, wrote many of theses on different topics, and is the first recognized composer of plainchant.

Answer 5

Hildegard of Bingen

Question 6

The Middle Ages existed roughly between the years ______ and ______.

Answer 6

450-1450

Question 7

The beginning of the Middle Ages started after the fall of the ______ and ended with the invention of the _____.

Answer 7

Roman Empire
Printing press

Question 8

_______ performed music and acrobatics in castles, taverns, and town squares.

Answer 8

Minstrels

Question 9

The first polyphony was created by monks adding a second line Parallel to the primary line in a piece of music. Gregorian chant with one or more additional melodic lines is called ______.

Answer 9

Organum

Question 10

In 1150, this city became the center of polyphonic music: ______

Answer 10

Paris

Question 11

The two composers at the heart of the School of Notre Dame were _____ and ______.

Answer 11

Perotin
Leonin

Question 12

Ars Nova music, is written in France and Italy during the __ th century, was polyphonic and included the use of _________, rhythms that are off the beat and would also be used in Dixieland and ragtime in the 19th century.

Answer 12

14
Syncopation

Question 13

_________ (Italian) and _________ (Frenchman) were the two most famous Ars Nova composers.

Answer 13

Francisco Landini
Guillaume de Machaut

Question 14

______ was the first person to put five prayers/section of the mass ordinary to music.

Answer 14

Machaut

Question 15

The five basic sections of the mass ordinary are:

Answer 15

Kyrie
Gloria
Credo
Sanctus
Angus Dei

Question 16

The renaissance is known as the age of ______

Answer 16

Rebirth

Question 17

The Catholic Church was far less powerful during the renaissance partially because of the movement know as ________ led my Martin Luther

Answer 17

Reformation

Question 18

The invention of the _______ allowed for books and music to be copied and distributed throughout Europe

Answer 18

Printing press

Question 19

Renaissance composers often used a musical representation of specific poetic images known as

Answer 19

Word painting

Question 20

The texture of renaissance music was chiefly ________

Answer 20

Polyphonic

Question 21

Renaissance vocal music did not need accompaniment and was sung

Answer 21

A cappella

Question 22

The renaissance ______ is a polyphonic choral work set to a sacred Latin text other than the ordinary mass.

Answer 22

Motet

Question 23

The renaissance ______ is a polyphonic choral composition made up of five sections.

Answer 23

Mass

Question 24

The five sections of the mass are

Answer 24

Kyrie
Gloria
Credo
Sanctus
Angus Dei

Question 25

Which voice of the vocal choir came into fruition during the renaissance?

Answer 25

Tenor

Question 26

An important kind of secular vocal music during the renaissance was the ________, piece of music for several solo voices set to a short poem, usually about love.

Answer 26

madrigal

Question 27

A simpler type of secular music than the madrigal is the song for the solo voices and _____

Answer 27

Lute

Question 28

Renaissance lute songs are primarily _________ in texture.

Answer 28

Homophonic

Question 29

Instrumental music became more popular and independent during the renaissance. Some popular instruments during this period were:

Answer 29

Lute Viola de Gambla Harpsichord Recorder

Question 30

The two composers at the heart of the Venetian School were ________ and _________ who were also uncle and nephew to each other.

Answer 30

Andrea Gabrieli Giovanni Gabrieli

Question 31

Venetian composers were inspired by an architectural feature of the church called, which had two choir lofts, each with its own organ.

Answer 31

St. Marks Cathedral

Question 32

The baroque period was known as the age of ______

Answer 32

Absolutism

Question 34

The word baroque means _______

Answer 34

Bizarre

Question 35

Which two textures were featured during the barque period

Answer 35

Homophonic Polyphonic

Question 36

The bulk of music we hear from the barque period comes from which stage? Early, middle, or late?

Answer 36

Late

Question 37

Dynamics during he baroque period were not gradual, in part because of the keyboard instruments could only play loud or soft and nothing in between. What’s the term for dynamics that shift drastically?

Answer 37

Terraced dynamics

Question 38

During the barque period the demand was for old music (renaissance and medieval to be performed) true or false

Answer 38

False

Question 39

Name four genres that were being composed during the barque period and the composers who were writing them

Answer 39

Opera - Monteverdi/Purcell Oratorio - George Handel Concerto - Antonio Vivaldi Fugue - J.S. Bach

Question 40

What’s the difference between an opera and an oratorio

Answer 40

Oratorio has no dancing or acting

Question 41

What musical ensemble finally took shape during the barque period and dominated the musical scene during this period?

Answer 41

The orchestra

Question 42

What’s the difference between an aria and a recitative

Answer 42

Aria is a homophonic piece Recititive is a speech like delivery on beat

Question 43

Name 2 baroque opera composers

Answer 43

Monteverdi Handel

Question 44

Difference between concerto and concerto grosso

Answer 44

Concerto grosso is a group of soloists Concerto is one soloist

Question 45

What Italian composer wrote over 450 concertos

Answer 45

Antonio Vivaldi

Question 46

The four seasons is an instrumental piece that tells a story. What is the term for instrumental music that tells a story or describes a scene mood etc

Answer 46

Programmatic

Question 47

What instrument did J.S. Bach play

Answer 47

Organ and harpsichord