Multiple Choice Questions

Which historical event did NOT take place in the Renaissance?
  • False
  • Charlemagne.
  • True
  • the writing of the Magna Carta
The form of Alleluia, O virga mediatrix is A-A-B.
  • True
  • False
Why was the art music of the Middle Ages predominantly religious?
  • the writing of the Magna Carta
  • The church patronized music extensively.
  • False
  • True
The first section of the Ordinary of the Mass, a plea for mercy in A-B-A form, is called:
  • True
  • Madrigal
  • the Kyrie.
  • syllabic.
An end-blown flute with a breathy tone is called:
  • neumatic.
  • Minnesingers
  • ronde
  • a recorder.
The reform movement in the Catholic church brought about by the Protestant Reformation was called the Counter-Reformation.
  • True
  • False
Which of the following does NOT characterize Gregorian chant?
  • It has a monophonic texture.
  • Kyrie, Gloria, Credo, Sanctus, Agnus Dei
  • Chansons
  • Triadic Harmonies
Polyphony required the development of:
  • rhythmic modes.
  • A-B-a-A-a-b-A-B
  • the Kyrie.
  • the sackbut
The vivid depiction of the text through music, known as word painting, is a hallmark of:
  • the sackbut
  • Word painting.
  • There is no harmony.
  • the madrigal
A setting of Gregorian chant with one note per syllable is called:
  • syllabic.
  • a recorder.
  • England
  • the Proper.
Secular music was integral to medieval court life, supplying entertainment and ceremonial and dance music.
  • True
  • False
The Frankish emperor who encouraged education and the concept of a centralized government was:
  • Josquin.
  • Charlemagne.
  • Renaissance painters created a perspective that made it possible to see the whole simultaneously.
  • False
What is the primary language of the Mass?
  • False
  • chanson
  • Latin
  • organum
What characterizes humanism?
  • rhythmic modes.
  • a Gregorian chant in the top voice, then freely composed
  • thinking centered on human issues and individuality, inspiration from the ancient cultures of Greece and Rome, and independence from traditional and religion
  • the Credo
Which of the following was the most important secular genre of the sixteenth century?
  • the madrigal
  • Madrigal
  • ronde
  • the shawm
The two centers of power in the Middle Ages were the feudal lord and the state.
  • True
  • False
Since Machaut was a cleric in the church, he wrote only sacred music.
  • True
  • False
Organum was freely composed, with no preexisting basis.
  • True
  • False
Unlike Italian madrigals, Fair Phyllis has no word painting.
  • True
  • False
Where was the madrigal first developed?
  • True
  • False
  • Italy
  • organum
Of the following, which does NOT represent the thinking of the Renaissance?
  • an exclusively religious orientation
  • as professional orchestral conductors.
  • center of trade and commerce
  • six-voice polyphony
Which of the following was NOT a subject reflected in the poems of the troubadours and trouvères?
  • a Gregorian chant in the top voice, then freely composed
  • the rebirth of classical learning
  • It has a monophonic texture.
  • It had only one text in Latin.
In Germany, aristocratic poet-musicians were called:
  • syllabic.
  • Minnesingers
  • chanson
  • Antwerp
For which liturgical occasion was Hildegard's Alleluia, O virga mediatrix sung?
  • an exclusively religious orientation
  • center of trade and commerce
  • There is no harmony.
  • a feast day for the Virgin Mary
An early center for the development of polyphony was the Cathedral of Notre Dame in Paris.
  • True
  • False
The Introit is the first movement of the Ordinary of the Mass.
  • True
  • False
The outstanding composer-poet of the Ars nova was:
  • False
  • Cervantes's Don Quixote
  • Guillaume de Machaut
  • the sackbut
England adopted the Italian madrigal and developed it into a native form.
  • True
  • False
What is the form of a rondeau?
  • A-B-a-A-a-b-A-B
  • the shawm
  • Mass Proper
  • It has a monophonic texture.
The Council of Trent took place in the mid-sixteenth century.
  • True
  • False
The medieval ancestor of the modern trombone is:
  • the madrigal
  • Mass Proper
  • the shawm
  • the sackbut
What best describes the texture of the ideal Renaissance sacred music?
  • the shawm
  • False
  • chanson
  • Imitative
In the early Middle Ages, music was often written in fixed patterns of long and short notes known as rhythmic modes.
  • True
  • False
Of the following, which woman was a religious leader and a prominent figure in literature and music?
  • Josquin.
  • Martin Luther
  • Hildegard of Bingen
  • True
Of the following, which is NOT a major literary landmark of the Middle Ages?
  • Motet
  • irregular phrase lengths
  • a feast day for the Virgin Mary
  • Cervantes's Don Quixote
Which composer responded to the reforms of the Council of Trent in an exemplary fashion?
  • Palestrina
  • Machaut
  • True
  • Josquin.
The earliest type of polyphony was:
  • organum
  • False
  • True
  • Latin
Although the "learned" vocal music of medieval church and court was routinely written down, much instrumental music was improvised.
  • True
  • False
Music of the fourteenth century developed a style that became known as:
  • the madrigal
  • It has a monophonic texture.
  • Triadic Harmonies
  • the Ars nova.
The Notre Dame style of polyphony, in which the tenor line was based on a preexisting chant melody and the upper voice moved freely (and more rapidly), was called:
  • England
  • True
  • organum
  • False
Of the following, which does NOT describe life in the medieval cloister?
  • Soft or loud
  • center of trade and commerce
  • the shawm
  • an exclusively religious orientation
The two most important genres of Renaissance secular music were the chanson and the madrigal.
  • True
  • False
Which early Renaissance composer exerted a powerful influence on generations of composers who followed?
  • True
  • Josquin.
  • neumatic.
  • the Kyrie.
The expressive device used by Renaissance composers to pictorialize words musically is called:
  • the Ordinary.
  • True
  • the sackbut
  • Word painting.
Stately indoor occasions most often called for soft instruments such as recorders and strings.
  • True
  • False
Of the following, which is NOT a fixed poetic form?
  • Motet
  • True
  • False
  • six-voice polyphony
Hildegard of Bingen wrote both the poetry and the music for Alleluia, O virga mediatrix.
  • True
  • False
Instrumental music in the sixteenth century often did not specify its instrumentation.
  • True
  • False
During the Middle Ages, the status of women:
  • A fragment of Gregorian chant or a secular tune used as the foundation of a polyphonic Mass.
  • in praise of the Virgin Mary.
  • a Gregorian chant in the top voice, then freely composed
  • was raised through the concept of chivalry held by knights and idealized in music.
The term Dark Ages formerly referred to the time:
  • It had only one text in Latin.
  • between 500 and 1000 c.e.
  • Guillaume de Machaut
  • Mass Proper
Of the following, who was a leader in the Protestant Reformation?
  • Charlemagne.
  • True
  • Hildegard of Bingen
  • Martin Luther
Machaut's chanson Puis qu'en oubli is a ballade for three voices.
  • True
  • False
Early songs in Latin, such as those in Carmina burana, were created by:
  • the Ordinary.
  • the rebirth of classical learning
  • students in university towns.
  • between 500 and 1000 c.e.
Which religious figure is praised in the text of Hildegard's Alleluia, O virga mediatrix?
  • the shawm
  • the Credo
  • the madrigal
  • the Virgin Mary
The sixteenth-century chanson clung to the fixed meters of the fifteenth-century chanson.
  • True
  • False
Bas instruments were used frequently for outdoor occasions during the Middle Ages.
  • True
  • False
Why does Gregorian chant sound so different from other types of Western music?
  • the rebirth of classical learning
  • There is no harmony.
  • irregular phrase lengths
  • It had only one text in Latin.
The text of Ave Maria . . . virgo serena is:
  • It had only one text in Latin.
  • False
  • in praise of the Virgin Mary.
  • Mass Proper
Madrigals with simple, pastoral, and often humorous texts were especially favored in:
  • loud
  • False
  • Antwerp
  • England
Only professional musicians performed secular music in the Renaissance.
  • True
  • False
Why is Renaissance painting considered to be more realistic than medieval painting?
  • Josquin.
  • False
  • the Ars nova.
  • Renaissance painters created a perspective that made it possible to see the whole simultaneously.
Which genre of vocal music was NOT used in Renaissance church services?
  • Chansons
  • Triadic Harmonies
  • the Mass
  • False
The upper voice parts of the Pope Marcellus Mass were sung by boy sopranos or adult males with high voices.
  • True
  • False
During the Renaissance, the study of a musical instrument was considered highly improper for ladies.
  • True
  • False
Sumer is icumen in is one of the earliest examples of secular polyphony.
  • True
  • False
Early notation suggested melodic contours using small ascending and descending signs called:
  • the Credo
  • neumes.
  • the shawm
  • True
A setting of plainchant with many notes per syllable is called syllabic.
  • True
  • False
Of the following, which does NOT characterize secular music-making in the Renaissance?
  • Women were not allowed to perform music professionally
  • the rebirth of classical learning
  • Cervantes's Don Quixote
  • Motet
Josquin's career centered exclusively in his native France.
  • True
  • False
All of the following were Renaissance artists EXCEPT:
  • False
  • the shawm
  • Motet
  • Goya.
In what part of the liturgy does the Alleluia occur?
  • Soft or loud
  • the Credo
  • Antwerp
  • Mass Proper
Improvisation was a technique employed in instrumental dance music of the Middle Ages.
  • True
  • False
Renaissance musicians could make their living in all of the following ways EXCEPT:
  • as professional orchestral conductors.
  • Women were not allowed to perform music professionally
  • Cervantes's Don Quixote
  • the rebirth of classical learning
The text in Arcadelt's madrigal Il bianco e dolce cigno has levels of meanings, some of which are erotic.
  • True
  • False
Why are the madrigals of Arcadelt so special?
  • They brought a new level of expression to the madrigal
  • Kyrie, Gloria, Credo, Sanctus, Agnus Dei
  • the rebirth of classical learning
  • the sackbut
The knowledge of early civilizations and the culture of the Middle Ages were preserved largely in monasteries.
  • True
  • False
How does the Renaissance motet differ from its medieval predecessor?
  • Cervantes's Don Quixote
  • It has a monophonic texture.
  • It had only one text in Latin.
  • They brought a new level of expression to the madrigal
Which of the following would be considered an appropriate outdoor instrument?
  • the shawm
  • the madrigal
  • Chansons
  • the Kyrie.
The Renaissance first came to flower in France.
  • True
  • False
Most of the surviving music from the early Middle Ages is secular.
  • True
  • False
The early exploration of the New World took place during the Renaissance.
  • True
  • False
The fourteenth century witnessed a decreased focus on secular music.
  • True
  • False
Of the following, which best describes the texture of the Pope Marcellus Mass?
  • center of trade and commerce
  • the Ordinary.
  • Guillaume de Machaut
  • six-voice polyphony
Medieval instruments can be classified as bas or haut, meaning:
  • Mass Proper
  • Soft or loud
  • the sackbut
  • a recorder.
The early polyphonic genre that resulted from the addition of texts to all voices was called:
  • False
  • motet
  • Antwerp
  • True
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