Chapter 7- 9 Questions

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An important feature of renaissance thinking is

humanism

the renaissance

featured a revival of interest in ancient Greece and Rome

renaissance motets usually contain

points of imitation

when composers wrote a Mass, they usually included

only the Ordinary

Motets were often sung at social gatherings?

False

Madrigals are just secular versions of motets?

False

Madrigals usually have faster tempos than motets?

False

the most popular instrument of the Renaissance period was the:

lute

the approximate dates of the Renaissance are:

1450-1600

an important feature of the Renaisance thinking is:

humanism

the Renaissance:

featured a revival of interest in ancient Greece and Rome

the approximate years of the medieval period are

1100-1450

Chivalry was an outlook or attitude that

glorified women

polyphony began

when the second part of organum began to show more independence.

polyphony in music is

two or more different melodies being performed at the same time.

Leonin and Perotin had what in common?

-They were composers at Notre Dame in Paris

-We know very little about them

-They were active between 1150 and the early 1200s

-What we know of them comes from Anonymous IV.

What is true of medieval motets?

They were based on a phrase of Gregorian chant.

the rythm in medieval motets:

was often based on rhythmic modes similar to those found in poetry.

much secular music existed during medieval times, but only a little of it was written down.

true

Organum and polyphonic music first developed in:

Paris

organum is not polyphonic because:

the two lines of music move in strict parallel motion.

the medieval motet is based on a phrase of Gregorian chant:

true

the lower line of a medieval motet:

used a phrase from a chant.

medieval motets have no rhythm.

false

the secular music of medieval times is less known than the music for worship because:

only a small amount of it was written down.

composer of instrumental music during medieval times did not indicate which instruments should play it.

true

The music of the early Greeks sounded like:

No one knows what it really sounded like.

A Greek chorus accompanied dramas with melodic song.

false

A Mass for the dead contains all but which one of the following?

-Agnus Dei

-Kyrie

-Sanctus

-Dies irae

-Gloria

Gregorian chant has no:

-harmony

-major/minor scales

-metrical rhythm

-dramatic qualities.

Many of the practices of the Christian church were adapted from:

Judaism.

The original notation of Gregorian chant consisted of square notes and no indication of meter.

true

Gregorian chants were basically hymns sung by the congregation at worship services.

false

The early Greek who discovered the basic acoustical ratios of musical sounds was:

Pythagoras.

An important ancient Greek philosopher who strongly advocated music as essential for an educated person was:

Plato.

Pope Gregory was also a musician who composed many chants.

false

Gregorian chant has a monophonic texture.

true

Which of these is true of Gregorian chant?

-For hundreds of years was only sung by priests and monks

-Until 1963 was sung in Latin

-Does not have a metrical rhythm

-Most of the movement of its melody is to adjacent pitches.

The Kyrie, Gloria, Credo, Sanctus, and Agnus Dei constitute what part of the Mass?

the Ordinary

Hildegard/s Ordo virtutum is:

a morality play.

All parts in Ordo virtutum were sung, except for:

the devil's.

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