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MIDDLE AGES period (Europe)
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450-1450
(middle ages period encompasses the following other periods: -Dark Ages: beginning at 450 with disintegration of the Roman empire -Romanesque period: 1000-1150 -Gothic period: 1150-1450) |
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ROMANESQUE period (Europe)
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1000-1150
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GOTHIC period (Europe)
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1150-1450
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When did the "dark ages" in Europe begin?
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about 450 with the disintegration of the Roman Empire
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What were most important important musicians in the middle ages? (priests, peasants, traveling entertainers, or women?)
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priests!
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A virtual monopoly on learning during the Middle Ages
was held by a. knights in castles b. professors in universities c. monks in monasteries d. wandering minstrels or jongleurs |
c. monks in monasteries
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7 During the Middle Ages, women
a. were not permitted to sing in church b. sang at all church services c. could sing only in monasteries d. were not permitted to participate in church services |
a. were not permitted to sing in church
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8 Church officials expected monks to sing with
a. proper pronunciation and tone quality. b. the accompaniment of organs and other instruments. c. proper attention to the wishes of the bishop. d. the members of the congregation. |
a. proper pronunciation and tone quality.
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9 Bernard of Clairvaux ordered his monks to sing
a. quietly with reverence. b. vigorously with manliness. c. loudly with boisterous tone quality. d. somberly with proper dignity. |
b. vigorously with manliness.
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10 The church frowned on instruments because of their
a. association with minstrels and jongleurs. b. sacred quality and background. c. earlier role in pagan rites. d. use in early Jewish religious ceremonies. |
c. earlier role in pagan rites.
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11 We know from paintings and literary descriptions of the
Middle Ages that a. instruments were used b. trumpets and trombones were prominent c. instruments were seldom used d. large orchestras existed |
a. instruments were used
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12 The church frowned on instruments because of their
a. association with minstrels and jongleurs. b. sacred quality and background. c. earlier role in pagan rites. d. use in early Jewish religious ceremonies. |
c. earlier role in pagan rites.
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13 The use of organs in church
a. added a sacred quality to the mass. b. made it possible for more musicians to be employed. c. frustrated the nobles in their attempts to control the church. d. distracted the listeners from worship. |
d. distracted the listeners from worship.
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14 What we know about instruments in church comes mainly
from a. the pictures and literary descriptions of the day. b. surviving musical manuscripts. c. the work of Pope Gregory the Great. d. the work of Hildegard of Bingen. |
a. the pictures and literary descriptions of the day.
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15 Most medieval music was
a. instrumental. b. vocal. c. for the piano. d. for the organ. |
b. vocal.
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16 At first, the organ was
a. a subtle and flexible instrument b. a very soft instrument not able to be heard more than five feet away c. a primitive instrument whose keys were operated by heavy blows of the fist d. used as a sound effect simulating thunder |
c. a primitive instrument whose keys were operated by
heavy blows of the fist |
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17 In the Middle Ages the organ
a. had not as yet been invented b. was considered the “king of instruments” c. was barely used in sacred music d. was a prominent church instrument |
d. was a prominent church instrument
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18 We know from paintings and literary descriptions of the
Middle Ages that a. instruments were used. b. trumpets and trombones were prominent. c. instruments were seldom used. d. large orchestras existed. |
a. instruments were used
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19 The view of the later medieval church on music during
religious services was that it should be a. performed by as many musical instruments as possible. b. used only as a discreet accompaniment. c. banned entirely. d. used only with wind instruments |
b. used only as a discreet accompaniment
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20 Church authorities in the Middle Ages
____________________ their religious services. a. encouraged the use of music as a highlight of b. forbade the use of music in c. wanted music only as a discreet accompaniment to d. preferred instrumental music in |
c. wanted music only as a discreet accompaniment to
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21 Most medieval music was
a. instrumental b. vocal c. for the piano d. for the organ |
b. vocal
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