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The oldest Western music about which we have extensive knowledge is ___________ music.
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Medieval
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As Western art music has evolved, all of the following has been TRUE except
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the process of change and development has been illogical and random.
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Medieval melodies were based upon modal scales
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-that sound relatively unfamiliar to modern listeners
-that can be played using just the white keys on the piano. -each of which has a unique pattern and characteristic mood or sound. |
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The Medieval modes beginning on the notes _____ and _____ eventually became the minor and major scales of the tonal system.
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A and C
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(T/F)Medieval polyphony consisted of independent melodic lines that were intended to be heard in a linear rather than a vertical (harmonic) way.
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True
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(T/F)Medieval music is characterized by the heavy sonorities of loud instruments and large ensembles.
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False
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Many contemporary composers reflect the strong influence of the Medieval style, using ______ scales and other Medieval concepts.
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modal
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Each of the following directly influenced the music of Western Europe after the fall of the Roman Empire except
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the pagan religion of the Roman Empire.
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The art of the Middle Ages was strongly affected by each of the following except
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accurate and realistic portrayal of the human figure.
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Twelfth-century churches in the _____________ architectural style raised incredibly delicate walls and towering spires toward heaven.
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Gothic
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The most common subject matter for Medieval art is
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-romantic love.
-the royal family. -Greek and Roman mythology. NONE OF THE ABOVE |
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After the fall of Rome in the fifth century a.d., the _________ became the only effective unifying force in the Western world.
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Christian church
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Gregorian chant was usually sung in _________, so that all of the voices sang the same melody at the same time unaccompanied by instruments.
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unison
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In the sixth century a.d., who collected, organized, and codified the chants for use by the Christian churches in the Western world?
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Pope Gregory
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The rhythm in Gregorian chant is usually
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free and flexible.
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(T/F)Because of the way it extends each syllable, a syllabic setting is especially suitable for a short text.
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FALSE
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(T/F)The earliest examples of polyphony were called organum.
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TRUE
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(T/F)Although Gregorian chant forms the starting point for the Western tradition of art music, it was originally intended to enhance worship rather than to entertain listeners.
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TRUE
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The features of organum include all of the following except
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it had almost no influence on the music of later periods.
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The composition and performance of love songs in twelfth-century France was associated with
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-minstrels.
-trouvÈres. -troubadours. ALL OF THE ABOVE |
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The Medieval motet has all of the following characteristics except
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strikingly similar voices and instruments.
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The twelfth- or thirteenth-century English piece "Sumer is icumen in" is an example of a
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canon.
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(T/F)A canon is a polyphonic composition in which all of the voices perform the same melody, beginning at the same time.
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FALSE
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"Sumer is icumen in" employs a repeated bass motive called a(n)
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ostinato.
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The most important string instrument of the twelfth and thirteenth centuries, an ancestor of the Renaissance viol and the modern violin, was the
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vielle.
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A common Medieval instrument in which one or more reed pipes were attached to a windbag that supplied the pipes with air was called a
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bagpipe.
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All of the following instruments were used for Medieval music except
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harpsichords.
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(T/F)The only purely instrumental music that has survived from the Middle Ages consists of various popular dances.
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TRUE
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(T/F)During the Medieval period, women were excluded from singing in church congregations or choirs, in accordance with the apostle Paul's instruction that women should "keep silence in the church."
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TRUE
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Abbess Hildegard of Bingen was
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a twelfth-century composer of sacred song and chant.
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At the beginning of the fourteenth century, there was a conscious effort to write music in a new style called the
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ars nova.
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In the fourteenth century, a new, more optimistic era known as the Age of Humanism emerged in
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Italy.
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During the fourteenth century, all of the following occurred except
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people lived long lives, secure in the safety of their homes.
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During the fourteenth century all of the following took place except
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Christian monks created the first works of organum.
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The ___________ is the main worship service of the Catholic church.
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Mass
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(T/F)The variable portions of the Mass are called the Proper, since they are "proper" only at certain times.
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TRUE
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(T/F)The liturgy, or words of the Mass, were first spoken in Greek, but were changed to Latin by the Catholic church from the third century until the 1960s.
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TRUE
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The first complete setting of the entire Ordinary of the Mass by one composer is thought to be the Missa Notre Dame, by ____________, a fourteenth-century poet and muscian.
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Guillaume de Machaut
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The period from about 500 to 1450 CE
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Medieval period/Middle ages
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The text and formal arrangement of a religious service
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liturgy
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Polyphonic music conceived without an intention that the combined melody should form chordal or harmonic combinations.
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linear polyphony
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production of music by several voices or instruments at the same pitch, performed at the same octave or at different octaves
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unison
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unaccompanied group singing
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a cappella
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-Music to which portions of the Catholic service are sung
-The texture is monophonic, the timbre that of unaccompanied voices |
plainsong, plainchant, chant, Gregorian chant
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a sustained or repeated tone
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drone
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a period, characterized by a new optimism, that began in fourteenth-century Italy and spread throughout western Europe during the Renaissance
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Age of Humanism
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A polyphonic composition in which all the voices perform the same melody, beginning at different times
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canon
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A persistently (obstinately") repeated melodic or rhythmic pattern
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ostinato
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Roman Catholic worship service
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Mass
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