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The oldest Western music about which we have extensive knowledge is ___________ music.
Medieval
As Western art music has evolved, all of the following has been TRUE except
the process of change and development has been illogical and random.
Medieval melodies were based upon modal scales
-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.
The Medieval modes beginning on the notes _____ and _____ eventually became the minor and major scales of the tonal system.
A and C
(T/F)Medieval polyphony consisted of independent melodic lines that were intended to be heard in a linear rather than a vertical (harmonic) way.
True
(T/F)Medieval music is characterized by the heavy sonorities of loud instruments and large ensembles.
False
Many contemporary composers reflect the strong influence of the Medieval style, using ______ scales and other Medieval concepts.
modal
Each of the following directly influenced the music of Western Europe after the fall of the Roman Empire except
the pagan religion of the Roman Empire.
The art of the Middle Ages was strongly affected by each of the following except
accurate and realistic portrayal of the human figure.
Twelfth-century churches in the _____________ architectural style raised incredibly delicate walls and towering spires toward heaven.
Gothic
The most common subject matter for Medieval art is
-romantic love.
-the royal family.
-Greek and Roman mythology.
NONE OF THE ABOVE
After the fall of Rome in the fifth century a.d., the _________ became the only effective unifying force in the Western world.
Christian church
Gregorian chant was usually sung in _________, so that all of the voices sang the same melody at the same time unaccompanied by instruments.
unison
In the sixth century a.d., who collected, organized, and codified the chants for use by the Christian churches in the Western world?
Pope Gregory
The rhythm in Gregorian chant is usually
free and flexible.
(T/F)Because of the way it extends each syllable, a syllabic setting is especially suitable for a short text.
FALSE
(T/F)The earliest examples of polyphony were called organum.
TRUE
(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.
TRUE
The features of organum include all of the following except
it had almost no influence on the music of later periods.
The composition and performance of love songs in twelfth-century France was associated with
-minstrels.
-trouvÈres.
-troubadours.
ALL OF THE ABOVE
The Medieval motet has all of the following characteristics except
strikingly similar voices and instruments.
The twelfth- or thirteenth-century English piece "Sumer is icumen in" is an example of a
canon.
(T/F)A canon is a polyphonic composition in which all of the voices perform the same melody, beginning at the same time.
FALSE
"Sumer is icumen in" employs a repeated bass motive called a(n)
ostinato.
The most important string instrument of the twelfth and thirteenth centuries, an ancestor of the Renaissance viol and the modern violin, was the
vielle.
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
bagpipe.
All of the following instruments were used for Medieval music except
harpsichords.
(T/F)The only purely instrumental music that has survived from the Middle Ages consists of various popular dances.
TRUE
(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."
TRUE
Abbess Hildegard of Bingen was
a twelfth-century composer of sacred song and chant.
At the beginning of the fourteenth century, there was a conscious effort to write music in a new style called the
ars nova.
In the fourteenth century, a new, more optimistic era known as the Age of Humanism emerged in
Italy.
During the fourteenth century, all of the following occurred except
people lived long lives, secure in the safety of their homes.
During the fourteenth century all of the following took place except
Christian monks created the first works of organum.
The ___________ is the main worship service of the Catholic church.
Mass
(T/F)The variable portions of the Mass are called the Proper, since they are "proper" only at certain times.
TRUE
(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.
TRUE
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.
Guillaume de Machaut
The period from about 500 to 1450 CE
Medieval period/Middle ages
The text and formal arrangement of a religious service
liturgy
Polyphonic music conceived without an intention that the combined melody should form chordal or harmonic combinations.
linear polyphony
production of music by several voices or instruments at the same pitch, performed at the same octave or at different octaves
unison
unaccompanied group singing
a cappella
-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
a sustained or repeated tone
drone
a period, characterized by a new optimism, that began in fourteenth-century Italy and spread throughout western Europe during the Renaissance
Age of Humanism
A polyphonic composition in which all the voices perform the same melody, beginning at different times
canon
A persistently (obstinately") repeated melodic or rhythmic pattern
ostinato
Roman Catholic worship service
Mass