Test 2: Music Of The Middle Ages

Front 1

music with more than one line sounding at a time

Back 1

polyphony

Front 2

What is the primary reason for early medieval music being written?

Back 2

church

Front 3

Who was the most important patron of the arts during the middle ages?

Front 4

What language was the majority of plainchant written in?

Back 4

Latin

Front 5

How was early music transferred from generation to generation?

Back 5

by ear

Front 6

Why is plainchant often called "Gregorian Chant"?

Back 6

Pope Gregory I

Front 7

secular vocal pieces for a small group of singers, usually unaccompanied

Back 7

madrigal

Front 8

Who is Guillaume de Machaut?

Back 8

French composer in the 14th century

Front 9

What is the Renaissance period?

Back 9

1400-1600

Front 10

What important invention occurred during the late Middle Ages?

Back 10

printing

Front 11

all voices sing exactly the same thing in turn

Back 11

round

Front 12

What are the three types of compositions that were dominant during the Renaissance period?

Back 12

liturgical

motets

secular

Front 13

When was the Council of Trent convened?

Back 13

1545

Front 14

"Next to the Word of God, music deserves the highest praise."

"Josquin is the master of the notes; others are mastered by them."

Back 14

Martin Luther

Front 15

What determined social standing in Renaissance society?

Back 15

music

Front 16

What was Bach's duty in his final position as director of music at St. Thomas Church in Leipzig?

Back 16

responsible for all of the town's church music

compose, rehearse, and direct a new church cantata for every Sunday and feast day of the year

head of music school

composing, teaching Latin, playing the organ, maintaining all the instruments

Front 17

What is Vivaldi's Four Season an early example of?

Back 17

program music

Front 18

What are the main keyboard instruments of the Baroque era?

Back 18

harpsichord

organ

Front 19

Who is the most talented English composer of the late seventeenth century, who lived from 1659-1695?

Back 19

Henry Purcell

Front 20

What are the essential vocal forms in the early Baroque?

Back 20

opera and cantata

Front 21

What is a common form for an aria?

Back 21

opera

Front 22

How did Baroque composers create the illusion of space and distance?

Back 22

by having the same phrase played loud then soft

Front 23

a rigid class system

Back 23

feudalism

Front 24

What does "Renaissance" mean?

Back 24

rebirth

Front 25

What is the title and who is the composer of the first great opera in the history of Western music?

Back 25

"Orfeo"

Monteverdi