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What was the period of the Middle Ages? |
450 C.E. - 1300 C.E. |
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What was the predominant decision making power over the composition and performance of music during the Middle Ages? |
The church |
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What was the plan for music for the calendar year fixed by the highest church authority? |
Liturgy |
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Who were the popular street musicians in the Middle Ages who sang secular music? |
Jongleurs |
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Who were the popular street musicians in the Middle Ages who sang secular music? |
Jongleurs |
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Who wrote the first hymns and chants needed to perform at church? |
Pope Gregory I |
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Who were the popular street musicians in the Middle Ages who sang secular music? |
Jongleurs |
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Who wrote the first hymns and chants needed to perform at church? |
Pope Gregory I |
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What music did Pope Gregory I write? |
Gregorian chant |
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Y is Gregorian chant unaccompanied? |
Only voices no music |
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Y is Gregorian chant unaccompanied? |
Only voices no music |
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Y is Gregorian chant monophonic? |
It has one sound |
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Y is Gregorian chant modal? |
Based on 1 of the 7 medieval modes |
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Y is Gregorian chant melismatic? |
More than one note per syllable; example Mariah Carey |
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Y is Gregorian chant melismatic? |
More than one note per syllable; example Mariah Carey |
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What is a reciting tone? |
The note on which the melody is primarily based |
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What are the seven medieval modes? |
1. Ionian 2. Dorian 3. Phrygian 4. Lydian 5. Mixolydian 6. Aeolian 7. Locrian |
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Who were the first 2 important female composers? |
Hildegard of Bingen & Catherine De minci |
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During the age of chivalry power shifted away from the church. Now there was another way for composers to make a living. How? |
Working for someone rich |
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Who were the group of noble poet composers who wrote secular music during the Middle Ages? |
Troubadours |
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What's the difference between monophonic and polyphonic music? |
Monophonic has one sound; one melody. Polyphonic has many melodies, many sounds. |
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What is the oldest form of polyphonic music? |
Organum |
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What is the new second melody added on top of plainchant called? |
Counterpoint |
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What name was given to the music played in a cathedral in Paris around 1200 in Paris? |
Notre Dame |
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Who were the two most prominent composers of Notre Dame? |
Perotin & Leonin |
