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The oldest Western music about which we have extensive knowledge is ___________ music. |
| | A) | Baroque |
| | B) | Romantic |
| | C) | Medieval |
| | D) | Classical |
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As Western art music has evolved, all of the following has been TRUE except |
| | A) | each period has retained the most useful features of the previous style. |
| | B) | each period has introduced changes in style that appealed to contemporary tastes. |
| | C) | the process of change and development has been illogical and random. |
| | D) | over time there have been significant changes in musical style. |
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Medieval melodies were based upon modal scales |
| | A) | that sound relatively unfamiliar to modern listeners. |
| | B) | that can be played using just the white keys on the piano. |
| | C) | each of which has a unique pattern and characteristic mood or sound. |
| | D) | all of the above. |
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The Medieval modes beginning on the notes _____ and _____ eventually became the minor and major scales of the tonal system. |
| | A) | E and G |
| | B) | F and A |
| | C) | G and B |
| | D) | A and C |
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Medieval polyphony consisted of independent melodic lines that were intended to be heard in a linear rather than a vertical (harmonic) way. |
| | A) | TRUE |
| | B) | FALSE |
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Medieval music is characterized by the heavy sonorities of loud instruments and large ensembles. |
| | A) | TRUE |
| | B) | FALSE |
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Many contemporary composers reflect the strong influence of the Medieval style, using ______ scales and other Medieval concepts. |
| | A) | major |
| | B) | minor |
| | C) | modal |
| | D) | tonal |
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Each of the following directly influenced the music of Western Europe after the fall of the Roman Empire except |
| | A) | Jewish chants and rites. |
| | B) | the music theory of the ancient Greeks. |
| | C) | the pagan religion of the Roman Empire. |
| | D) | the values of the Christian church. |
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The art of the Middle Ages was strongly affected by each of the following except |
| | A) | the mystic, fatalistic persuasion of the time. |
| | B) | accurate and realistic portrayal of the human figure. |
| | C) | ethereal representations of saints and martyrs. |
| | D) | highly decorative, detailed drawings. |
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Twelfth-century churches in the _____________ architectural style raised incredibly delicate walls and towering spires toward heaven. |
| | A) | Doric |
| | B) | Gothic |
| | C) | Tonic |
| | D) | Ionic |
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The most common subject matter for Medieval art is |
| | A) | romantic love. |
| | B) | the royal family. |
| | C) | Greek and Roman mythology. |
| | D) | 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. |
| | A) | study of music |
| | B) | Greek myths |
| | C) | Christian church |
| | D) | Magna Carta |
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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. |
| | A) | unison |
| | B) | fourths |
| | C) | fifths |
| | D) | octaves |
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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? |
| | A) | Pope John |
| | B) | Pope Gregory |
| | C) | Pope Paul |
| | D) | Pope Pius |
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The rhythm in Gregorian chant is usually |
| | A) | free and flexible. |
| | B) | in duple meter. |
| | C) | in triple meter. |
| | D) | in quadruple meter. |
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Because of the way it extends each syllable, a syllabic setting is especially suitable for a short text. |
| | A) | TRUE |
| | B) | FALSE |
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The earliest examples of polyphony were called organum. |
| | A) | TRUE |
| | B) | FALSE |
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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. |
| | A) | TRUE |
| | B) | FALSE |
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The features of organum include all of the following except |
| | A) | it combined new melodies with Gregorian chant. |
| | B) | it had almost no influence on the music of later periods. |
| | C) | it was first created by Christian monks. |
| | D) | it began in the ninth century. |
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The composition and performance of love songs in twelfth-century France was associated with |
| | A) | minstrels. |
| | B) | trouvÈres. |
| | C) | troubadours. |
| | D) | all of the above. |
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The Medieval motet has all of the following characteristics except |
| | A) | a mixture of secular and religious texts. |
| | B) | strikingly similar voices and instruments. |
| | C) | French and Latin languages. |
| | D) | three- and four-voice compositions. |
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The twelfth- or thirteenth-century English piece "Sumer is icumen in" is an example of a |
| | A) | canon. |
| | B) | chant. |
| | C) | motet. |
| | D) | madrigal. |
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A canon is a polyphonic composition in which all of the voices perform the same melody, beginning at the same time. |
| | A) | TRUE |
| | B) | FALSE |
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"Sumer is icumen in" employs a repeated bass motive called a(n) |
| | A) | obligato. |
| | B) | sequence. |
| | C) | ostinato. |
| | D) | continuo. |
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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 |
| | A) | voilles. |
| | B) | vielle. |
| | C) | viola. |
| | D) | voix. |
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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 |
| | A) | mouth organ. |
| | B) | bagpipe. |
| | C) | reedbag. |
| | D) | woodwind. |
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All of the following instruments were used for Medieval music except |
| | A) | trumpets and horns. |
| | B) | harpsichords. |
| | C) | organs. |
| | D) | drums. |
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The only purely instrumental music that has survived from the Middle Ages consists of various popular dances. |
| | A) | TRUE |
| | B) | FALSE |
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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." |
| | A) | TRUE |
| | B) | FALSE |
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Abbess Hildegard of Bingen was |
| | A) | a composer of Medieval secular songs and dances. |
| | B) | a famous author of secular poetry. |
| | C) | a twelfth-century composer of sacred song and chant. |
| | D) | a composer and performer of minstrel music. |
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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 |
| | A) | ars antiqua. |
| | B) | ars nova. |
| | C) | bossa antiqua. |
| | D) | bossa nova. |
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In the fourteenth century, a new, more optimistic era known as the Age of Humanism emerged in |
| | A) | Italy. |
| | B) | France. |
| | C) | England. |
| | D) | Germany. |
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During the fourteenth century, all of the following occurred except |
| | A) | the power and influence of the Church was weakening. |
| | B) | awareness of the differences between sacred and secular music grew. |
| | C) | a third of the European population was killed by the Black Death. |
| | D) | 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 |
| | A) | Dante wrote the epic poem Divine Comedy. |
| | B) | Christian monks created the first works of organum. |
| | C) | Giotto ushered in a more natural style of painting. |
| | D) | Chaucer wrote the Canterbury Tales. |
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The ___________ is the main worship service of the Catholic church. |
| | A) | Mass |
| | B) | Liturgy |
| | C) | Eucharist |
| | D) | Requiem |
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The variable portions of the Mass are called the Proper, since they are "proper" only at certain times. |
| | A) | TRUE |
| | B) | FALSE |
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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. |
| | A) | TRUE |
| | B) | FALSE |
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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 musician. |
| | A) | Josquin des Prez |
| | B) | Guillaume de Machaut |
| | C) | Hildegard of Bingen |
| | D) | Simone Martini |
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