Reviewing 1: Music in the Middle Ages

1. Medieval monasteries played a central role in the preservation of knowledge

from earlier cultures. (see 70 Sh/Chr; 326 Std)

a) true

b) false

2. Hildegard of Bingen was a nun who wrote church music. (see 79 Sh; 82 Chr;
326 Std)

a) true

b) false

3. The chants of the church used only the major and minor scale patterns found
in later music. (see 72 Sh/Chr; 328 Std)

a) true

b) false

4. The Mass of the Roman Catholic Church is celebrated daily and includes the
Proper, which is appropriate to that particular feast day, as well as the
Ordinary, which remains the same for all feast days. (see 72 Sh/Chr; 328 Std)

a) true

b) false

5. Léonin and Pérotin are important composers from the St. Peter's School of
organum in Rome. (see 74 Sh; 75 Chr; 330 Std)

a) true

b) false

6. The body of music for the Roman Catholic Church is called: (see 72 Sh; 73 Chr;
331 Std)

a) Gregorian chant.

b) the Mass.

c) the Proper.

7. Music performed with exchanges between a soloist and chorus is described as:
(see 73 Sh/Chr; 333 Std)

a) monophonic.

b) antiphonal.

c) responsorial.

8. _______, a type of early music notation, developed as a memory tool for

singers who learned chant orally. (see 72 Sh/Chr; 332 Std)

a) Modes

b) Neumes
 c) Organum

9. A setting of Gregorian chant in the melismatic style is characterized by: (see

72 Sh/Chr; 332 Std)

a) one note per syllable.

b) two to four notes per syllable.

c) long groups of notes set to a single syllable.

10. A rhythmic mode is: (see 74 Sh; 75 Chr; 331 Std)

a fixed pattern of long and short notes,
a) repeated or varied.

b) a fixed pattern of pitches (intervals).

c) a fixed pattern of voices.

11. Which is NOT true of organum? (see 74 Sh/Chr; 330 Std)

a) It was one of the earliest forms of polyphony.

Both voices were freely composed (not based
b) on a preexisting chant).
The lower voice was based on a preexisting
c) plainsong.
12. Poet-musicians of southern France are called: (see 82 Sh; 86 Chr; 342 Std)

a) troubadours.

b) trouvères.

c) Minnesingers.

13. Jongleurs are best described as: (see 82 Sh; 86 Chr; 342 Std)

a) German singers of courtly love.

b) female troubadours.

c) wandering actor-singers.

14. Which was NOT an activity associated with secular music in medieval society?
(see 82 Sh; 87 Chr; 343 Std)

a) dancing and dinner entertainment

b) devotional services

c) jousts and tournaments

15. Which best describes the repertory of the troubadours? (see 82 Sh; 90 Chr;
346 Std)

a) laments and love songs

b) political and war songs

c) both a and b
 Listening 2: Medieval Secular Music
1. This chanson is best classified as:

a) secular music.

b) sacred music.

c) liturgical music.

2. The chanson's texture is best described as:

a) monophonic.

b) polyphonic.

c) homophonic.

3. The chanson's text tells of:

a) courtly love.

b) praise of the Virgin Mary.

c) tales of victorious battles.

4. In which poetic form is this chanson set?

a) rondeau

b) ballade

c) virelai

5. Machaut is best described as:

a) a jongleur.

b) a courtier.

c) a minnesinger.

6. The repeated text and music heard in the

chanson is:

a) the verse.

b) the refrain.

c) the strophe.

7. The vocal range of the chanson is low, best

suited for men's voices.

a) true

b) false

8. The chanson features gently syncopated

rhythms.

a) true
 b) false

9. The chanson has no repeated musical sections.

a) true

b) false

10. Which era does this chanson exemplify?

a) Ars antiqua

b) Ars nova
 Listening 1: Chant, Organum, and Motet: Haec dies

1. The Gregorian chant Haec dies is sung as part of:

a) the Ordinary of the Mass on any day.

b) the Ordinary of the Mass on Christmas.

c) the Proper of the Mass on Easter.

d) the Proper of the Mass on Christmas.

2. The musical style of the chant Haec dies is best described as:
a) conjunct and monophonic.

b) conjunct and polyphonic.

c) disjunct and polyphonic.

d) disjunct and monophonic.

3. The meter of the chant Haec dies is best described as:
a) duple.

b) triple.

c) nonmetric.

d) changing.
4. The performance style of the chant Haec dies is best described as responsorial.
a) true

b) false
5. The text setting of the chant Haec dies is often melismatic.
a) true

b) false
6. The organum Haec dies features:
a freely composed lower voice and an upper voice based
a) on chant.
a freely composed upper voice and a lower voice based
b) on chant.
c) two freely composed voices.

d) two voices based on chant.

7. The upper voice moves slower than the lower voice in the organum Haec dies.
a) true

b) false
8. The motet O mitissima/Virgo/Haec dies features ___ voice parts.
 a) one

b) two

c) three

d) four
9. The top voice of the motet draws its melodic line from Gregorian chant.
a) true

b) false
10. Which of the following characteristics does NOT apply to the motet O
mitissima/Virgo/Haec dies?
a) polytextual

b) polyphonic texture

c) use of ostinato pattern

d) duple meter
11. The medieval motet can be either sacred or secular, depending on its texts.
a) true

b) false