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Music History Eras Part I
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Which is true about Organum?
Sacred
Sung in the language of the people
Polyphonic
Based on chant melodies
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Medieval Music was mostly instrumental music
False
True
3
Madrigals combine what two textures?
Polyphonic
Monophonic
Heterophonic
Homophonic
4
The main characteristic of music was the unity of all the elements of music
True
False
5
Most ordinary people in the Baroque era heard music at public concerts
True
False
6
A movement is a independent piece within a larger work, with it's own themes and endings.
True
False
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What era is this from?
Renaissance
Medieval
Baroque
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What are sudden dynamic changes created by adding or removing instruments called?
Accent
Terraced dynamics
Fortepiano
Sforzando
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What is this type of piece?
Fugue
Concerto Grosso
Oratorio
Opera
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What era is this from?
Renaissance
Medieval
Baroque
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What tool was extremely common in Renaissance secular music?
Texture shifts
Stretto
Word Painting
Fugal entrances
12
What register was used for the first time in the Renaissance?
Tenor
Sopranino
Alto
Bass
13
Renaissance society used what two ancient civilizations as the basis to judge accomplishments?
Greece
Rome
Mesopotamia
Egypt
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What type of music is this?
Fugue
Ars Nova Music
Organum
Gregorian Chant
15
Troubadour and Trovere songs were often about courtly love
False
True
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What period does this music come from?
Renaissance
Medieval Period
Baroque Period
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What type of piece is this?
Motet
Organum
Madrigal
Oratorio
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Notre Dame became a center of what style of music in the Medieval period?
Gregorian Chant
Ars Nova music
Organum
Opera
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Which of these are TRUE about Gregorian chant?
Monophonic Texture
Sacred
Strict rhythmic feel
Sung in Latin
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Oratorios are different from opera because:
Oratorios are always in Latin
Oratorios only use a chorus
Oratorios do not contain dance
The have no scenery, costumes, or acting
21
The Baroque Orchestra always had what two elements?
A basso continuo
High strings
Brass instruments
All ranges of woodwinds
22
The revival of ancient standards of learning in the Renaissance was called what?
Traditionalism
Rationalism
Moderism
Humanism
23
What era is this from?
Baroque
Medieval
Renaissance
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A polyphonic piece based around a main subject is called an oratorio
True
False
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What is this type of piece?
Opera
Fugue
Oratorio
Concerto Grosso
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England and Bohemia were best known for madrigals in the Renaissance
False
True
27
What is a Renaissance polyphonic piece set to sacred Latin text other than those used in the Roman Catholic Mass?
Concerto
Motet
Oratorio
Madrigal
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What is a madrigal?
A vocal piece for several voices set to a short poem
A monophonic chant from the Renaissance
A solo song in an opera
A polyphonic piece used in Church, set to texts not used in the mass
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What type of music is this?
Fugue
Gregorian Chant
Organum
Ars Nova Music
30
A concerto grosso alternates between a group of soloists and a larger group.
True
False
31
The Basso Continuo consisted of what two instruments?
Low melodic instrument
A Keyboard
A high woodwind
Percussion
32
What were the two categories of instruments in the Renaissance?
Royal instruments
Common instruments
Loud outdoor instruments
Soft indoor instruments
33
What does "Ars Nova" mean?
Art of the Stars
High Art
New Art
Secular Art
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What type of piece is this?
Madrigal
Motet
Organum
Oratorio
35
What is recitative?
A sung passage in opera modeled after speech
A monophonic chant
A recitation describing the story of the opera
A solo song in an opera
36
What era is this piece from?
Medieval
Renaissance
Baroque
37
Oratorios were based on:
Portions of the Roman Catholic mass
Narrative biblical texts
Organum
Chant melodies
38
What type of music is this?
Fugue
Gregorian Chant
Ars Nova Music
Organum
39
What is a solo song in an opera called?
An aria
A ripieno
A lied
A melodie
40
What period does this music come from?
Medieval Period
Baroque Period
Renaissance
41
Sacred Music was most important in the Medieval Period
False
True
42
Oratorios were mainly for church use.
False
True
43
Ars Nova polyphonic sacred music was based on chant
False
True
44
What is this type of piece?
Fugue
Oratorio
Concerto Grosso
Opera
45
Who were the Medieval French aristocrats that wrote poetry and set it to music?
Clergy
Troubadours
Troveres
Jongleurs
46
What era is this piece from?
Medieval
Baroque
Renaissance
47
What period does this music come from?
Baroque Period
Medieval Period
Renaissance
48
What is a countersubject?
A transition between statements of the subject.
The inversion of the subject
A new melody in a fugue
The main subject of a fugue but played backwards
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What is it called when music somehow represents the lyrics?
Word Painting
Impressionism
Symbolism
Program music
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Renaissance Music was mostly monophonic.
False
True
