MUS 100 Middle Ages Review

Question 1

What are pitches that do not belong within a given diatonic mode or scale called?

Accepted Answer

Chromatic

Question 2

Polyphony gave rise to which main feature of Western music?

Accepted Answer

Harmony

Question 3

The large collection of elaborate polyphonic works composed by Leonin and Perotin is known as

Accepted Answer

the Magnus Liber Organi

Question 4

The spread of Christianity during the Middle Ages resulted in the spread of

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learning

Question 5

The text setting that uses many notes per syllable is called:

Accepted Answer

Melismatic

Question 6

What famous cathedral is located in Paris, France?

Accepted Answer

Notre Dame

Question 7

A song or poem with a recurring refrain can be described using this term:

Accepted Answer

Rondeau

Question 8

Why might the earliest music of the Middle Ages have been passed down primarily by ear?

Accepted Answer

The printing press had not yet been invented

Question 9

What were the names of the two primary composers of the Notre Dame school in Paris during the 12th and 13th centuries?

Accepted Answer

Leoninus and Perotinus

Question 10

The text setting that uses one note for every syllable of the text is called

Accepted Answer

syllabic

Question 11

What two musical innovations characterized the later medieval period?

Accepted Answer

Polyphony and secular song

Question 12

A song with several verses that are set to the same tune can be described using this term:

Accepted Answer

Strophic

Question 13

Which of the following textures best describes plainchant?

Accepted Answer

monophonic

Question 14

What is a troubador?

Accepted Answer

A traveling poet-musician

Question 15

A medieval string instrument that is played by drawing a bow across the strings is called:

Accepted Answer

Vielle

Question 16

Liturgical music can be described as:

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Music written for a religious ceremony

Question 17

A fourteenth-century Italian song that is often about hunting and resembles a musical round is

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a caccia

Question 18

The "Kyrie" mass movement is written in which language?

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Greek

Question 19

All the medieval arts were concentrated in the

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Cathedral

Question 20

A medieval string instrument that is played by strumming the strings is called a:

Accepted Answer

Lute

Question 21

Monophonic liturgical vocal music of the Medieval period is also called...

Accepted Answer

Plainchant

Question 22

The most important element of variety in plainchant is given to it by the system of melodic:

Accepted Answer

Modes

Question 23

The text setting that uses a few notes per syllable is called:

Accepted Answer

Neumatic

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