HWM quiz 2 (ch. 7-9)

Question 1

A mass cycle is

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composing the Mass Ordinary texts in some cohesive way

Question 2

The Renaissance definition of ________ is: a polyphonic song in Latin; usually sacred and not used for the Mass Ordinary

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motet

Question 3

Using the same chant tune in each movement of the mass Ordinary is called a:

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cantus-firmus mass

Question 4

If you lived during the Renaissance time, your experience could be summed up as "doom, gloom, and dark despair".

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False

Question 5

During the Renaissance, in music, everything went back to the traditional Greek model

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False

Question 6

Which musical aspects make up the English sound

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regular, clear phrases, homorhythmic, 3rds and 6ths, syllabic

Question 7

concepts in English 'contenance angelois' are 1) a new style of international polyphony and 2) the polyphonic mass cycle

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True

Question 8

Imitation differs from canon in that in Imitation, the notes may differ slightly in successive voices

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True

Question 9

Most Ren. compositions were still in ______ meter with occasional switch to _____ meter. The crosses are called _____

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triple, duple, hemiola

Question 10

Late 1400s music characteristics: voice parts were composed separately (e.g. first the complete tenor, then the rest)

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False

Question 11

In a cantus-firmus mass, the borrowed chant is only used in the tenor

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True

Question 12

Which of the following are reasons multiple composers would write a mass using the same tune as a basis:

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to make their music more marketable, to prove their own worth as a composer, to pay homage to a composer, as a teaching tool to learn composition

Question 13

Which is NOT a way to use canon in composition

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paraphrase (ornamenting the chant melody)

Question 14

Late 1400s music characteristics: the technique of imitation was not used very often

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False

Question 15

Who are the three main composers of the late 1400s, following Ockeghem and Busnoys?

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Obrecht, Isaac, Josquin, Obrecht, Isaac, Desprez

Question 16

Paying attention to how the words line up with the melody and rhythm became increasingly important in the Renaissance

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True

Question 17

What are the approximate dates of the Renaissance?

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1400-1600

Question 18

Text underlay refers to precisely putting the words/syllables under the note to be sung with that word

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True

Question 19

What is a chapel (as defined in the Renaissance)?

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a group of musicians and clerics that work for a ruler

Question 20

Late 1400s music characteristics: the tenor voice provided the harmonic foundation for the songs

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False

Question 21

Lieder are songs from _________

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German

Question 22

The idea of voices moving in parallel 3rds and 6ths (aka 1st inversion chords) is known as faburden or fauxburdon

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True

Question 23

Which of the following are characteristic of a Renaissance carol?

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usually a Christmas text, contains a burden, 2 or 3 voices

Question 24

The Reformation happened during the Renaissance

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True

Question 25

As time goes on during the Renaissance, melismas

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are used less

Question 26

Which of the following is NOT an important humanism characteristic

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religion

Question 27

In what way(s) did the invention of the printing press benefit music

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"publishing" became a recognized profession, composers could publish and sell their songs, copying errors were mostly eliminated

Question 28

Late 1400s music characteristics: The text determines the musical structure

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True

Question 29

Ren. musicians often moved and traveled, leading to a(n) __________ style and _________ as the core compositional style

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international; counterpoint

Question 30

The two main composers who follow DuFay are:

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Busnois and Ockeghem

Question 31

In the Renaissance, patrons commissioned masses to be written in honor of people. This practice is not done today

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False

Question 32

Using musical gestures to reinforce visual images in the text is called

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word painting, text depiction

Question 33

Using the same head motive (beginning tune) in each movement of the mass is called a

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motto mass

Question 34

In a cantus-firmus/imitation mass, one or more voices are borrowed from a motet, and can be used in all the mass voices.

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True

Question 35

The most popular secular tune used as a cantus-firmus is:

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L'homme arme

Question 36

The three most well-known English and Burgundy composers of the Early Renaissance are:

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Du Fay, Binchois, Dunstable

Question 37

What is meant by 'points of imitation'?

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motives in multiple voices with the entrances evenly spaced out

Question 38

Using music to convey the emotions or overall mood of the text is called _______

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text expression

Question 39

The bass part was added to music when females started singing church music.

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False

Question 40

Josquin and Deprez are two of the best Renaissance composers

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False

Question 41

The Ren. definition of a ________ is: a polyphonic setting of a French secular poem

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chanson

Question 42

Which was NOT a common way musicians received training during the Renaissance

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youtube

Question 43

The tuning system that we use today, that (mostly) solved the problem of some intervals being unusable is:

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equal temperament

Question 44

The idea of 'contenance angloise' is associated with the French musical tradition

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False

Question 45

In the Renaissance, well-educated people were expected to read music, sing, and play an instrument

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True

Question 46

What is one technology invention of the Renaissance that greatly benefitted your professor?

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eye glasses

Question 47

What is NOT a way that the humanist idea of contrast is applied to music

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going back and forth between loud and soft

Question 48

What does the term "Renaissance" mean?

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rebirth

Question 49

Late 1400s music characteristics: instrumental music is on the rise

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True

Question 50

Which of the following were characteristics of the new counterpoint?

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avoid parallel 5ths and octaves, strict control of dissonance

Question 51

Which of the following are characteristics of the new counterpoint style?

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preference for consonance, including 3rds and 6ths

Question 52

Late 1400s music characteristics: Most music was in _____ voices

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4, but some had 5 or 6

Question 53

Just intonation solved the problems of some intervals being out of tune

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True

Question 54

Mean-tone temperament solved the problem of some intervals being unusable

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False

Question 55

Relying on one's own ability to improve a situation instead of depending on the supernatural is:

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humanism

Question 56

The music of the Ren. was important in its time, but its ideals really didn't last long-term and we no longer use them.

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False

Question 57

Which family was a leading patron of the arts

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Medici

Question 58

A mass that is based on all voices (not just the tenor) of a polyphonic work (like a motet) is called a _______

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imitation mass

Question 59

Josquain Desprez was the G.O.A.T. of Renaissance composers

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True

Question 60

Du Fay's motets are mainly in 3 voice with the melody in the top

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True

Question 61

A mass that is based on a chant melody that is decorated and used in all voices is called a ________

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paraphrase mass

Question 62

Late 1400s music characteristics: borrowed melodies were found in all voices, not just the tenor

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True

Question 63

In the music of mid 15th c. composers (like Busnoys and Ockeghem), ___________

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all voices are relatively equal in importance, the voices ranges are wider, masses are mostly in 4 voices

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