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Music History Eras Part I
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What is a madrigal?
A vocal piece for several voices set to a short poem
A polyphonic piece used in Church, set to texts not used in the mass
A solo song in an opera
A monophonic chant from the Renaissance
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Madrigals combine what two textures?
Monophonic
Heterophonic
Homophonic
Polyphonic
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The Baroque Orchestra always had what two elements?
All ranges of woodwinds
A basso continuo
High strings
Brass instruments
4
Renaissance society used what two ancient civilizations as the basis to judge accomplishments?
Egypt
Rome
Mesopotamia
Greece
5
What is it called when music somehow represents the lyrics?
Symbolism
Program music
Word Painting
Impressionism
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Oratorios were mainly for church use.
True
False
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What are sudden dynamic changes created by adding or removing instruments called?
Sforzando
Fortepiano
Accent
Terraced dynamics
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What era is this from?
Medieval
Baroque
Renaissance
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What is a solo song in an opera called?
A lied
An aria
A ripieno
A melodie
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What period does this music come from?
Renaissance
Medieval Period
Baroque Period
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Oratorios are different from opera because:
The have no scenery, costumes, or acting
Oratorios are always in Latin
Oratorios only use a chorus
Oratorios do not contain dance
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Most ordinary people in the Baroque era heard music at public concerts
False
True
13
What is recitative?
A solo song in an opera
A recitation describing the story of the opera
A sung passage in opera modeled after speech
A monophonic chant
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What tool was extremely common in Renaissance secular music?
Stretto
Fugal entrances
Texture shifts
Word Painting
15
The main characteristic of music was the unity of all the elements of music
True
False
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What were the two categories of instruments in the Renaissance?
Loud outdoor instruments
Soft indoor instruments
Common instruments
Royal instruments
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Which of these are TRUE about Gregorian chant?
Monophonic Texture
Sung in Latin
Sacred
Strict rhythmic feel
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What type of music is this?
Fugue
Organum
Gregorian Chant
Ars Nova Music
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What register was used for the first time in the Renaissance?
Bass
Tenor
Alto
Sopranino
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What type of piece is this?
Oratorio
Organum
Madrigal
Motet
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What era is this piece from?
Renaissance
Baroque
Medieval
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Which is true about Organum?
Based on chant melodies
Sung in the language of the people
Sacred
Polyphonic
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What is this type of piece?
Fugue
Oratorio
Concerto Grosso
Opera
24
The revival of ancient standards of learning in the Renaissance was called what?
Moderism
Traditionalism
Rationalism
Humanism
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Renaissance Music was mostly monophonic.
False
True
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The Basso Continuo consisted of what two instruments?
Low melodic instrument
A Keyboard
A high woodwind
Percussion
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Ars Nova polyphonic sacred music was based on chant
False
True
28
England and Bohemia were best known for madrigals in the Renaissance
True
False
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What era is this from?
Medieval
Renaissance
Baroque
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What type of music is this?
Organum
Gregorian Chant
Ars Nova Music
Fugue
31
A polyphonic piece based around a main subject is called an oratorio
True
False
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What is this type of piece?
Fugue
Concerto Grosso
Oratorio
Opera
33
A movement is a independent piece within a larger work, with it's own themes and endings.
True
False
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What type of music is this?
Ars Nova Music
Gregorian Chant
Fugue
Organum
35
Medieval Music was mostly instrumental music
True
False
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Who were the Medieval French aristocrats that wrote poetry and set it to music?
Troubadours
Jongleurs
Clergy
Troveres
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What type of piece is this?
Madrigal
Oratorio
Motet
Organum
38
What period does this music come from?
Baroque Period
Renaissance
Medieval Period
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What is this type of piece?
Fugue
Oratorio
Concerto Grosso
Opera
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A concerto grosso alternates between a group of soloists and a larger group.
False
True
41
Troubadour and Trovere songs were often about courtly love
False
True
42
Sacred Music was most important in the Medieval Period
False
True
43
What period does this music come from?
Renaissance
Medieval Period
Baroque Period
44
Notre Dame became a center of what style of music in the Medieval period?
Gregorian Chant
Opera
Organum
Ars Nova music
45
Oratorios were based on:
Narrative biblical texts
Chant melodies
Portions of the Roman Catholic mass
Organum
46
What era is this piece from?
Renaissance
Baroque
Medieval
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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 does "Ars Nova" mean?
Secular Art
High Art
New Art
Art of the Stars
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What is a countersubject?
A new melody in a fugue
The inversion of the subject
The main subject of a fugue but played backwards
A transition between statements of the subject.
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What era is this from?
Medieval
Baroque
Renaissance
