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Music History Eras Part I
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What is a Renaissance polyphonic piece set to sacred Latin text other than those used in the Roman Catholic Mass?
Motet
Madrigal
Concerto
Oratorio
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What era is this piece from?
Baroque
Renaissance
Medieval
3
Sacred Music was most important in the Medieval Period
True
False
4
A movement is a independent piece within a larger work, with it's own themes and endings.
False
True
5
Notre Dame became a center of what style of music in the Medieval period?
Gregorian Chant
Opera
Organum
Ars Nova music
6
Most ordinary people in the Baroque era heard music at public concerts
True
False
7
Who were the Medieval French aristocrats that wrote poetry and set it to music?
Clergy
Jongleurs
Troubadours
Troveres
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Oratorios were mainly for church use.
True
False
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What is this type of piece?
Fugue
Concerto Grosso
Oratorio
Opera
10
Renaissance society used what two ancient civilizations as the basis to judge accomplishments?
Egypt
Rome
Mesopotamia
Greece
11
England and Bohemia were best known for madrigals in the Renaissance
False
True
12
The Baroque Orchestra always had what two elements?
All ranges of woodwinds
A basso continuo
Brass instruments
High strings
13
What period does this music come from?
Medieval Period
Renaissance
Baroque Period
14
The Basso Continuo consisted of what two instruments?
A Keyboard
A high woodwind
Low melodic instrument
Percussion
15
What is recitative?
A solo song in an opera
A monophonic chant
A recitation describing the story of the opera
A sung passage in opera modeled after speech
16
What does "Ars Nova" mean?
High Art
New Art
Secular Art
Art of the Stars
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What type of music is this?
Fugue
Organum
Gregorian Chant
Ars Nova Music
18
Oratorios are different from opera because:
Oratorios only use a chorus
The have no scenery, costumes, or acting
Oratorios do not contain dance
Oratorios are always in Latin
19
The revival of ancient standards of learning in the Renaissance was called what?
Moderism
Rationalism
Traditionalism
Humanism
20
The main characteristic of music was the unity of all the elements of music
False
True
21
What period does this music come from?
Baroque Period
Medieval Period
Renaissance
22
Which is true about Organum?
Based on chant melodies
Sung in the language of the people
Polyphonic
Sacred
23
What period does this music come from?
Medieval Period
Renaissance
Baroque Period
24
What were the two categories of instruments in the Renaissance?
Loud outdoor instruments
Royal instruments
Soft indoor instruments
Common instruments
25
What is a countersubject?
A new melody in a fugue
The main subject of a fugue but played backwards
A transition between statements of the subject.
The inversion of the subject
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What is this type of piece?
Opera
Concerto Grosso
Fugue
Oratorio
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A polyphonic piece based around a main subject is called an oratorio
False
True
28
What type of music is this?
Gregorian Chant
Organum
Fugue
Ars Nova Music
29
What era is this piece from?
Medieval
Renaissance
Baroque
30
What is a solo song in an opera called?
A melodie
A lied
An aria
A ripieno
31
What is this type of piece?
Opera
Fugue
Concerto Grosso
Oratorio
32
What era is this from?
Medieval
Renaissance
Baroque
33
Troubadour and Trovere songs were often about courtly love
False
True
34
Madrigals combine what two textures?
Heterophonic
Monophonic
Polyphonic
Homophonic
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Which of these are TRUE about Gregorian chant?
Strict rhythmic feel
Sung in Latin
Monophonic Texture
Sacred
36
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
37
What are sudden dynamic changes created by adding or removing instruments called?
Accent
Terraced dynamics
Fortepiano
Sforzando
38
Renaissance Music was mostly monophonic.
False
True
39
What type of piece is this?
Organum
Madrigal
Oratorio
Motet
40
What type of music is this?
Fugue
Gregorian Chant
Organum
Ars Nova Music
41
Ars Nova polyphonic sacred music was based on chant
False
True
42
What era is this from?
Medieval
Baroque
Renaissance
43
Medieval Music was mostly instrumental music
False
True
44
What era is this from?
Medieval
Baroque
Renaissance
45
What register was used for the first time in the Renaissance?
Alto
Tenor
Bass
Sopranino
46
What type of piece is this?
Madrigal
Organum
Motet
Oratorio
47
A concerto grosso alternates between a group of soloists and a larger group.
False
True
48
Oratorios were based on:
Chant melodies
Organum
Portions of the Roman Catholic mass
Narrative biblical texts
49
What tool was extremely common in Renaissance secular music?
Texture shifts
Fugal entrances
Word Painting
Stretto
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What is it called when music somehow represents the lyrics?
Word Painting
Program music
Impressionism
Symbolism
