Unit 2 Review

Organum was freely composed, with no preexisting basis

Martin Luther and John Calvin both believed congregational singing should be in

In addition to composing music, Hildegard of Bingen is known for

The late Middle Ages witnessed

Which o the following was a characteristic of medieval art abandoned in the Renaissance?

Which of the following does not characterize plainchant?

Why was art music of the Middle Ages predominantly religious?

The perfection of Monophony is the single most important Feature in the development of Western Music

The text "Lamb of God, Who takes away the sins of the world" is heard in which part of the Mass Ordinary?

Troubadours and trouvères were medieval musicians often living on the fringes of society

The Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris was a center for Polyphony

Polyphony is the combination of two or more simultaneous melodic lines

In the early Middle Ages, music was often composed in fixed patterns of long and short notes known as rhythmic modes

The two most important genres of Renaissance secular music were the Chanson and the Madrigal

Which of the following was a leader in the Protestant Reformation

Despite the dominance of sacred music during the Middle Ages, secular music became important for entertainment

Most of the surviving music from the early Middle Ages is secular

Polyphony was initially reserved for worship on the highest feast days

_______ is traditionally associated with collecting and organizing the changes of the church

Polyphony required the development of

The earliest type of polyphony was

Which of the following are the movements of the Ordinary of the Mass?

Which part of the Mass Ordinary includes the text, "I believe in one God, the Father Almighty"?

The troubadours were essential to the spread of sacred music

The knowledge of early civilizations and the culture of the Middle Ages were preserved largely in monasteries

Adding a Second Voice to a Gregorian Melody at the interval of a fifth or a fourth is called Organum

The Renaissance motet is a sacred genre with a single Latin Text

The Renaissance was characterized by an increased awareness of the cultures of learned civilizations

Polyphony was uniformly welcomed in all religious communities

Guillaume de Machaut worked primarily in

The Frankish emperor who encouraged education and the concept of a centralized government was

What is the form of a rondeau

Which section of the Ordinary of the Mass is a confession of faith?

Why does Gregorian chant sound so different from other types of Western music?

The development of notation led to the recognition of

An early center for the development of polyphony was the Cathedral of Notre Dame in Paris

The history of Western music begins

The outstanding composer-poet of the Ars nova was

Notre Dame style of Polyphony: the tenor line is based on a preexisting chant and upper voices moved freely was called

In what era did the development of polyphony begin to emerge

Which performers of secular music were associated with Northern France

The Ars nova ushered in developments in

Which of the following best describes the Crusades

The first section of the Ordinary of the Mass, a plea for Mercy, is called the

Many composers wrote motets in praise of the Virgin Mary

The two centers of power during the early Middle Ages were the church and

All of the following are major literary landmarks of the Middle Ages EXCEPT

Music performed a cappella is for voices only, without instrumental accompaniment

Which part of the Mass Ordinary includes the text, "Hosanna in the highest?"

During the fourteenth century, a style of music developed that became known as

Music that directly reflects the meaning of the words is called word-painting

The perfection of Polyphony is the single most important feature in the development of Western Music

Which of the following was a subject reflected in the poems of the troubadours and trouvères?

The tradition of troubadours and trouvères developed in