Music History Final Exam Quiz!

How would you best describe plainchant melodies?

What were the two types of mass in the Medieval Period?

What was Guillaume du Fay most known for writing?

Who is credited with bringing plainchants into the liturgy?

What was the sacred counterpart to opera in the Baroque?

Where were trouveres from?

If you were born in 1714 and died in 1794 which Period of music history would you have lived in

Where were Troubadours from?

What does finalis mean?

Who won the War of the Buffoons?

Define ambitus

What is a hexachord

The entire range of available pitches was known as the ______________ in the Medieval period.

Who was involved in the divine office?

What were the solmization syllables in the Medieval Period?

How can one best describe polyphonic music in its simplest form?

True or False: Renaissance music was primarily disjunct?

Which Period of music history lasted from 1750 to 1800?

What is a plainchant?

How can one best describe homophonic in its simplest form?

What were the two types of Baroque opera?

True or False: Opera is sung entirely from beginning to end

How can one best describe monophonic in its simplest form?

What does Renaissance mean?

Who is responsible for coming up with the basis of today’s music notation system?

Which Period of music History lasted from 476 to 1400

True or False: The seconda prattica referred to the old style of Renaissance music?

What are the sections of Sonata form called?

________ is an instrumental line that was subordinate accompaniment to the vocal line above it.

Who was involved with the divine office?