Music: An Appreciation, Brief 7th Edition (Kamien)

Chapter 1: Music In The Middle Ages (450-1450)

Multiple Choice

1
Gregorian chant
A)is monophonic in texture.
B)is polyphonic in texture.
C)is homophonic in texture.
D)has no texture.
2
The church modes are
A)different from the major and minor scales in that they consist of only six different tones.
B)different from the major and minor scales in that they consist of only five different tones.
C)like the major and minor scales in that they consist of seven tones and an eighth tone that duplicates the first an octave higher.
D)completely different from any other form of scale.
3
Hildegard of Bingen
A)was a troubadour in Rupertsberg, Germany.
B)wrote only poetry.
C)was the first woman composer to leave a large number of works that have survived .
D)All of the answers are correct.
4
Gregorian chant is named after Pope Gregory I, who
A)composed all the chants presently in use.
B)had his name put on the first printed edition.
C)was credited by medieval legend with having created it, even though it evolved over many centuries.
D)wrote the texts for the chants.
5
One or more long, sustained notes that accompany a melody is known as a
A)phrase.
B)drone.
C)sequence.
D)binary form.
6
The wandering minstrels, or jongleurs, of the Middle Ages
A)performed music and acrobatics in castles, taverns, and town squares.
B)lived on the highest level of society.
C)played instrumental dances on the drums.
D)always had steady work.
7
The notation of the secular songs of the Middle Ages does not indicate
A)rhythm.
B)pitch.
C)duration.
D)dynamics.
8
The first large body of secular songs that survives in decipherable notation was composed during
A)the ninth century by monks for church services.
B)the twelfth and thirteenth centuries by French nobles called troubadours and trouvères.
C)the fourteenth century by Guillaume de Machaut and his contemporaries.
D)the fifteenth century by wandering minstrels called jongleurs.
9
Most of the French secular songs of the Middle Ages dealt with
A)the Crusades.
B)spinning.
C)dancing.
D)love.
10
In the recording of the medieval estampie, the melody line is played on a rebec, a
A)medieval drum.
B)bowed string instrument.
C)tubular wind instrument.
D)plucked string instrument.
11
The center of polyphonic music in Europe after 1150 was
A)Paris.
B)Rome.
C)Reims.
D)London.
12
A chant that is used as the basis for polyphony is known as
A)basso ostinato.
B)organum.
C)alleluia.
D)cantus firmus.
13
Leonin and Perotin are notable because they
A)are the first important composers known by name.
B)indicated definite time values and a clearly defined meter in their music.
C)were the leaders of the school of Notre Dame.
D)All of the answers are correct.
14
The first steps toward the development of polyphony were taken sometime between 700 and 900, when
A)musicians composed new music to accompany dancing.
B)the French nobles began to sing hunting songs together.
C)monks in monastery choirs began to add a second melodic line to Gregorian chant.
D)All of the answers are correct.
15
Medieval music that consists of Gregorian chant and one or more additional melodic lines is called
A)ars nova.
B)organum.
C)alleluia.
D)cantus firmus.
16
The ars nova, or new art, of the fourteenth century differed from older music in that
A)a new system of notation permitted composers to specify almost any rhythmic pattern.
B)the subjects were all secular.
C)there was no syncopation.
D)the music emphasized homophonic texture.
17
The foremost composer of fourteenth-century France was
A)Guillaume de Machaut.
B)Péronne d'Armentières.
C)Charles V.
D)Perotin.
18
Secular music in the fourteenth century
A)was less important than sacred music.
B)was based on Gregorian chant.
C)included drinking songs and pieces in which bird calls, dog barks, and hunting shouts were imitated.
D)was very similar to music of earlier centuries.
19
The Notre Dame Mass by Guillaume de Machaut was
A)written for three voices without instrumental accompaniment.
B)written for the Cathedral of Notre Dame in Paris.
C)the first polyphonic treatment of the mass ordinary by a known composer.
D)All of the answers are correct.
20
Which of the following is not a part of the mass ordinary?
A)Ave Maria
B)Gloria
C)Kyrie
D)Credo
Music: An Appreciation, Brief
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