Adam de la Halle and His Music

Question 1

were prominent during the late 11th to the 13th century

Answer 1

troubadours

Question 2

Troubadour’s music was primarily for _________

Answer 2

entertainment

Question 3

they were very influential people- with the freedom of speech that they had

Answer 3

troubadours

Question 4

they were favored by courts during this time and were even involved in political undertakings

Answer 4

troubadours

Question 5

They were traveling musicians

Answer 5

troubadours

Question 6

What song were the troubadours mostly about?

Answer 6

courtly love

Question 7

Most of them were of noble descent and knights that had been part of the crusades

Answer 7

troubadours

Question 8

occitan word “trobar” means?

Answer 8

to find

Question 9

were the ones that wrote new poetry

Answer 9

troubadours

Question 10

What word was troubadour stemmed from?

Answer 10

trobar

Question 11

The works of the troubadours were preserved in writing in a manuscript called ________

Answer 11

chansonniers

Question 12

What was the similarity of Gregorian Chant to Troubadour Music?

Answer 12

both monophonic

Question 13

________ was the most common, with five or six stanzas(poem)

Answer 13

Canso

Question 14

was a song that they used for dance and had a refrain

Answer 14

dansa or balada

Question 15

was a love song from a knight to a shepherdess

Answer 15

pastorela

Question 16

another term for dansa

Answer 16

balada

Question 17

amanuscriptor printed book which contains a collection ofchansons(song-books)

Answer 17

chansonniers

Question 18

polyphonicandmonophonic settingsof songs

Answer 18

chansons

Question 19

was a song style used by the troubadours

Answer 19

canso or canson or canzo

Question 20

the most common genre used, especially by early troubadours, and only in the second half of the 13th century was its dominance challenged

Answer 20

canso or canson or canzo

Question 21

What challenged canso?

Answer 21

a growing number of poets writing coblas esparsas

Question 22

It is related to the English term “dance” and was often accompanied by dancing.

Answer 22

dansa

Question 23

an Occitan lyric genre used by the troubadours

Answer 23

pastorela

Question 24

It gave rise to the Old French pastourelle.

Answer 24

pastorela

Question 25

They are usually humorous pieces.

Answer 25

pastorela

Question 26

When was the estimated birth year of Adam de la Halle?

Answer 26

1276

Question 27

What does Adam le Bossu mean?

Answer 27

Adam the hunchback

Question 28

Where did Adam de la Halle study to become a priest?

Answer 28

Cistercian Abbey of Vaucelles

Question 29

Who did Adam de la Halle marry?

Answer 29

Maroie

Question 30

Where was Adam de la Halle born?

Answer 30

Arras, In Northern France

Question 31

Where did Adam de la Halle go in 1280?

Answer 31

Italy

Question 32

count of Artois

Answer 32

Roberto II

Question 33

When did Adam de la Halle pass away?

Answer 33

1288

Question 34

Court of the King of the Two Sicilies in Naples

Answer 34

Carlos of Anjou

Question 35

How many chansons did Adam de la Halle make?

Answer 35

36

Question 36

How many jeux partis?

Answer 36

17

Question 37

first opera ever made

Answer 37

Le jeu de Robin et Marion