Chapter 19

Question 1

Central service of the Roman Catholic Church.

Answer 1

Mass

Question 2

Sections of the Roman Catholic Mass that remain the same from day to day throughout the church year, as distinct from the ____, which changes daily according to the liturgical occasion.

Answer 2

Definition of Ordinary

distinct from Proper

Question 3

Sections of the Roman Catholic Mass that vary from day to day throughout the church year according to the liturgical occasion, as distinct from the _____ in which they remain the same.

Answer 3

Definition of Proper

distinct from ordinary

Question 4

The first musical section of the Ordinary of the Mass. Its construction is threefold, involving three repetitions of (Lord, have mercy), three of (Christ, have mercy), and again three of (Lord, have mercy)

Answer 4

Kyrie

Question 5

The second musical section of the Ordinary of the Mass

Answer 5

Gloria

Question 6

The third musical section of the Ordinary of the Mass.

Answer 6

Credo

Question 7

The fourth musical section of the Ordinary of the Mass.

Answer 7

Sanctus

Question 8

The last musical section of the Ordinary of the Mass

Answer 8

Agnus Dei

Question 9

Simple worship music, often monophonic, in which the church congregation participates; often associated with Lutheranism and Calvinism.

Answer 9

congregational singing

Question 10

Gloria from Pope Marcellus Mass: The texture in the opening phrase of this work is

Answer 10

monophonic

Question 11

Gloria from Pope Marcellus Mass: The overall harmony in this work is best described as

Answer 11

consonant

Question 12

LG 8: Gloria from Pope Marcellus: How is this work sung in this recording?

Answer 12

a cappella

Question 13

Gloria from Pope Marcellus Mass: The text setting in each vocal melody is mostly

Answer 13

syllabic

Question 14

Gloria from Pope Marcellus Mass: Which of the following most significantly helps in creating a solemn tone in the piece?
A slow tempo and weak pulse.
Sudden shifts in dynamics.
The combinations of voice parts change often.
The uses of instruments.

Answer 14

A slow tempo and weak pulse

Question 15

Which of the following best describes the texture of this excerpt?
Gloria from Pope Marcellus Mass (not opening)

Answer 15

predominately homorhythmic

Question 16

Gloria from Pope Marcellus Mass: Which of the following is true in regard to this excerpt? (not opening)

The words are easily heard.
There is a lot of polyphonic imitation.
It is monophonic.
There are instruments.

Answer 16

The words are easily heard

Question 17

What language is heard in Gloria from Pope Marcellus Mass?

Answer 17

Latin

Question 18

Gloria Pope Marcellus Mass: Which statement best describes the dynamics in this excerpt?
mostly allegro
gradual crescendo to forte very soft throughout (pianissimo)
gradual decrescendo from forte to piano

Answer 18

gradual crescendo to forte

Question 19

Gloria Pope Marcellus Mass: Which of the following is NOT heard in this excerpt?
softer dynamic
a cappella performance
four voices with some polyphonic imitation
lower male voices singing alone throughout

Answer 19

lower male voices singing alone throughout

Question 20

Many consider ______ song essential for building collective purpose, whether in worship or in other group activity

Answer 20

unison

Question 21

Others rely on the grandeur of ______ to convey magnificence and glory, whether in church or in other places of celebration

Answer 21

polyphony

Question 22

Christian reform in the 1500s: while ______ argued for the simple unity of congregational singing, _____ affirmed the power of professional choirs and complex textures, especially in polyphonic settings of the _____

Answer 22

Protestants; Catholics, Mass

Question 23

A reenactment of Christ’s Last Supper with his disciples, the _____, is the most solemn ritual of the Catholic Church. The collection of prayers that make up the ______ remain the same in every Mass; the _____ texts vary from day to day throughout the church year, depending the feast being celebrated

Answer 23

Mass; Ordinary; Proper

Question 24

Aside from the Kyrie which is a _____ text, the rest of the Mass was in _____, the language of ancient Romans and the language of _____ throughout the Middle Ages and Renaissance

Answer 24

Greek; Latin; learning

Question 25

The Catholic Church continued to celebrate the Mass in Latin unit the middle of the _____ century

Answer 25

twentieth

Question 26

``` The Ordinary portion of the Mass included 2. ____ 3 ____ 6. ____ 8. ____ 9. ____ ```

Answer 26

``` Kyrie Gloria Credo Sanctus Agnus Dei ```

Question 27

The Proper portion of the Mass included 1. ____ 4. ____ 5. ____ (or ___) 7. ____ 10. ____

Answer 27

``` Introit Gradual Alleluia (Tract) Offertory Communion ```

Question 28

With the rise of Renaissance polyphony, composers concentrated their musical settings on the ______, fixed portion sung daily. Its five prayers are the ____, _____, _____, _____, and _____ ___ Today, these are sung in the _____, language of the country, rather than in Latin although it has come to back to Latin in recent years)

Answer 28

Ordinary; Kyrie, Gloria, Credo, Sanctus, and Angus Dei | Vernacular

Question 29

The _____ is a prayer for mercy that dates from the early centuries of Christianity, as its Greek text attests.

Answer 29

Kyrie

Question 30

Ordinary: The prayer is followed by the ____ ("glory be to God on high"), a joyful hymn of praise.

Answer 30

Gloria

Question 31

The third section of ordinary, the _____ ("I believe in one God, the Father Almighty), is the confession of faith and the longest of Mass texts

Answer 31

Credo

Question 32

Ordinary: Fourth is the _____ ("Holy, holy, holy"), a song of praise, which concludes with "Hosanna in the highest"

Answer 32

Sanctus

Question 33

The fifth and last part of the Ordinary, the _____ ___ ("Lamb of God, Who takes away the sins of the world"), is sung three times with different words for its conclusion

Answer 33

Agnus Dei

Question 34

Around the time of _____'s death (1521), major religious reforms were spreading across Northern Europe

Answer 34

Josquin

Question 35

In 1517, the Augustinian monk named _____ _____ (1483-1546) launched the Protestant movement known as the _______ with his Ninety-Five Theses, a list of reforms he proposed for the Catholic Church. Rather than adopt these ideas, the church ______ him

Answer 35

Martin Luther; Reformation; excommunicated

Question 36

Martin Luther and another reformer, _____ ____ (1509-1564) believed that simple, monophonic _______ ______ in the _____ should be the basis of Christian worship

Answer 36

John Calvin; congregational singing; vernacular

Question 37

John Calvin rejected _____ as distracting from the essential focus on scriptural text: his followers (including early _____/_____ who came to North America) embraced the idea that worship song should be _____ and shared by all _____

Answer 37

polyphony; Pilgrims/Puritans; monophonic; congregants

Question 38

Martin Luther encouraged his followers to add _____ worship music to enhance the congregational ____ singing

Answer 38

polyphony; unison

Question 39

The Catholic Church underwent its own reform movement, focused on a return to Christian _____, known as the Catholic ______ or ______-_____

Answer 39

piety; Reformation, Counter-Reformation

Question 40

The Counter-Reformation, which extended from the 1530s to early decades of 17th century, witnessed changes in the church as religious orders increased their efforts to help the ____ and combat _____. The church organized what some view as the longest committee meeting in history: the _____ of ____ which met, with some interruptions, from 1545-1563

Answer 40

poor; heresy; Council of Trent

Question 41

The Council of Trent took up the matter of Church ____

Answer 41

music

Question 42

Council of Trent: noted the corruption of traditional chants by the singers, who added _____ to the _____ melodies

Answer 42

embellishments; Gregorian

Question 43

Council of Trent: objected to the use of certain ______ in religious services, the practice of incorporating popular _____ in Masses, the _____ spirit that had invaded sacred music, the generally irreverent attitude of church ____

Answer 43

instruments, songs, secular, musicians

Question 44

The cardinals claimed that in _____ settings of the Mass, the ____ text was made unintelligible by the texture

Answer 44

polyphonic, sacred

Question 45

The committee assigned to deal with the music problem issued general recommendations in favor of a pure ____ style that would respect the integrity of ____ texts, avoid ____, and encourage ____. These traits are heard in the polyphony by the Italian master ______ ____ _ ____

Answer 45

vocal, sacred, virtuosity, piety; Giovanni Pierluigi de Palestrina

Question 46

Palestrina (named for town where he was born) worked as an organist and choirmaster at various Italian churches, included __ _____'s in Rome, where he spent his last 23 years. He wrote largely ____ music - output of ____ exceeds that of any other composers- and his music represents the pure _____ style of vocal ____ typical of the late Renaissance. He strove the make the ____ understood by properly accentuating them, meeting the guidelines of Catholic reform

Answer 46

St. Peter's; sacred; Masses; a cappella; polyphony; words

Question 47

Palestrina's ____ ____ Mass was thought to have been written to satisfy the Council of Trent's recommendations, but this probably isn't true.

Answer 47

Pope Marcellus

Question 48

Palestrina's Pope Marcellus Mass: Since the papal choir sang without _____ accompaniment, this Mass was most likely performed _____

Answer 48

instrumental; a cappella

Question 49

Palestrina's Pope Marcellus Mass: written for ___ voice parts- _____, ____, two ____, and two ___, typical setting for all-____ church choirs of the era

Answer 49

six; soprano, alto, tenors, basses; male

Question 50

Palestrina's Pope Marcellus Mass: highest voice sung by boy ____ or male _____ (singing in falsetto, or head voice), the alto part by male altos or _____ (tenors with very high voice)

Answer 50

sopranos, falsettists; countertenors

Question 51

The ____ from the Pope Marcellus Mass exhibits _____'s hallmark style- restrained, serene, and celestial

Answer 51

Gloria; Palestrina

Question 52

Palestrina's Pope Marcellus Mass: The opening line, "Gloria in excelsis Deo"m("_____") is chanted by the officiating ____

Answer 52

"Glory be to God on high" | priest

Question 53

Palestrina's Pope Marcellus Mass: For the remaining text (not opening line) , Palestrina constructed a ____ setting, balancing the harmonic and polyphonic elements so that the ____ are clearly audible.

Answer 53

polyphonic, words

Question 54

Palestrina's music is representative of the pure _____ style of vocal ___ of the later Renaissance. It reflected the Catholic Church's beliefs that heavenly sounds produced by trained ____ would be more spiritually powerful than the rough song of an untrained ____ - opposite of ____'s concept of a "musical priesthood of all the faithful"

Answer 54

a cappella; professionals; congregation; Calvin

Question 55

Palestrina's Pope Marcellus Mass" melody shifts between ____ and ___ range voices

Answer 55

high and low

Question 56

Palestrina's Pope Marcellus Mass: the rhythm/meter includes a ____ ____ meter and a ___ pulse

Answer 56

slow duple | weak

Question 57

Palestrina's Pope Marcellus Mass: the harmony is...

Answer 57

full and consonant

Question 58

Palestrina's Pope Marcellus Mass: The texture. A ____ opening; then _____, with some _____; frequent changes in the ____ of voices

Answer 58

monophonic; homorhythmic, polyphony; density

Question 59

Palestrina's Pope Marcellus Mass: it is ____-____ (no major section repeated), with some ___ ideas exchanged between ____

Answer 59

through-composed; short, voices

Question 60

Palestrina's Pope Marcellus Mass: performing force is a ___-part ___, ____

Answer 60

six-part choir, a cappella

Question 61

Palestrina's Pope Marcellus Mass: The text is a hymn of ____; second movement of the ____ of the ____

Answer 61

praise; Ordinary, Mass