Exam #1 Part 2

Question 1

Singing Renaissance era music

Answer 1

was easy as there were only small steps in melody.

Question 2

First nun credited to compositions

Answer 2

Hildegard of Bingen. She was abbess of the convent and a visionary.

Question 3

Musical texture during the Renaissance

Answer 3

was mainly polyphonic in texture.

Question 4

Gregorian Chant’s rhythm?

Answer 4

Rhythmically flexible and without meter.

Question 5

Guillame de Machaut

Answer 5

an outstanding ars nova composer, wrote love songs with instrumental accompaniment.

Question 6

Lute was subordinate to

Answer 6

the voice.

Question 7

During the Renaissance instruments were still..

Answer 7

subordinate to vocal music.

Question 8

Middle Ages: Important Facts

Answer 8

• Lasted from 450 to 1450
• Most musicians were priests
• Monks held most of the knowledge
• Most music was vocal

Question 9

The Renaissance saw a decline in what?

Answer 9

in power of the Catholic church.

Question 10

mass and the motet

Answer 10

a polyphonic choral work set to Latin text.

Question 11

What was the leading center of music during the Renaissance?

Answer 11

Italy, it produced the first Madrigals.

Question 12

The Estampie

Answer 12

A medieval dance. The notated music did not indicate instruments and contains only a single melodic line.

Question 13

Gregorian Chant’s texture

Answer 13

Monophonic.

Question 14

Gregorian Chants often contain?

Answer 14

Alleluia.

Question 15

The Renaissance was

Answer 15

an age of curiosity and exploration and a “rebirth” of creativity.

Question 16

Ars Nova

Answer 16

New Art, in latin.

Question 17

Medieval Secular Music dealt with?

Answer 17

All subjects except religion.

Question 18

Secular music was first created by?

Answer 18

French nobles called troubadours and trouveres.

Question 19

Madrigals

Answer 19

several solo voices set to a short love poem.

Question 20

Gregorian Chants are set to?

Answer 20

Sacred Latin texts.

Question 21

Lute

Answer 21

a guitar like instrument with a body shaped like half of a pear.

Question 22

Leading English Composer

Answer 22

John Dowland, famous for his melancholy song “Flow My Tears”

Question 23

English madrigals

Answer 23

such as “As Vesta was Descending”, featured word painting.

Question 24

Gregorian chant’s motion?

Answer 24

Stepwise

Question 25

Around 800 monks added?

Answer 25

A second melodic line to Gregorian Chant. They called it organum.

Question 26

Gregorian Chants were the official music of the?

Answer 26

Roman Catholic Church for over a thousand years.

Question 27

Educated People during the Renaissance were expected to be skilled in?

Answer 27

reading music notation, playing an instrument, and dancing.

Question 28

When did the Renaissance occur?

Answer 28

Between 1450 and 1600.

Question 29

Medieval Secular Music Became?

Answer 29

Much more important than sacred music in the 14th century because of a weakening church authority. It was not based on Gregorian chant.

Question 30

The passamezzo

Answer 30

A stately dance.

Question 31

Gregorian Chant’s Discontinuation

Answer 31

Was discontinued in 1962 because of the difficulty in performance and being outdated.

Question 32

Gregorian chant form?

Answer 32

ABA (ternary)

Question 33

Lute Song Texture

Answer 33

Mostly homophonic in texture.

Question 34

Leonin and Perotin

Answer 34

the first known composers, lead the school of Notre Dame. They helped create “ars nova” music featuring syncopation

Question 35

Gregorian chants retained elements of…

Answer 35

Jewish Synagogue.

Question 36

Jongleurs

Answer 36

wandering minstrels who played instrumental dances on various instruments but were looked down upon in society.

Question 37

Sacred renaissance music

Answer 37

Included both the mass and the motet. It was sung a cappella (without accompaniment).

Question 38

Gregorian Chants were sung by?

Answer 38

Monks without accompaniment

Question 39

Renaissance era instrumental music

Answer 39

was for dancing, such as the passamezzo.