Mass

Question 1

What did Machaut use to influence his ‘Messe de Nostre Dame’?

Answer 1

the Messe de Tournai

Question 2

Which composer does “among the first composers for whom we have a complete edition of collected works” refer to?

Answer 2

Guillaume de Machaut

Question 3

What term does “Latin for “new art,” from the title of a treatise by composer Philippe de Vitry” refer to?

Answer 3

ars nova style

Question 4

where does the name ars nova come from?

Answer 4

It is the name of a treatise written by Philipe de Vitry

Question 5

which two ars nova styles have to do with rhythm and melody?

Answer 5

isorhythm and hocket

Question 6

Musica ficta can be compared to the modern-day practice of…

Answer 6

raising or lowering a pitch by means of an accidental.

Question 7

What term does “Latin for “false music”” refer to?

Answer 7

musica ficta

Question 8

What term does “used in reference to French music of the 14th century; the previous era came to be known as ars antiqua” refer to?

Answer 8

ars nova style

Question 9

polyphonic settings of the Mass began to appear in…

Answer 9

the 14th century

Question 10

What term does “a rhythmic and melodic technique frequently employed in ars nova style” refer to?

Answer 10

hocket

Question 11

Which composer does “composed the first complete polyphonic setting of the Mass Ordinary: Messe de Nostre Dame” refer to?

Answer 11

Guillaume de Machaut

Question 12

What term does “performance practice applied in modal music of the late Middle Ages and Renaissance” refer to?

Answer 12

musica ficta

Question 13

Which composer does “his monophonic chansons represent a continuation of the trouvère tradition” refer to?

Answer 13

Guillaume de Machaut

Question 14

What term does “from French word hoquet meaning “hiccup”” refer to?

Answer 14

hocket

Question 15

Which composer does “employed highly sophisticated contrapuntal techniques” refer to?

Answer 15

Guillaume de Machaut

Question 16

What term does “color and talea are typically not the same length, overlapping rather than coinciding” refer to?

Answer 16

isorhythm

Question 17

Which composer does “harmonic style includes a wider use of consonant intervals (thirds and sixths) than normally appears in works of the ars antiqua” refer to?

Answer 17

Guillaume de Machaut

Question 18

Which composer does “the most celebrated and significant composer of the French ars nova” refer to?

Answer 18

Guillaume de Machaut

Question 19

What term does “much like modern-day accidentals” refer to?

Answer 19

musica ficta

Question 20

The Kyrie of the Messe de Nostre Dame is based on what mode?

Answer 20

the Dorian mode

Question 21

Which composer does “his polyphonic chansons demonstrate 14th century rhythmic complexity, including the use of syncopation, hocket, and isorhythm” refer to?

Answer 21

Guillaume de Machaut

Question 22

Vitry’s his treatise was so influential that much of the music of the ______ is named after it, and it was this “new art” that would point the way to ________

Answer 22

14th century
the Renaissane.

Question 23

Which composer does “his chansons are often based on the formes fixes of French poetry” refer to?

Answer 23

Guillaume de Machaut

Question 24

What term does “performers raised or lowered pitches by a half step to avoid undesirable intervals or create harmonic tension leading to cadences” refer to?

Answer 24

musica ficta

Question 25

What term does “rests are used as motivic features among two or more voices to create space for emphasizing specific musical and textual elements” refer to?

Answer 25

hocket

Question 26

What term does “two voices combine to create a single melody: one resting while the other sings” refer to?

Answer 26

hocket

Question 27

Is Machaut’s Kyrie latin or greek?

Answer 27

greek

Question 28

How long is the word ‘haec’ in the organal-style version of haec dies?

Answer 28

48 seconds

Question 29

Which composer does “his isorhythmic motets are generally big ceremonial pieces that feature recurring rhythmic and melodic patterns (called talea and color respectively)” refer to?

Answer 29

Guillaume de Machaut

Question 30

What term does “involved greater complexity in melody, harmony, and rhythm and included use of isorhythm, hocket, and musica ficta” refer to?

Answer 30

ars nova style

Question 31

Which composer does “frequently wrote his own poetry using the fixed poetic forms: rondeau, ballade, and virelai and set it to music in his chansons” refer to?

Answer 31

Guillaume de Machaut

Question 32

What term does “a compositional device perfected in the ars nova” refer to?

Answer 32

isorhythm

Question 33

What term does “combines melodic patterns (color) with rhythmic patterns (talea)” refer to?

Answer 33

isorhythm

Question 34

What are Guillaume de Machaut’s notable genres?

a. mass
b. dance music
c. motet
d. organum
e. chanson

Answer 34

mass
motet
chanson