middle ages

Question 1

middle ages

Answer 1

450-1450

Catholic church has most power and a monopoly on learning;

Question 2

______ was the official language of the church

Answer 2

latin

Question 3

only _____ were allowed to sing in the church

Answer 3

men

Question 4

a melody set to a sacred Latin text and sung without accompaniment. monophonic in texture

• no meter
• little sense of beat
• represents the voice of the church, not the individual
• melodies move by step within a narrow range of pitches

Answer 4

gregorian chant/ plainsong/ Plain chant

Question 5

other worldly sound comes from the use of unfamiliar scales

Answer 5

church modes

Question 6

monophonic

Answer 6

one melody no accompaniment

Question 7

the pitch on which the text is sung

Answer 7

reciting tone

Question 8

syllabic

Answer 8

one note per syllable

Question 9

melismatic

Answer 9

more than one note per syllable

Question 10

performance medium for most middle age music

Answer 10

vocal

Question 11

play written by: nun hildegard von bingen
performance medium: vocal
texture: monophonic 
sacred
type of piece: gregorian chant

Answer 11

play of virtues

Question 12

love song, regular meters and clearly defined beat
composed in france by troubadours and trouveres
composed in germany by minnesingers and meistersingers

Answer 12

secular music

Question 13

music that consists of the gregorian chant and one or more additional melodic lines
polyphonic in texture

Answer 13

organum

Question 14

2 choir masters at the cathedral of notre dame, among the first notable composer known by name

• notation of pitches and rhythm
• measured rhythm- definite time value and meter
• Do Re Mi syllables

Answer 14

Leonin and Perotin

Question 15

ars nova

Answer 15

new art

Question 16

ars antiqua

Answer 16

old art

Question 17

fixed melody (english translation) a chant that is used as the basis of polyphony

Answer 17

cantus firmus