MUSI 1307 - Test #1 Flashcards
Listening: hurdy-gurdy w/drum, Dorian
Beatriz de Dia: A chanter
—Troubaritz, female troubadour, a poem about a scorned lover, secular
Listening: rounds
Sumer is icumin in
—Earliest example of English Round or Rota; polyphonic; 13th Century
Listening: chant mono w/drone, Locrian
Hildegard von Bingen-chant
—Monophonic, melismatic, sacred but non-liturgical
Listening: digeridoo
Song of Roland
—Long, narrative epic or poem about going to battle with Charlemagne, strophic, secular
Listening: one instrument, re-te of Mixolydian
Epitaph of Seikilos - 1st century Greek song
—One of the oldest Greek compositions, found on the side of a road, in memoriam of the composer’s wife
All of the following types of evidence about musical culture from ancient civilizations survive
today EXCEPT
a. musical instruments. d. visual images of music-making.
b. notated music. e. writings about music.
c. recorded sound.
c. recorded sound.
________ is a type of music found in ancient Mesopotamia, but no longer used in Western
cultures today.
a. Dance music d. Music to accompany epic poetry
b. The funeral lament e. The nursery song
c. Military music
d. Music to accompany epic poetry
Scholars think that memory and improvisation played an important role in Greek
music-making because
a. ancient Greek writings explain techniques for playing by ear.
b. ancient Greek writings praise musicians for their excellent memories.
c. images of music-making from ancient Greece rarely show performers reading music.
d. no musical notation from ancient Greece survives.
e. the musical notation from ancient Greece provides chord progressions on which to improvise.
c. images of music-making from ancient Greece rarely show performers reading music.
In this image a woman is playing the
a. aulos. d. lyre.
b. bone flute. e. panpipes.
c. kithara
a. aulos
Plato asserted that music was an essential component of education because
a. music and poetry are inseparable.
b. music is enjoyable to listen to.
c. musicians were valued in society.
d. studying music helps to balance mental and physical activity.
e. studying music helps to understand mathematics.
d. studying music helps to balance mental and physical activity.
The names Cleonides used for octave species (Dorian, Phrygian, and Lydian) were
derived from
a. ethnic names originally associated with styles of music practiced in different regions
of Greece.
b. the Greek names of the pitches on which each scale began.
c. the Greek names of the planets.
d. the Greek words for the emotional states evoked by each scale.
e. revered Greek theorists, writers, and philosophers.
a. ethnic names originally associated with styles of music practiced in different regions
The Epitaph of Seikilos is a musical composition from
a. ancient Babylon. d. ancient Rome.
b. the Bronze Age. e. the Stone Age.
c. ancient Greece.
c. ancient Greece.
According to Aristotle, different kinds of melodies could cause the listener to experience
a. emotions. d. physical health.
b. hallucinations. e. religious epiphanies.
c. philosophical thoughts.
a. emotions.
All of the following wrote about Greek music EXCEPT
a. Aristides Quintilianus. d. Plato.
b. Aristotle. e. Pythagoras.
c. Orpheus.
c. Orpheus.
________ discovered the relationship between consonant intervals and mathematical ratios.
a. Aristotle d. Ptolmey
b. Aristoxenus e. Pythagoras
c. Plato
e. Pythagoras
The earliest surviving musical instruments were made from
a. bone. d. stone.
b. clay. e. wood.
c. metal.
a. bone.
Define perfect melos.
In ancient Greece, music as a performing art was known as melos. Perfect melos was melody, text, and stylized dance as a combined whole.
Define harmonia
The concept in Greek philosophy that the universe is an orderly, unified system integrating
everything from mathematical proportions, astronomy, philosophy, and social structures to a
person’s soul is called ________.
The ancient Greek notion that unheard music was produced by the revolutions of the planets
is known as ________.
the music of the spheres
Discuss how theories and practices of music-making in ancient Greece are similar to those
still in use today.
Much vocal melody is shaped by the rhythm and meter of word, if not as strictly as in Greek music; many styles genres still depend on memory and conventions, even as notation has developed; the idea that music is an orderly system that influences behavior, and thus changes in musical conventions threaten anarchy in society
What did the ancient Greeks believe about music’s relation to the behavior of the individual,
the functioning of a well-ordered society, and the motions of the planets?
music elicits emotions in humans and also affects ethical character; Harmonia: idea that studies such as math, philosophy, etc, unified with the human soul, and this was order in the universe - this connected music to astronomy, that movement of planets corresponded to notes, intervals, and scales
Popes and secular rulers from the eighth century on sought to standardize the Catholic
liturgy in order to
a. centralize political and spiritual authority.
b. create a sense of unity among congregants.
c. identify and persecute non-believers.
d. reunite the Eastern and Western Empires.
e. revive the ideas of the church fathers.
a. centralize political and spiritual authority.
The Holy Roman Empire was established when
a. Emperor Theodosius declared Christianity the official religion of the Roman Empire.
b. Frankish king Pippin the Short brought the Roman liturgy and chant to his domain.
c. Pope Leo III crowned Charlemagne, King of the Franks, emperor.
d. the Roman Empire fell.
e. the Roman Empire was partitioned into the Eastern and Western Empires.
c. Pope Leo III crowned Charlemagne, King of the Franks, emperor.
The similarities and differences from phrase to phrase of this melody provide evidence that
a. chant melodies may have been composed using a pool of melodic contours and formulas.
b. early notation was only an approximate way of preserving chant melodies.
c. oral transmission was unreliable.
d. the melody resulted from a blend of various chant dialects.
e. the Schola Cantorum purposely taught the Franks incorrect melodies.
a. chant melodies may have been composed using a pool of melodic contours and formulas