Music 1

Question 1

The Medieval Period
of Western Music History
Time

Answer 1

476 A.D. to circa 1400 A.D.

Question 2

The cultural advances of ancient Greece and Rome were essentially lost with the
———— in ————

Answer 2

Fall of the Western Roman Empire

476 A.D.

Question 3

The Cathedral of Notre Dame in Paris, France

Answer 3

Built 1163 – 1345 AD

Question 4

Heidelberg Castle in Germany

Answer 4

Built in 1214 A.D.

Question 5

Medieval painting depicting the victory of
Byzantine Emperor Heraclius over the Persians in

Answer 5

627 A.D.

Question 6

– a more uniform system of chant that was developed under the reign of Pope Gregory I (590 AD
to 604 AD)

Answer 6

Gregorian chant

Question 7

Gregorian chant – a more uniform system of chant that was developed under the reign of Pope Gregory I (———)

Answer 7

590 AD to 604 AD

Question 8

The most important development in music during the Medieval
period was the invention of the modern system of notation for
music also called ———-

Answer 8

NEUMES

Question 9

The founder of what is now considered the
standard music staff was ———, an Italian Benedictine monk who lived from 995– 1050.

Answer 9

Guido d’Arezzo

Question 10

The founder of what is now considered the
standard music staff was Guido d’Arezzo, an Italian Benedictine monk who lived from ———.

Answer 10

995– 1050

Question 11

((1098-1179 AD
, was a German writer, composer, philosopher
Christian mystic, Benedictine nun, visionary,
and polymath. She is one of the few composers
from the Medieval period for whom
biographical information still exists.

Answer 11

Hildegard von Bingen

Question 12

Hildegard von Bingen
- date -
, was a German writer, composer, philosopher
Christian mystic, Benedictine nun, visionary,
and polymath. She is one of the few composers
from the Medieval period for whom
biographical information still exists.

Answer 12

((1098-1179 AD

Question 13

(flourished from circa 1150 - circa 1201)
was the first known significant
composer of polyphonic choral music.
Little is known about Leonin’s life, but it is
believed that Leonin was French and
lived and worked in Paris at the
Cathedral of Notre Dame.

Answer 13

Léonin

Question 14

Léonin
(flourished from ———)
Leonin was the first known significant
composer of polyphonic choral music.
Little is known about Leonin’s life, but it is
believed that Leonin was French and
lived and worked in Paris at the
Cathedral of Notre Dame.

Answer 14

circa 1150 - circa 1201

Question 15

(flourished in circa 1200)
Also called ——— the Great, was a European
composer, believed to be French, who lived
around the end of the 12th and beginning of
the 13th century. Perotin expanded and
improved the polyphonic choral style
established by Leonin.

Answer 15

Perotin

Question 16

Perotin
(flourished in ——-)
Also called Perotin the Great, was a European
composer, believed to be French, who lived
around the end of the 12th and beginning of
the 13th century. Perotin expanded and
improved the polyphonic choral style
established by Leonin.

Answer 16

circa 1200

Question 17

– traveling composer-singers who sang
ballads about chivalry and courtly love

Answer 17

Troubadours

Question 18

((c.1300-1377
was a French composer of the late Medieval
period and another of the few composers
from the Medieval period for whom
biographical information still exists.

Answer 18

Guillaume de Machaut

Question 19

Guillaume de Machaut

was a French composer of the late Medieval
period and another of the few composers
from the Medieval period for whom
biographical information still exists.

Answer 19

((c.1300-1377