Music Appreciation (Quiz 2)

Question 0

Secular music

Answer 0

Music for nonreligious activities

Question 1

Sacred music

Answer 1

Music for religious functions

Question 2

Medium

Answer 2

Specific group that performs a piece

Orchestra
Chorus

Question 3

Oral transmission

Answer 3

Music that is not written down but passed orally

Question 4

Gregorian chant

Answer 4

Monophonic, non metric melodies

Early Christian church

Question 5

Three categories of chant melodies

Answer 5

Syllabic, neumatic, melismatic

Based on how many notes are set to each syllable of the text

Question 6

Mass

Answer 6

A daily service of the catholic church

Two categories of prayer
Proper
Ordinary

Question 7

Responsorial performance

Answer 7

Alternating soloist and chorus

Question 8

Organum

Answer 8

Earliest type of polyphony

Question 9

Motet

Answer 9

Short piece of sacred choral music
Polyphonic
Unaccompanied

Question 10

Syllabic

Answer 10

One note set to each syllable

Question 11

Neumaticq

Answer 11

A few notes set to one syllable

Question 12

Melismatic

Answer 12

Many notes set to one syllable

Question 13

Hildegard of bingen

Answer 13

Sold to the church as a tithe

Raised by and as a recluse

Question 14

Alleluia, o Virga mediatrix

Answer 14

Monophonic
Hildegard of bingen
Genre: Alleluia plainchant

Question 15

Oblique

Answer 15

One voice is static and the other is moving

Question 16

Contrary motion

Answer 16

The voices move in opposite directions

Question 17

Troubadours
Trouveres
Minnesingers

Answer 17

Perform secular music in courts,

Wandering minstrels performed in cities

Question 18

Secular song text

Answer 18

Idealized on love and values of chivalry

Question 19

Secular songs and dances

Answer 19

Sung monophonically with instrumental accompaniment

Question 20

Sumer is incumen in

Answer 20

Anonymous

Imitative

Question 21

Shawm

Answer 21

Ancestor of the oboe

Question 22

Hammered dulcimer
Rebec
Vielle

Answer 22

Bowed string instruments

Question 23

Sackbut

Answer 23

Early trombone

Question 24

Tabor | Nakers

Answer 24

Drums

Question 25

Pope Marcellus mass, Gloria

Answer 25

Palestrina Monophonic then homorythmic with some polyphony Genre: Gloria

Question 26

Two important secular genres

Answer 26

Chanson | Madrigal

Question 27

Fair Phyllis

Answer 27

Farmer | Genre: English madrigal

Question 28

Pavane

Answer 28

Stately court dance

Question 29

Ronde

Answer 29

Round dance

Question 30

Three dances

Answer 30

Susato Genre: ronde Danserye

Question 31

Monody

Answer 31

Solo song with instrumental accompaniment

Question 32

Basso continuo

Answer 32

Bass part played by two instruments | Harpsichord and cello

Question 33

Figured bass

Answer 33

Indicated what chord was required so the performer can improvise

Question 34

Equal temperament

Answer 34

Tuning system | Uses mathematically pure intervals

Question 35

Castrato

Answer 35

Male singer castrated at boyhood to preserve the soprano or alto register of his voice

Question 36

Opera

Answer 36

Large scale music drama that combines poetry, acting, scenery, costumes, singing, and instrumental music

Question 37

Aria

Answer 37

Lyrical song

Question 38

Recitatives

Answer 38

Speech like declamations of the text

Question 39

Librettist

Answer 39

Writes the text of the opera

Question 40

Overture

Answer 40

Instrumental number heard at the beginning of most operas

Question 41

Sinfonias

Answer 41

Instrumental interludes during an opera

Question 42

Libretto

Answer 42

Text or script of the opera

Question 43

Masque

Answer 43

Entertainment that combined vocal and instrumental music with poetry and dance

Question 44

Dido and aeneas

Answer 44

Purcell | Genre: opera

Question 45

Horn pipe

Answer 45

Dance form often associated with sailors

Question 46

Scotch snap

Answer 46

Reverse dotted figure Short long

Question 47

Ground bass

Answer 47

A repeated phrase that descends along the chromatic scale

Question 48

Cantata

Answer 48

Multimovement works with solo arias, recitives, and choruses and orchestral accompiment

Question 49

Chorale

Answer 49

Hymn tune sung in four part harmony

Question 50

Oratorio

Answer 50

Large scale dramatic genre Solo voices, chorus, and orchestra No staging or costumes

Question 51

Suite

Answer 51

A group of dances usually in the same key ``` Dances are Allemande Courante Sarabande Gigue ```

Question 52

Ritornello

Answer 52

Reoccurring theme

Question 53

Solo concerto

Answer 53

One instrument set against the orchestra

Question 54

Concerto grosso

Answer 54

A group of instruments set against the orchestra