Quiz 1

Question 1

Melodia

Answer 1

Addition to the liturgy. Adding a/many melisma/s to an existing chant

Question 2

Prosula

Answer 2

Addition to the liturgy. Adding text to an existing chant.

Question 3

Trope

Answer 3

Addition to the liturgy. Adding text and melody to an existing chant.

Question 4

2+2 texture

Answer 4

The top two voices move at a faster speed than the lower two voices.

Question 5

Stratification

Answer 5

All voices move at different speeds

Question 6

Magnus Lieber Organi

Answer 6

A collection of polyphonic settings of responsorial chants. (Leonin)

Question 7

Antiphonal

Answer 7

Alternating half the choir with the other half.

Question 8

Intonation

Answer 8

The first line of a Gloria or Credo that stays in chant before the polyphony starts.

Question 9

Substitute Clausula

Answer 9

Taking the original tenor (chant) and writing a new duplum

Question 10

Antiphon

Answer 10

Short sentence meant to frame the psalm verse.

Question 11

Organum

Answer 11

1. an organ
   2.distinct style of early polyphony

Question 12

Canso

Answer 12

Song about fin’amours

Question 13

Syllabic

Answer 13

One note per syllable

Question 14

Virelai

Answer 14

AbbaA

Question 15

Strophic

Answer 15

Describes a song where all stanzas are sung to the same music (Comtessa De dia)

Question 16

Responsorial

Answer 16

Alternating soloist and choir

Question 17

Ballade

Answer 17

aabC

Question 18

Hocket

Answer 18

One melody trading between two voices, Machaut

Question 19

Melismatic

Answer 19

many notes per syllable

Question 20

Pastourelle

Answer 20

Song about a knight and a maiden

Question 21

Troubadours and Troubairitz

Answer 21

1110-1220 in Southern France

Question 22

Talea

Answer 22

Long repeated rhythmic patterns in isorhythm

Question 23

Trouveres

Answer 23

1180-1300 in Northern France

Question 24

Discant Polyphony

Answer 24

Note against note. Rhythmic

Question 25

Neumatic

Answer 25

A few notes per syllable

Question 26

Alba

Answer 26

A “dawn song” of a knights noble companion who just wants to go to bed.

Question 27

Envoi

Answer 27

A half stanza at the end of a poem dedicated to a patron or romantic figure. (Bernart de Ventadorn, Can Vei la Lauzeta mover)

Question 28

Lesser Doxology

Answer 28

Gloria Patri. Ending of a psalm

Question 29

Voice Exchange

Answer 29

One voice sings a phrase and then a different voice sings the exact same phrase and so on.

Question 30

Jubilus

Answer 30

A long melisma at the end of the Alleluia

Question 31

Treatis

Answer 31

A written work dealing with a single subject. A “how to” manuel (De Vitry)

Question 32

Missale

Answer 32

Contains the texts for the mass

Question 33

VIda

Answer 33

Short biography found in a manuscript

Question 34

Florid Organum

Answer 34

Many notes in the duplum in comparison to the tenor. Arhythmic

Question 35

Rondeau

Answer 35

ABaAabAB

Question 36

Graduale

Answer 36

Contains the text and music for the mass

Question 37

6 rhythmic modes

Answer 37

1. Short, Short
2. Short, Long
3. Very Long, Short, Long
4. Short, Long, Very Long
5. Very Long, Very Long
6. Short, Short, Short

Question 38

2 Parts of a Responsorial Chant

Answer 38

Respond and Psalm Verse

Question 39

3 Parts of an Antiphonal Chant

Answer 39

Anitphon, Psalm Verse, and Lesser Doxology

Question 40

Which parts of the Mass are Antiphonal Chants

Answer 40

Introit and Communions

Question 41

Which parts of the Mass are Responsorial Chants

Answer 41

Graduale and Alleluia

Question 42

Ordinary

Answer 42

Text never change

Question 43

Proper

Answer 43

Texts change every day

Question 44

Name a composer who used Isorhythm

Answer 44

Machaut