Quiz 3

Question 1

What distinguishes renaissance harmonies from those of the Middle Ages?

Answer 1

The use of “sweet sounding” thirds and sixths

Question 2

Which melodic source(s) did Guillaume Machaut embed in his Missa de Nostre Dame?

Answer 2

The original liturgical chants:

Kyrie, Gloria, Credo, Sanctus, Agnus Dei

*Missa de Nostre Dame was the first cyclic Mass Ordinary, all composed by one composer

Question 3

What is a cantus firmus?

Answer 3

A melody that is used in renaissance masses

Question 4

A renaissance motet has:

Answer 4

• The same text in each
• Every voice Texture of even voices.

*Different text in each voice AND Stratified texture means you are looking at a Middle Ages Motet

Question 5

Which movements make up a cyclic mass ordinary?

Answer 5

Kyrie, Gloria, Credo, Sanctus, Agnus Dei

Question 6

Which composers are responsible for writing music with the English sound?

Answer 6

John Dunstable

Leonel Power

*Tinctoris was the French theorist who wrote about the English sound

Question 7

What is the genre of Example 1? (INCLUDE PHOTO)

Answer 7

Fauxbourdon Hymn

p 190 HYMN: Strophic, same melody over and over

p 179 Dunstable MOTET: Through-composed

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Question 8

What is the form of Example 1?

Answer 8

Strophic

Question 9

What is the genre of Example 2? (INCLUDE PHOTO)

Answer 9

Faburden Carol

Question 10

What is the performance style of Example 2?

Answer 10

Direct