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Melismatic

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Which of the following Mass movements is the most elaborate?

  • Alleluia
  • Credo
  • Agnus Dei
  • Sanctus
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Which of the following Mass movements is the most elaborate?

  • Alleluia
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The liturgy is the music of the medieval church service.

True or False

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The liturgy is the music of the medieval church service.

False

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What is the form of a hymn?

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What is the form of a hymn?

strophic

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Which of the following services is the longest?

  • Lauds
  • Prime
  • The Mass
  • Terce
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Which of the following services is the longest?

  • The Mass
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Which service consists of the performance of Psalms and Hymns?

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Which service consists of the performance of Psalms and Hymns?

The Services of the Office The Mass

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How is responsorial chant performed?

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How is responsorial chant performed?

A soloist alternates with choir. The choir responds to the singing of the soloist.

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Syllabic

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The Mass is performed by priests alone. The congregation, while they may watch and listen, is not involved at all.

True or False

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The Mass is performed by priests alone. The congregation, while they may watch and listen, is not involved at all.

False

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10
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What is a jubilus?

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A jubilus is an extended melody on the final syllable of a chant.

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What are the three different types of chant performance?

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  1. direct
  2. antiphonal
  3. responsorial
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What is an antiphon?

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An antiphon is a short piece performed both before and after a Psalm. The proper text of the antiphon relates the text of the Psalm to the feast of the day.

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What are the three different styles of chant?

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  1. syllabic
  2. neumatic
  3. melismatic
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How is antiphonal chant performed?

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Two choirs sing back and forth with one another

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What is the difference between the ordinary and proper movements of the Mass?

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The ordinary includes texts that are the same every single day while the proper texts change to suit the feast of the day.

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What are the three elements that define a chant’s mode?

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  1. final (F)
  2. range
  3. reciting tone (D)
17
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Antiphons are:

Proper or Ordinary

A

Antiphons are:

Proper

18
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  1. Who is the person with the dove on his shoulder in Figure 1 (on the slide)?
    a. Guido de Arezzo
    b. Hildegard of Bingen
    c. Charlemagne
    d. Pope Gregory I
A

d . Pope Gregory I

19
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  1. What is this person (with the dove) in Figure 1 known for?
    a. Territorial conquest
    b. Establishing a standard body of liturgical texts
    c. Creating the musical staff
    d. Inventing solfege
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b .Establishing a standard body of liturgical texts

20
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  1. The Credo is part of the:
    a. Mass Ordinary
    b. Mass Proper
    c. Office
    d. Service of Matins
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a.Mass Ordinary

21
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  1. Which musicians did Boethius consider to act “as slaves, for they use no reason, but are totally lacking in thought”?
    a. Composers
    b. Vocalists
    c. Instrumentalists
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c.Instrumentalists

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  1. The three factors that establish the mode of a chant are:
    a. Reciting tone, key, hexachord
    b. Melody, key, b-flats
    c. Final, range, tenor/reciting tone
    d. Style, performance, text
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c.Final, range, tenor/reciting tone

23
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  1. True/False: The compositional style of Victor Ullman was significantly influenced by his experiences in the Theresienstadt Detention Camp.
A

FALSE

*His compositions stayed the same

24
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  1. The predominant style of the boxed section of the chant in Example 1 is:
    a. Neumatic
    b. Syllabic
    c. Melismatic
    d. Antiphonal

[quiz 1 chant]

A

c. Melismatic

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  1. How is the chant in Example 1 performed?
    a. Directly
    b. Antiphonally
    c. Responsorially

[quiz 1 chant example]

A

c.Responsorially ​

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  1. What is the mode of the chant in Example 1?
    a. 1
    b. 2
    c. 5
    d. 6

[quiz 1 example]

A

c. 5

27
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  1. The Guidonian Hand was used for
    a. Directing a choir
    b. Teaching chant
    c. Writing Gregorian Chant
    d. Beating rhythm
A

b .Teaching chant

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