Test 2

Question 1

used in a Requiem, most quoted piece of music ever

Answer 1

Dies Irae

Question 2

450-1450

Answer 2

Medieval Ages

Question 3

music with religious connotation or function

Answer 3

sacred

Question 4

music without religious connotation or function

Answer 4

secular

Question 5

melody set to sacred latin texts

Answer 5

Gregorian chat ( Pope Gregory the Great)

Question 6

Kyrie, Gloria, Credo, Sanctus, and Angus Dei

Answer 6

Mass Ordinary

Question 7

single multiple pitches per syllable, extending the music

Answer 7

Melisma ( amen)

Question 8

the full range of a piece of music; how high or low a song goes

Answer 8

Tessitura

Question 9

rebirth, reformation, Martin Luther

Answer 9

Renaissance

Question 10

abbess rupertsbergy, diplomat, visionary and mystic, wrote the earliest known morality play

Answer 10

Hildegard

Question 11

composers of a piece of music

Answer 11

Troubadours and Trouveres

Question 12

female

Answer 12

troubadours

Question 13

musicals, juggles, acrobats and singers made to entertain the wealthy

Answer 13

minstrels

Question 14

the addition of a second line over a pre-existing gregorian chant

Answer 14

Organum

Question 15

school in Paris, intellectual and artistic capital of Europe

Answer 15

Notre Dame, Paris

Question 16

taught at Notre Dame, developed notation for measured rhythm

Answer 16

Leonin Perotin

Question 17

southern india, more pop

Answer 17

Carnatic

Question 18

northern india, more slow

Answer 18

Hindustani

Question 19

melody, rhythm, and dance

Answer 19

two primary elements of Indian classical

Question 20

large body of texts, contains the oldest scriptures of Hinduism, oldest layer of sanscrit literature

Answer 20

The Vedas

Question 21

the veda melodies and chants, passed down thru oral tradition

Answer 21

Samaveda

Question 22

type of introduction, reserved for mature musicians

Answer 22

Alap

Question 23

two sided ascending and descending

Answer 23

Raga

Question 24

main body of the composition

Answer 24

Gat

Question 25

repeated melodic figure

Answer 25

Lehra

Question 26

rhythmic cycle, repeated cycle of beats

Answer 26

Tala

Question 27

basic rhythmic phrase of tala (drum beat)

Answer 27

Theka

Question 28

spoken syllable, used to determine tala and rhythmic pattern

Answer 28

Bols