The Christian Church

Question 1

Emperor Constantine

Answer 1

(310-317)

legalized Christianity and the churches owning property.

Question 2

When did Constantine legalize Christianity?

Answer 2

313

Question 3

When does Christianity become an official religion?

Answer 3

392

Question 4

When does Eastern and Western Empires separate?

Answer 4

395

Question 5

When did Maritanus Capella write The Marriage of Mercury and Philology?

Answer 5

early 5th C

Question 6

When did Boethius write De institutione musica (The Fundamentals of Music)?

Answer 6

500-510

Question 7

When was Schola Cantorum established?

Answer 7

late 7th C

Question 8

When does Pippin the Short order use of Roman liturgy and chant?

Answer 8

754

Question 9

When was musica enchiriadis and Scolica enchiriadis written?

Answer 9

850-900

Question 10

When was Dialogus de Musica written?

Answer 10

late 10th C

Question 11

When did Guido of Arezzo write Micrologus?

Answer 11

1025-1028

Question 12

When was Emperor Constantine’s reign?

Answer 12

310-337

Question 13

What was The Edict of Milan?

Answer 13

(313)

The treaty that legalized Christianity

Question 14

Who made Christianity an official religion?

Answer 14

Emperor Theodosius I (374-395)

Question 15

Cantillation

Answer 15

chant of sacred texts

Question 16

basilicas

Answer 16

large rectangular meeting houses

Question 17

Who were the Church Fathers?

Answer 17

St. Basil, St. Augustine, St. John Chrysostom, St. Jerome

Question 18

When did the Western Empire collapse and who ruled it?

Answer 18

Rome or Milan

collapsed 476

Question 19

When did Eastern Empire collapse and who ruled it?

Answer 19

Emperor Constantinople

collapsed 1453

Question 20

What did the Western Church become?

Answer 20

Roman Catholic Church

Question 21

What did the Eastern Church become?

Answer 21

Orthodox

Question 22

Who were the Schola Cantorum?

Answer 22

School of Singers

choir would sing when pope did services

Question 23

When was Pippin the Short’s reign?

Answer 23

751-768

Question 24

When did Charlemagne reign?

Answer 24

768-814

Question 25

Why was crowning Charlemagne important?

Answer 25

800

To unite and strengthen ties of Holy Roman Empire

Question 26

Why was Pope Gregory I important?

Answer 26

(590-604)

use it to name Gregorian Chant

Question 27

Neumes

Answer 27

gesture

Latin neuma

Question 28

Why is Guido of Arezzo important?

Answer 28

created letter notation, solmization, and Guidoonian Hand to train singers intervals

Question 29

Oblique Neumes

Answer 29

letter n symbol, indicating to sing 3 notes

Question 30

Quilisma

Answer 30

wavy line indicating trill

Question 31

What are the 7 liberal arts described in The Marriage of Mercury and Philology?

Answer 31

grammar, rhetoric, dialect, geometry, astronomy, harmonics (music), arithmetic

Question 32

Why is Beothius important?

Answer 32

(480-524)

authority on music in Middle Ages

Question 33

What are the 3 divisions of music described in de institutione musica?

Answer 33

musica munana
musica humana
musica instrumentalis

Question 34

What is musica enchiriadis

Answer 34

The treaty to train singers

Question 35

How many church modes are there?

Answer 35

8

Question 36

final

Answer 36

main note in mode, last note in melody

Question 37

Authentic Mode

Answer 37

odd numbered modes, cover a range from a step below final to an octave above it

Question 38

Plagal Mode

Answer 38

moving from 4th or 5th below final to 5ht or 6th above it

Question 39

Reciting Tone

Answer 39

2nd characteristic tone that is prominently used in chant

centers around note

Question 40

Mutation

Answer 40

renaming note to fit new syllable set