The Music of the Troubadours: Secular Music of the Medieval Era

Question 1

All musicians were regulated by the church during the medieval period. True or False?

Answer 1

False

Question 2

Travelling musicians who performed in different places to entertain people with their music about courtly love, chivalry, and romance.

Answer 2

Troubadours

Question 3

Songs of the Troubadours

Answer 3

Chanson and Canso

Question 3

Troubadours may either be ___________ or people with _____, or _____ playing for lords.

Answer 3

Noble people, ranks, Knights

Question 4

A French secular song during the medieval period.

Answer 4

Chanson

Question 5

A singer specializing in chansons is known as a _____________.

Answer 5

Chansonnier

Question 5

A troubadour’s formal love song.

Answer 5

Canso

Question 6

The servants hired to serve in courts.

Answer 6

Minstrels

Question 7

Also hired to entertain crowds with acrobatic tricks.

Answer 7

Jongleurs

Question 8

In Germany, troubadours were called __________ or singers of love songs.

Answer 8

Minnesingers

Question 9

One of the popular composers of the medieval period.

Answer 9

Adam de la Halle

Question 10

Adam de la Halle was also known as?

Answer 10

Adam le Bossu or Adam the Hunchback

Question 10

One of Adam de la Halle famous works is the musical play “______________.”

Answer 10

Le Jeu de Robin et Marion