Unit 2 Medieval and Renaissance

Which event did not occur during the Middle Ages?

• William the Conquer invaded England

• ​Martin Luther posted the Ninety-Five Theses

• Charlemagne crowned Holy Roman Emperor

• Chaucer wrote Canterbury Tales

• the Gothic Cathedral of Notre Dame in Paris constructed

Which religious service was most important to the medieval monks and nuns who lived, worked, and prayed in the monasteries?

• the chanson

• the Benedictine

• Matins

• Vespers

• the mass

What type of music was sung for the religious services of the monastery?

• the chanson

• the carol

• Gregorian chant (plainsong)

• organum

Identify the activity that began in the monasteries of Western Europe around the year 1000.

• the composition of Gregorian chant

• polyphonic settings of the Mass Ordinary

• musical notation, with notes placed on lines and spaces

• the composition of sacred music by monks known as Troubadours

Four of the statements about Gregorian chant are correct. Which one is wrong?

• monophonic vocal music

• setting of sacred Latin texts for the monastic hours of prayer and the Mass

• typically unaccompanied by instruments

• Pope Gregory the Great was the first composer of this genre of sacred music, writing so many that it was named after him

Given to the church as a tithe while still a child, this composer of Gregorian chant later founded a convent; popes as well as kings sought her advice.

• Beatriz, Countess of Dia

• Weelkes

• Hildegard of Bingen

• Machaut

What is the term for the early polyphony of the Western Church?​

• organum

• ​melismatic singing

• motet

• chanson

Identify the composer who wrote four-voice organum for the cathedral of Notre Dame in Paris.

• Perotinus

• Palestrina

• Machaut

• Josquin

Identify the incorrect statement about the tenor voice as it is used in organum.

• based on a chant melody

• moves more slowly than the newly composed upper voices

• line always doubled by an instrumental accompaniment

• term based on the Latin and French words that mean “to hold”

During the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries, musicians devised a system called “mensural notation” to specify rhythmic duration as well as pitch.

• True

• False