Chapter 25 Test Review

In Seventeenth-Century New England, the Puritan practice of singing that is based on call and response was called

• spiritualizing

• shape-note singing

• lining-out

• secularization

What is the basic texture of the practice of lining-out?

• monophonic

• homophonic

• polyphonic

• all the above

Why was lining-out developed?

• Most people could not read music

• Most people could not afford to buy a psalm book

• The church wanted everyone to participate equally in services

• all the answers shown here

What is heterophonic texture?

• a unison choral statement

• the simultaneous performance of slight variants of the same melody

• a texture undergoing constant change

• a texture based on non-imitative polyphony

Which of the following were musical developments in seventeenth-century America?

• Polyphonic settings of sacred music began to appear.

• Singing schools began teaching music

• All answers shown here

• Shape-note singing was developed

Which of the following characterizes shape-note notation?

• It was created in order to standardize sacred melodies.

• It was based on solfege, syllables to memorize music

• The shape of the note denoted its solfege syllable

• All the answers shown here

Which of the following describes the career of William Billings?

• He knew several leaders of the American Revolution

• He studied music in Germany

• His music publications were not very successful

• He died a wealthy man

Billing's best-known publication is

• Music in Miniature

• The New England Psalm-Singer

• The Psalm-Singer's Ammusement

• The Singing Master's Assistant

The form of Billing's David's Lamentation is

• strophic

• Bar Form (A-A-B)

• A-B-A

• A-B-B

What is the texture of Billing's David's Lamentation?

• monophonic

• homophonic with solos and duets

• polyphonic

• heterophonic