Middle Ages Music Quiz

What does Polyphonic mean?

• One Sound

• Same Sound

• Many Sounds

• Loud Sounds

Hildegard of Bingen was a German nun who composed music during the

• Middle Ages

• Baroque Period

• Classical Period

• Romantic Period

How did Gregorian Chant get its name?

• Pope Gregory I

• Pope Gregory V

• Gregory the Conqueror

• Mr. Gregory Kafkes

Plainchant can be described as...

• Pure Melody

• No Harmony

• No Accompaniment

• No Added Voices

• All of the above

The word Medieval means...

• Middle Ages

• A little bit evil

• Religious Music

• Latin Music

Another word for religious is sacred?

• True

• False

A drone is a repeated pattern.

• True

• False

A drone is a long held note.

• True

• False

Most religious Medieval music was sung in Latin.

• True

• False

Plainchant is a single line of melody.

• True

• False