CH 6 Part 3 Study Guide

Who composed “Alleluia. Diffusa est gratia”?

• Pérotin

• Léonin

• Josquin Desprez

• Guillaume Dufay

When was “Alleluia. Diffusa est gratia” written?

• c. 1200

• c. 1100

• c. 900

• c. 700

The performing forces in “Alleluia. Diffusa est gratia” are

• male voices, unaccompanied.

• an organ and a solo male voice.

• a bowed stringed instrument and a solo male voice.

• a mixed choir, unaccompanied.

Which textures do you hear in “Alleluia. Diffusa est gratia”?

• monophony, then imitative polyphony, then homophony

• monophony, then organum, then monophony

• homophony, then monophony, then homophony

• organum, then homophony, then organum

Which is true of the rhythm of “Alleluia. Diffusa est gratia”?

• The meter is compound triple, then simple duple, then free.

• The tempo is slow throughout the selection.

• The meter is free, then compound duple, then free.

• The meter is a slow simple duple throughout the selection, with syncopation.

Which is true of the relative speed of the upper and lower voices during the organum section of “Alleluia. Diffusa est gratia”?

• All the voices move together.

• The higher voices move more quickly than the lower voices.

• The higher voices move more slowly than the lower voices.

• The relative speeds of the upper and lower voice parts change constantly, for variety.

The chant in “Alleluia. Diffusa est gratia,” sung by the lowest voice, at times

• is moving with the upper voices.

• drops out periodically.

• is in triple rhythms.

• is reduced to a series of lengthy drones.

The earliest type of polyphony, dating from around 900 CE, is

• the isorhythmic motet.

• plainsong.

• organum.

• the sequence.

The early compositional style consisting of a plainchant melody with another melody sung simultaneously with the same words is called

• monophony.

• organum.

• Gregorian chant.

• an estampie.

Early polyphony flourished at

• St. Stephen’s Cathedral in Vienna.

• the Vatican.

• Winchester Abbey in England.

• Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris.