Enj. Mus. Chapter 15

The tradition of troubadours and trouveres developed in:

• France

• Italy

• England

• the Middle East

Which of the following was NOT a subject reflected in the poems of the troubadours and trouveres?

• politics and current events

• moralizing and devotional themes

• love and unrequited passion

• the rebirth of Classical learning

Which of the following does NOT describe the Crusades?

• They extended over two hundred years.

• Advanced scientific knowledge was brought to the West.

• Contact with teh East affected Western concepts of music.

• They fostered religious tolerance in the West.

During the fourteenth century, a style of music developed that became known as:

• the Ars antiqua

• the Ars nova

• the Renaissance

• Notre Dame polyphony

The outstanding composer-poet of the Ars nova was:

• Machaut

• Boccaccio

• Chaucer

• Petrarch

The French courtly love song of the Middle Ages was called the:

• motet

• goliard song

• estampie

• chanson

Which of the following is NOT a fixed poetic form?

• rondeau

• ballade

• virelai

• motet

Which of the following composed Ma fin est mon commencement?

• Machaut

• Perotin

• Leonin

• Hildegard of Bingen

Which of the following does NOT characterize Ma fin est mon commencement?

• It has a rondeau structure.

• It has a monophonic texture.

• It is in duple meter with syncopations.

• The structure involves palindromes.

What is the form of a rondeau?

• AABB

• AbbaA

• AAB

• ABaAabAB