Medieval Era Music Quiz

Who is a representative composer of the Medieval Era?

• Hildegard von Bingen

• Mozart

• Palestrina

• Monteverdi

What is the Mass in the Catholic church?

• A type of polyphony

• A secular song

• A type of organum

• The services of the Catholic church

What is the Mass Ordinary?

• A type of Gregorian chant

• A type of monophony

• The changing portion of a Catholic mass

• The unchanging portion of a Catholic mass

What is monophony?

• A single line of melody without accompaniment

• Two or more melodic lines partnered together

• A type of Gregorian chant

• A type of organum

What is monophony?

• A single line of melody without accompaniment

• Two or more melodic lines partnered together

• The services of the Catholic church

• many melodies sung in the Roman Catholic church

What is polyphony?

• A single line of melody without accompaniment

• Two or more melodic lines partnered together

• A type of Gregorian chant

• A type of organum

What is Troubadours and Trouveres?

• Wandering musicians from France

• Representative composers of the Medieval Era

• A type of Gregorian chant

• A type of organum

What is a melisma?

• A single line of melody without accompaniment

• One word sung over many different notes

• The changing portion of a Catholic mass

• The unchanging portion of a Catholic mass

What is strophic?

• A single line of melody without accompaniment

• One word sung over many different notes

• The changing portion of a Catholic mass

• The same music set to different words (verses)

Who founded her own convent in Germany?

• Hildegard von Bingen

• Leonin

• Raimbaut de Vaquerias

• Perotin