Music Study Guide 2

Music composed for a religious purpose is called

• secular

• sacred

• vernacular

• nonspecific

Which of the following characterize(s) plainchant?

• Subtly follows the inflections of modern text

• Monophonic texture

• All answers are correct

• Free, unaccented rhythm

_____ is traditionally associated with collecting and organizing the chants of the church.

• Machaut

• Pope Gregory the Great

• Leonin

• Charlemagne

Why does Gregorian chant sound so different from other types of Western music?

• It is for voices only

• The melodies are sometimes improvised

• There is no harmony

• It is religious

The prayer that makes up the Mass that vary from day to day throughout the church year, depending on the feast being celebrated, is called the

• Kyrie

• Proper

• Ordinary

• Daily Offices

A setting of Gregorian chant with one note per syllable is called

• syllabic

• neumatic

• melismatic

• modal

The reenactment of Christs last supper with his disciples is called the

• Mass

• Daily Offices

• Ordinary

• Proper

A text setting with many notes to a syllable is called

• meliscmatic

• neumatic

• syllabic

• tonal

In addition to composing music, Hildegard of Bingen is known for

• founding her own convent.

• writing religious poetry.

• All answers are correct

• visions that foretold the future.

The little ascending and descending symbols written above the words to suggest the contours of a melody are called

• chant.

• melismatic.

• liturgy.

• neumes.