Music Unit 2 Test

Who composed “Columba aspexit”?

• Guillaume de Machaut

• Hildegard of Bingen

• Pope Gregory I

• It is unknown.

Which structure do you hear in “Columba aspexit”?

• a number of tunes sung twice, with one single tune at the end

• the same tune sung over and over with slight changes each time

• one recurring tune interspersed with contrasting sections

• many phrases, each with a different melody

What type of selection is “A chantar m’er”?

• troubadour song

• plainchant

• sequence

• trouvère song

The early history of Western music was dominated by

• troubadours.

• the Christian church.

• trouvères.

• motets.

The Middle Ages, or medieval era, covers the time period of the

• fifth century to the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries.

• sixth century to the seventeenth century.

• fourth century to the twelfth century.

• seventh century to the sixteenth century.

The single-line melodies of the early Christian church are known as

• plainchant.

• madrigals.

• chansons.

• Masses.

The type of music most likely to be written down in the Middle Ages was

• music of the troubadours and trouvères.

• the standard repertory of the concert hall.

• religious music.

• music for weddings, parties, and other festivities involving the middle class.

“As Vesta Was from Latmos Hill Descending” is a

• madrigal.

• Mass.

• motet.

• plainchant sequence.

The process by which Renaissance composers freely embellished plainchant melodies for use in their compositions is known as

• harmonization.

• improvisation.

• paraphrase.

• elaboration.

In medieval music the plainchant melody was in the __________ voice, but in the early Renaissance it moved to the __________ voice.

• lowest; highest

• highest; lowest

• middle; lowest

• highest; middle