WorksheetsMiddle Ages Part I
Total questions: 27
Worksheet time: 14mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
In 1150, where was the center of polophonic music?
a)
Paris
b)
London
c)
US
d)
Germany
2.
What are the dates of the middle ages?
a)
1450-1550
b)
2000-2018
c)
450-1450
d)
45-150
3.
What are Leonin and Perotin, along with their followers, referred to?
a)
School of Rock
b)
School of Notre Dame
c)
School of Biloxi
d)
School of France
4.
What is the earliest known morality play?
a)
Virtutum of Ordo
b)
Ordo Ordo
c)
Ordi May
d)
Ordo Virtutum
5.
What is Perotin known for?
a)
First known composer to write for two voices
b)
a new stringed instrument
c)
a new percussion instrument
d)
first composer to write for three voices
6.
What did Landini invent?
a)
a new percussion instrument
b)
a new brass instrument
c)
a new stringed instrument
d)
a new wind instrument
7.
Who introduced secular and dance in the 13th century?
a)
Malines
b)
Machaut
c)
Landini
d)
Mozart
8.
What is Machaut famous for?
a)
musician and doctor
b)
poet and barber
c)
poet and athlete
d)
poet and musician
9.
What is the best known composition of the 14th century?
a)
Ordo Virtutum
b)
O Successoress
c)
Notre Dame Mass
d)
Gregorian Chant No. 3
10.
What is another name for cantus firmus?
a)
fixed melody
b)
steady beat
c)
fast tempo
d)
finally slow
11.
Who composed the best known composition of the 14th century?
a)
Landini
b)
Malines
c)
Perotin
d)
Machaut
12.
Who is Gregorian chant named after?
a)
Pope Frances I
b)
Pope Marcus I
c)
Pope Gregory I
d)
King Gregory I
13.
Who were most of von Bingen's compositions written for?
a)
Monks
b)
Teachers
c)
Nuns
d)
Priests
14.
Who was the leading French composer of the 14th century?
a)
Machaut
b)
Landini
c)
Malines
d)
Perotin
15.
How many troubadour and trouvere melodies have been preserved?
a)
1650
b)
1750
c)
1250
d)
1450
16.
Who was the leading Italian composer of the 14th century?
a)
Malines
b)
Perotin
c)
Landini
d)
Bach
17.
Scales containing seven tones with an eighth tone duplicating the first
a)
Weird Scales
Weird Scales
Weird Scales
b)
Ballata
c)
Church Modes
d)
Rondeau
18.
Long, sustained tone accompanying a melody
a)
ballata
b)
mass
c)
drone
d)
organum
19.
Melody - often a gregorian chant- used as the basis of a polyphonic composition
a)
Cantus Firmus
b)
Mass Ordinary
c)
Drone
d)
Ars Nova
20.
Used by musical thoerists to describe the profound stylistic changes of Italian and French music in the 14th century
a)
Gregorian Chant
b)
Cantus Firmus
c)
Mass Ordinary
d)
Ars Nova
21.
Roman Catholic church texts that remain the same from day to day throughout most of the year.
a)
Mass Ordinary
b)
Mass
c)
Group
d)
Text
22.
Melodies set to sacred latin texts, sung without accompaniment; official music of the Roman Catholic church
a)
Ballata
b)
Mass Ordinary
c)
Mass
d)
Gregorian Chant
23.
Sacred Choral composition made up of five sections: Kyrie, Gloria, Credo, Sanctus, and Agnus Dei.
a)
Mass
b)
Mass Ordinary
c)
Cantus Firmus
d)
Gregorian Chant
24.
A medieval dance that is one of the earliest surviving forms of instrumental music
a)
Estampie
b)
Organum
c)
Ballata
d)
Rondeau
25.
Medieval polophony that consists of gregorian chant and one more melodic line
a)
Ballata
b)
Rondeau
c)
Organum
d)
Estampie
26.
In medieval music, an Italian poetic and musical form with the structure A BB AA
a)
Ballata
b)
Estampie
c)
Rondeau
d)
Organum
27.
One of the main poetic and musical forms in 14th and 15th century France.
a)
Ballata
b)
Estampie
c)
Organum
d)
Rondeau
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