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WorksheetsMedieval Era Music History Unit Test
Total questions: 35
Worksheet time: 2hrs 45mins
Medieval Catholic music is almost always in...
Greek
Italian
Latin
English
The one movement of the Medieval Catholic Mass that is NOT in the same language as the rest is in...
Greek
Italian
Latin
English
According to legend, Pope Gregory the Great heard the voice of God from a dove, and...
had visions and wrote essays about them.
wrote music down using a notation system.
founded the Ars Nova at Notre Dame.
invented organum.
TRUE or FALSE: Plainchant maintains a time signature and a steady beat.
True
False
Which word means "one sound?"
Organum
Polyphony
Monorhythm
Monophony
Which word describes vocal music that has multiple simultaneous vocal parts?
Plainchant
Monorhythmic
Monophonic
Polyphonic
Choose the correct order of choir voices, from HIGHEST to LOWEST voice type:
Soprano, Tenor, Alto, Bass
Bass, Tenor, Alto, Soprano
Soprano, Alto, Tenor, Bass
Alto, Soprano, Tenor, Bass
TRUE or FALSE: Guillaume de Machaut has great success with his secular music.
True
False
Which term describes the older period of music from Notre Dame?
Ars Nova
Ars Antiqua
Musica Humana
Magnus Liber
Which term means "new art?"
Ars Nova
Ars Antiqua
Musica Humana
Magnus Liber
When notes in different voices are moving consistently in the same direction, it is called...
contrary motion
homorhythmic motion
parallel motion
perpendicular motion
Which word describes non-religious music?
Sacred
Sacramus
Secular
Secundus
Which word describes religious music?
Sacred
Sacramus
Secular
Secundus
Where did Léonin and Pérotin live and compose?
The Vatican in Italy
Eibingen Abbey in Germany
Westminster Abbey in England
Notre Dame in France
Choose the most correct statement:
Léonin was a French composer of polyphonic organum.
Léonin was an Italian composer of polyphonic organum.
Léonin was an italian composer of monophonic plainchant.
Léonin was a French composer of monophonic plainchant.
Choose the most correct statement:
Pérotin was a composer at Notre Dame who wrote plainchant.
Pérotin expanded on the organum in the Magnus Liber Organi.
Pérotin wrote monophonic organum for Pope Gregory the Great.
Pérotin was a French composer of music for Minnesingers.
The Magnus Liber Organi contained...
secular madrigals
plainchants
organum
chorales
Traditionally, Gregorian Chant was performed only by...
men ordained by the Catholic church
women
any Catholic person
any Catholic men
Why was Hildegard von Bingen unusual for the medieval era?
She wrote music for men to sing during Mass
She advised important men in the Catholic Church based on her visions
She created the traditional rules for plainchant, which we still rigidly follow today
She was executed for claiming to have visions
Where were Troubadours from?
Germany
England
France
Spain
TRUE or FALSE: Minstrels were highly respected members of English royal society.
True
False
TRUE or FALSE: People in the medival era would hold formal concerts in theatres to listen to instrumental music with no singers.
True
False
What country were Minnesingers from?
Germany
Italy
Spain
France
Troubadours, minstrels, and minnesingers mostly sang songs about...
God
Love and Knightly Chivalry
Anti-War Protests
The Struggle of the Common People
Which of the following would be considered a "bas" instrument?
Drums
Sackbut
Harp
Shawm
Which of the following would be considered an "haut" instrument?
Recorder
Drum
Lute
Dulcimer
In plainchant, how many notes per syllable of text are in a syllabic phrase?
1
5
10
12
In plainchant, the longest phrase type is called...
neumatic
syllabic
melismatic
polyphonic
The square-shaped curved notes used in medieval music notation are called...
neumes
notes
letters
organums
Which type of mass is used for special occasions, for example, a Requiem Mass for funerals?
Proper
Ordinary
Neumatic
Gregorian
TRUE or FALSE: The Mass Ordinary uses the same texts in every service.
True
False
Organum's revolutionary contribution to the development of harmony was...
a drone
a pipe organ
12-part chords
using augmented 4th intervals
The technique in popular medieval songs in which vocal parts echo each other is called...
madrigals
counterpoint
ars nova
round
When all the singers in a choir sing exactly the same thing at the same time, it's called...
unison
unicorn
unicycle
universe
Write ONE true fact that you found very interesting during the study of this historical era.
