WorksheetsMedieval Test
Total questions: 50
Worksheet time: 50mins
The oldest music that we have extensive knowledge of is the music of the ___.
Medieval Period
Middle Ages
Both
Beginning about the 12th century, cathedrals were built in the ___ style.
Ars Nova
Natural
Gothic
The droning of unaccompanied religious texts to simple unison melodies developed by monks is called ___, or chant.
motet
plainsong
organum
The style of chant that used one note per syllable was ___ chant.
melismatic
syllabic
pneumatic
___ chant was more fluid and had more than one note per syllable.
Melismatic
Syllabic
Pneumatic
The instrument invented during the Middle Ages that used a drone under the melody was the ___.
recorder
bassoon
bag pipes
When one independent parallel melody was combined with a chant, ___ was invented.
motet
organum
pneumatic chant
A great collection of chant was gathered in the 6th century by ___.
Leonin
Guido
Pope Gregory I
By the 13th century, many secular music composers were adding more than one new voice above a chant creating ___.
motet
organum
pneumatic chant
A musical composition where all of the voices sing the melody, but start at different times, is called a ___.
canon
motet
madrigal
The Ars Nova indicated an awareness of ___, such as the motet.
new music
pneumatic chant
instrumental music
A nun at the convent of Bingen that composed music for women to sing in their worship services was ___.
Mary
Hildegard
Guido
A Medieval code of customs associated with knighthood was ___.
Humanism
Reformation
Chivalry
The motet usually mixed these two languages, ___ and ___.
Latin, Spanish
English, French
French, Latin
The Medieval painter that painted people realistically for the first time was ___.
Giotto
Dante
Chaucer
The main worship service of the Catholic Church is the ___.
liturgy
chant
mass
There are ___ sections of the mass.
2
5
10
The mass that is used for special times such as Christmas and Easter is called the ___.
Proper
Ordinary
Liturgy
The ___ devastated Europe in the 1340s, wiping out 1/3 of the population.
smallpox
measles
black plague
The words of the mass are called the ___.
Liturgy
Ordinary
Proper
The words of the mass were in the ___ language from the 5th century until the mid 1960s.
Greek
Latin
Phoenician
The first mass set to music was believed to be the ___.
Pope Marcellus Mass
Notre Dame Mass
Mass in B Minor
___ was the monk who invented a way of teaching music by the shape of the hand.
Guido
Giotto
Machaut
The composer of the first mass set to music is ___.
Guido
Machaut
Leonin
The inventor of the printing press was ___, who made it possible to spread new ideas and concepts.
Luther
Guttenberg
Leonin
Traveling musicians were known as ___.
minstrels
bards
troubadours
The same pitch, performed at the same time, is called ___.
a capella
unison
homophonic
Unaccompanied vocal or choral music is called ____.
a capella
unison
homophonic
More ___ music was created during the Ars Nova.
secular
sacred
instrumental
The most common wind instrument during the time was the ___.
bagpipe
basson
recorder
For a time, the ___, the governing body of the church, outlawed melismatic chant.
Council of Churches
Council of Trent
Council of the Mass
The mass that is appropriate for regular worship, not including holidays, is the ___.
Liturgy
Ordinary
Proper
The style of the 13th century is referred to as the ___.
Ars Antiqua
Ars Nova
Stile Antico
The author of the Canterbury Tales was ___.
Dante
Chaucer
Giotto
The Hundred Years war was fought between the ___.
English and Spanish
Spanish and French
French and English
Before the 5th century, the words of the mass were spoken in ___.
Greek
Latin
Aramaic
The ___ was established the King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella to investigate, convict, and execute all non-Catholics who did not leave Spain after the Edict of Expulsion exiled all Muslims and Jews.
Spanish Inquisition
Spanish Armada
Emancipation Proclamation
Leonin and Perotin authored a collection of organum that the called the ___.
Magnus Liber
Big Book
both
What are the dates of the Ancient Period?
Pre-history - 450
450-1450
1400-1720
What are the dates of the Medieval Period?
450-1450
1600-1750
420-1420
What are the dates of the Renaissance Period?
1450-1600
1750-1900
1820-1865
What are the dates of the Baroque Period?
1820-1900
1600-1720
1600-1750
What are the dates of the Classical Period?
1770-1776
1750-1820
1820-1900
What are the dates of the Romantic Period?
1450-1700
1820-1900
1750-1820
What are the dates of the Modern Period?
1900-1975
1900-Present
1865-1950
Which one of these songs is an English Round?
Sumer is Icumen In
Kyrie
Agnus Dei
Which one of these songs is a Gregorian chant?
Kyrie
Instrumental
Sumer is Icumen In
What type of music does not use voices?
Instrumental
A capella
silence
Which songs is taken from the mass by Palestrina?
Sumer is Icumen In
Agnus Dei
Crossing the Red Sea
What famous person from history was burned at the stake during the Hundred Years War?
Napoleon
Pope Gregory I
Joan of Arc
