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Middle Ages Music

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 19mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Secular music is ______ _________ music.

(a)  

2.

Sacred music is (a)   music

3.

People called (a)   traveled the country, singing their secular love songs.

4.

Middle Ages is also called (a)  

5.

The Middle ages was a time of warfare, religious devotion, and royal pageantry. (There are more than 1 answer.)

a)

Warfare

b)

Riches

c)

Education

d)

Religious Devotion

e)

Royal Pageantry

6.

The Catholic Church, under the leadership of the ______ __ ______ was important part of life during this time.

(a)  

7.

Sacred music was mostly (a)   music until 1100.

8.

Most notated music was sacred in the Middle ages.

Why?

a)

The church had control over what songs to sing

b)

People couldn't read or write

c)

The church had control over learning

d)

The royals decided what should be notated

9.

•The earliest form of sacred music was called (a)   .

10.

The most well-known form of plainsong is called (a)   , in honor of Pope Gregory the First.

11.

Middle Ages started from _________AD to ____________AD

(a)  

12.

The First class of people were the clergy.

a)

True

b)

False

13.

The pope was very important in the Middle Ages.

a)

True

b)

Flase

14.

The (a)   was the most popular instrument for scared music in the middle ages.

15.

Plainsong is a single melody with words in the (a)   language.

16.

Liturgy means:

a)

End of Church

b)

Start of Church

c)

Church Service

17.

Which instruments were used for secular music? (there are multiple answers)

a)

Recorders

b)

Drums

c)

Harp

d)

Organ

18.

Was the tempo of secular music in the middle ages faster or slower than sacred music?

a)

Faster

b)

Slower

19.

When singing secular music in the middle ages, which language was it sung?

a)

Common language

b)

Latin

c)

American

d)

French

20.

One of the instruments of the middle ages was

a)

saxophone

b)

recorder

c)

oboe

d)

piano

21.

One of the instruments of the middle ages was

a)

shawm

b)

guitar

c)

oboe

d)

piano

22.

One of the instruments of the middle ages was

a)

piano

b)

guitar

c)

oboe

d)

lute

23.

One of the instruments of the middle ages was

a)

piano

b)

guitar

c)

Valve-less trumpet

d)

saxophone

24.

One of the instruments of the middle ages was

a)

piano

b)

guitar

c)

kettle drum

d)

saxophone

25.

Who are the 3 composer of the Middle Ages?

a)

JS Bach

b)

Perotin

c)

Guillaume de Machaut

d)

Ludwig von Beethoven

e)

Hildegard von Bingen