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music of medieval period

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

A term used to describe a single syllable of text is sung carried through many text.

a)

Melismatic

b)

Neumes

c)

Organum

d)

Syllabic

2.

Who was a famous female composer of the Medieval Period?

a)

Taylor Swift

b)

Michael Miller

c)

Hildegard von Bingen

d)

Clara Schumann

3.

What type of music primarily existed during the Medieval Period?

a)

instrumental

b)

sacred/vocal

c)

sacred/instrumental

d)

secular

4.

The following are characteristics of a Gregorian chant, EXCEPT ______.

a)

used neumes

b)

free meter

c)

sacred text

d)

polyphonic

5.

This period is also known as the Middle Ages.

a)

Medieval Period

b)

Renaissance Period

c)

Baroque Period

d)

Primitive Period

6.

This element of music consists of two or more sounds or notes played or heard simultaneously.

a)

harmony

b)

melody

c)

rhythm

d)

timbre

7.

Adam de la Halle was also known as:

a)

Adam Le Bossu

b)

Adam the Hunchback

c)

Henri de la Halle

d)

Charles Anjou

8.

Characteristics of Troubadour music includes:

a)

monophonic

b)

originated in France

c)

written in the French language

d)

sometimes with accompaniment

9.

Troubadour music themes includes:

a)

chivalry

b)

courtly love

c)

political satire

d)

unhappy endings

10.

Group of traveling musicians who introduce secular music/ nonreligious music during the Medieval period.

a)

Treble makers

b)

Tenors

c)

Troubadours

d)

Gregorians

11.

It is commonly used in the church and it is the most suitable music for worship services.

a)

Secular music

b)

Gregorian chant

c)

Troubadour music

d)

Melismatic

12.

Other characteristics of Gregorian chant includes:

a)

Latin language

b)

Polyphonic

c)

Sung in melismatic

d)

without accompaniment

13.

The Gregorian chant was named after:

a)

Pope Gregorio I

b)

Pope Greg II

c)

Pope Gregory I

d)

Pope Francis

14.

A short musical package in two or more phrases used for singing unmetrical words.

a)

chant

b)

melismatic

c)

secular

d)

gregorian

15.

Music of the Medieval Period year covered.

a)

500-1500

b)

700-1400

c)

1600- 1750

d)

1750- 1800