WorksheetsReview - Middle Ages
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 23mins
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Class
Date
1.
What is Secular music?
a)
Music that accompanied mass required instrumental accompaniment.
b)
Music performed outside of the church, often used instrumentation
c)
Music performed within the church, exclusively with vocalists.
d)
Music performed in monasteries and only with vocal elements.
2.
What does “Syllabic” refer to?
a)
A text setting in which each phrase is sung over multiple pitches.
b)
A text setting in which every syllable gets one pitch.
c)
A text setting where some syllables get several pitches.
d)
A text setting where one pitch lasts several syllables.
3.
What is a Responsorial?
a)
When a soloist alternates with a choir in plainchant.
b)
When the entire choir sings together throughout the chant.
c)
When two choirs alternate sections within the same chant.
d)
When the choir alternates with an instrument.
4.
What is Gregorian Chant?
a)
A secular music form used for public ceremonies.
b)
A style of chant that included harmonized choruses.
c)
A variety of plainchant that was the official music of the Catholic Church.
d)
A type of instrumental music used in Catholic liturgy.
5.
This pope recognized the Catholic liturgy, including its music.
a)
Pope Leo III
b)
Pop Urban II
c)
Pope Gregory I
d)
Pope Innocent IV
6.
What does Melismatic mean?
a)
A text setting in which some syllables are sung over many pitches.
b)
A setting where each syllable gets exactly one pitch.
c)
A text setting where every syllable matches one beat.
d)
A setting in which each phrase is sung over one pitch.
7.
This person was a German nun who was the first female composer from whom musical works have survived.
a)
Joan of arc
b)
Eleannor of Aquatine
c)
St. Teresa of Avila
d)
Hildegard von Bingen
8.
Between 700 & 900 CE, monks in monasteries began experiments with adding __________ to chants.
a)
Instruments
b)
Rhythm
c)
Solo verses
d)
Harmony
9.
Who were the Troubadours?
a)
Traveling poet-composers active in noble courts and villages.
b)
Instrumentalists who played during church services.
c)
Group of monks who started writing secular music in convent.
d)
Church musicians who composed only sacred music.
10.
Secular music was mainly passed __________, due to the illiteracy of the general population.
a)
Aurally
b)
Through paintings
c)
Through printed songbooks
d)
Through visual cues
11.
Music performed outside of the church, often using instrumentation is called Secular music.
a)
True
b)
False
12.
Composers were well-known during this time period.
a)
True
b)
False
13.
Plainchant is monophonic.
a)
True
b)
False
14.
Plainchant is sung with instruments.
a)
True
b)
False
15.
Plainchant had a sense of meter and beat.
a)
True
b)
False
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