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Medieval Music
Test Description: Review of music in the Middle Ages
Instructions: Answer all questions to get your test result.
1) What religious service was most important to the medieval monks and nuns who lived, worked, and prayed in the monasteries?
A
the chanson
B
Matins
C
the Mass
D
Vespers
2) Which statement is INCORRECT about Gregorian chant?
A
Gregorian chant is monophonic in texture.
B
Gregorian chant was created by Pope Gregory the Great.
C
Gregorian chant lacks a sense of meter or driving, pulsating rhythms.
D
Gregorian chant uses Latin text.
3) Throughout the Middle Ages, which two groups vied for the political control of Europe?
A
Christianity and Islam
B
Montagues and Capulets
C
The Church and the aristocratic court
D
Republicans and Democrats
4) During the medieval period, musicians devised a system call mensural notation to specify rhythm as well as pitch.
A
False
B
True
5) Troubadours invent the musical genre known as:
A
madrigal
B
organum
C
chanson
D
motet
6) Sacred monophonic vocal music that has neither meter nor regular rhythm is called:
A
chanson
B
gregorian chant
C
carol
D
mass
7) When many notes are sung to just one syllable of text it is known as:
A
Melismatic singing
B
Syllabic singing
8) Male poet-musicians who flourished in France between 1150-1400
A
Vielles
B
Chansons
C
Tenors
D
Troubadours/Trouveres
9) Term for the portions of the Mass that CHANGE to suit the particular feast day.
A
carol
B
Ordinary of the Mass
C
Proper of the Mass
D
organum
10) A song sung in a language (non-Latin) that makes use of strophic form in which each verse is followed by a refrain.
A
chanson
B
organum
C
chant
D
vielle
11) In medieval polyphony, it is a term for the sustaining line with the chant.
A
vielle
B
tenor
C
organum
D
alto
12) Singing style in which only one or two notes occur for each syllable of text.
A
Solo Singing
B
Melismatic singing
C
Syllabic singing
13) The medieval fiddle and distant ancestor of the modern violin.
A
violet
B
viola
C
vielle
14) General term for a system of symbols indicating the melodic, harmonic, and rhythmic content of musical sound. This is still used today.
A
sheet music
B
Record
C
Musical notation
D
Mensural notation
15) Term for unvarying texts of the Mass that are sung virtually every day.
A
Regular Chant
B
Routine Hymns
C
Ordinary of the Mass
D
Proper of the Mass
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