Terms to Know /Practice Examination: Music 100
i. Duple
ii. Triple
iii. Quadruple
i. Sextuple
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Multiple Choice
1. _____What is the name for the family of instruments associated with violas, celli, harps, and lutes?
a. Plucked
b. Bowed
c. Strings
d. Violins
2. _____What is the name given to the most solemn Roman Catholic service?
a. Chant
b. Mass
c. Office
d. Collect
3. _____The earliest written form of music in the west is called
a. Ars Liberalis
b. Motet
c. Chant
d. Organum
4. _____The earliest form of polyphony is
a. Ars Liberalis
b. Motet
c. Chant
d. Organum
5. _____"A un giro sol" is an example of
a. Chant
b. Word Painting
c. An English Madrigal
d. Opera
6. _____The period in European history described as the ‘rebirth’ of antiquity is called the
a. Medieval
b. Baroque
c. Renaissance
d. Gothic
7. _____The two most important sections in an opera are
a. Recitative and aria
b. Reformation and Counter Reformation
c. Catholic and Protestant
d. Sacred and secular
8. ____Organum contains
a. a faster moving voice above a slower moving chant
b. no polyphony
c. more than two vocal parts
d. only instrumental parts
9. _____is the name given minstrels associated with secular court activities in the late Middle Ages in the southern regions of medieval Europe.
a. Jongleurs
b. Troubadours
c. Trouveres
d. Clowns
10. _____He is the founding composer of the Italian madrigal
a. Machaut
b. Monteverdi
c. Messiah
d. Machiavelli
e. Moses
11. _____The "Pope Marcellus Mass" is said to be Palestrina’s answer to
a. the Counter Reformation’s demands for a music that emphasized current musical techniques
b. the Reformation’s desire to have a music that reflected the needs of a new religion
c. the Counter Reformation’s need for the words of the Mass to be articulated clearly
d. none of the above
12. _____Gregorian Chant melodies are
a. Polyphonic
b. Monophonic
c. Homophonic
d. None of the above
13. From the motet "O mitissima/Virgo/Haec dies" which section is chant _____________
True or False
1. _____Handel was known for his cantatas
2. _____Cantatas are always sacred
3. _____Oratorios are Baroque compositions for the Catholic church
4. _____Binary form can be understood as ABA
5. _____Grave is slower than largo
6. _____Medieval monasteries were pivotal in the development of culture
7. _____J.S. Bach composed music for the Catholic church
8. _____Josquin composed so that the words were understandable
10. _____Opera was born in the Baroque era
11. _____Madrigals were popular in Italy and England
Listening
On the following page match the five examples with their historical period
1. _____
2. _____
3. _____
4. _____
5. _____
a. Middle Ages
b. Renaissance
c. Baroque
Match these examples with their composer
1. _____
2. _____
3. _____
4. _____
5. _____
a. Josquin
b. Anonymous
c. Palestrina
d. Machaut
e. Monteverdi
f. Handel
g. Bach
Match these examples with their genre
1. _____
2. _____
3. _____
4. _____
5. _____
a. Motet
b. Cantata
c. Opera
d. Oratorio
e. Madrigal
f. Chanson
g. Organum
h. Mass
Are these pieces
a. sacred or b. secular?
1. _____
2. _____
3. _____
4. _____
5. _____
1. Are the words or music the first priority for this composer? ____________
2. Is this piece English or Italian? ________________