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Q: A drama that is sung is called: a. a madrigal. c. a cantata. b. an opera. d. a motet.
Q: Discuss how the Reformation and the Counter-Reformation affected sacred music.
Q: Describe the musical structure of the Mass.
Q: Palestrina wrote the Pope Marcellus Mass to satisfy the Council of Trents recommendations for polyphonic church music.
Q: The dense counterpoint in the Pope Marcellus Mass obscures the words.
Q: The upper voice parts of the Pope Marcellus Mass were sung by boy sopranos or adult males with high voices.
Q: Palestrina worked as a composer at St. Peters in Rome.
Q: The Council of Trent took place in the mid-sixteenth century.
Q: The reform movement within the Catholic Church that was brought about by the Protestant Reformation was called the Counter-Reformation.
Q: The Reformation leader who encouraged polyphony was John Calvin.
Q: The Ordinary begins with the Kyrie, which has a Greek text.
Q: The Proper of the Mass contains the texts that are sung every day.
Q: What type of monophonic singing did both Martin Luther and John Calvin believe should be the basis of Christian worship? a. motets c. congregational singing b. madrigals d. cantus firmus
Q: Which section of the Mass ends with Hosanna in the highest? a. the Sanctus c. the Gloria b. the Kyrie d. the Angus Dei
Q: Which part of the Mass is prayer for mercy? a. the Gloria c. the Sanctus b. the Credo d. the Kyrie
Q: Which of the following best describes the texture of the Pope Marcellus Mass? a. monophony c. four-voice polyphony b. three-voice polyphony d. six-voice polyphony
Q: Which of the following describes the required performers for the Pope Marcellus Mass? a. a full choir b. an all-male choir with boy sopranos or male falsettos c. a choir and instruments d. a mixed-gender choir and organ
Q: Which of the following composers responded to the reforms of the Council of Trent in an exemplary fashion? a. Palestrina c. Du Fay b. Josquin d. Ockeghem
Q: In terms of church music, which of the following did the Council of Trent recommend? a. removing all secularism from church music b. making the words of the liturgy more understandable c. disciplining the irreverent attitudes of church musicians d. all of the answers shown here
Q: After the Protestant Reformation of the early sixteenth century, the Roman Catholic Church responded with a movement to recapture the loyalty of its people. This movement was known as: a. the Crusades. c. the Counter-Reformation. b. the Reformation. d. the Thirty Years War.
Q: Which of the following was a leader in the Protestant Reformation? a. Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina c. Saint Ignatius Loyola b. Martin Luther d. Ascanio Sforza
Q: Which of the following lists the movements of the Ordinary of the Mass? a. Introit, Gradual, Ite missa est, Agnus Dei b. Kyrie, Collect, Epistle, Gradual c. Kyrie, Gloria, Credo, Sanctus, Agnus Dei d. Agnus Dei, Magnificat, Dies irae, Kyrie
Q: What was the primary language of the Mass? a. Hebrew c. Italian b. Greek d. Latin
Q: The portion of the Mass that changes from day to day, depending on the feast celebrated, is called: a. the Proper. c. the liturgy. b. the Ordinary. d. none of the answers shown here
Q: The portion of the Mass that remains the same in every celebration of the service is called: a. the Proper. c. the Gradual. b. the Ordinary. d. none of the answers shown here
Q: The Roman Catholic service that symbolically reenacts Christs Last Supper is: a. Vespers. c. the Mass. b. Matins. d. the Divine Office.
Q: How does Josquin highlight different emotional aspects of the text in Ave Maria . . . virgo serena?
Q: Describe the impact of humanism on Renaissance painting and sacred music.
Q: The motet is a secular work with a Latin text.
Q: Renaissance painting is considered more realistic than medieval art because Renaissance painters used more vivid colors.
Q: Josquin does not incorporate a cantus firmus in Ave Maria . . . virgo serena.
Q: Josquins career centered exclusively in his native France.
Q: One of the reasons for the success of the Renaissance motet was its free use of vernacular languages.
Q: An a cappella choir is accompanied by the organ.
Q: Music for the Christian church was sung primarily by professional male singers trained from childhood.
Q: Renaissance painters preferred symbolism to realism.
Q: Religious belief became more personal during the Renaissance.
Q: A musical setting in which all voices move together rhythmically is called: a. polyphonic. c. homorhythmic. b. monophonic. d. polyrhythmic.
Q: A sacred work with a Latin text for use in the Mass and other religious services is called a: a. madrigal. c. motet. b. cantus firmus. d. chanson.
Q: During the Renaissance there was a growing reliance on: a. unquestioning faith and mysticism. c. the church. b. reason and scientific inquiry. d. ancient Asian cultures.
Q: What is the musical basis of Josquins Ave Maria . . . virgo serena? a. a popular cantus firmus heard throughout the entire work b. a preexisting Gregorian chant for the Virgin in the top voice and then a freely composed melody c. an isorhythm in the two bottom voices d. a five-note ostinato figure
Q: The text of Ave Maria . . . virgo serena concerns: a. praise of the Virgin Mary. b. praise of the English victory at Agincourt. c. praise of chivalric love. d. praise of the Archangel Michael.
Q: Josquins Ave Maria . . . virgo serena is an example of the: a. Mass. c. chanson. b. motet. d. madrigal.
Q: The dominant composers of the early Renaissance came from: a. Italy. c. England. b. northern Europe. d. Spain.
Q: Which early Renaissance composer exerted a powerful influence on generations of composers who followed? a. Machaut c. Farmer b. Josquin d. Hildegard
Q: A fixed melody used as a basis for elaborate polyphonic writing during the Renaissance is called: a. word-painting. c. a cantus firmus. b. a cappella. d. a saltarello.
Q: Which of the following best describes the texture of ideal Renaissance sacred music? a. imitative c. monophonic b. homorhythmic d. heterophonic
Q: The Renaissance is regarded as the golden age of singing for voices alone without instrumental accompaniment, which is called: a. imitation. c. cantus firmus. b. a cappella style. d. polyphony.
Q: Which genre of vocal music was included in Renaissance church services? a. Gregorian chant c. hymn b. motet d. all of the answers shown here
Q: Which of the following best characterizes humanism? a. thinking centered on human issues and individuality b. inspiration from the ancient cultures of Greece and Rome c. independence from tradition and religion d. all of the answers shown here
Q: Why is Renaissance painting considered more realistic than medieval painting? a. Renaissance painters used more vivid colors. b. The subjects of Renaissance paintings were often ordinary people doing ordinary tasks. c. Renaissance painters discovered a perspective that made it possible to see the whole simultaneously. d. Renaissance subjects were more consistently religious.
Q: Describe how the madrigal links music and poetry.
Q: Describe how so-called madrigalisms enhance the emotional content of Fair Phyllis.
Q: Claudio Monteverdi was one of the most artful and influential composers of the Italian madrigal tradition.
Q: Madrigal texts often included emotional words for weeping, sighing, trembling, and dying.
Q: Word-painting is an expressive device in which the music directly reflects the meaning of the words.
Q: Women began to play prominent roles in the performance of music both in the home and at court during the Renaissance.
Q: Madrigals such as Farmers Fair Phyllis were designed for professionals to perform to an audience.
Q: John Farmer was born in Italy and then moved to London.
Q: Unlike Italian madrigals, Fair Phyllis has no word-painting.
Q: The English madrigal flourished during the reign of Henry VIII.
Q: English composers adopted the Italian madrigal and developed it into a native form.
Q: Italian madrigalists set words such as death, heaven, and stars with great expression.
Q: In many world cultures, secular songs tend to be polyphonic.
Q: Phyllis is a _______ in Farmers setting of Fair Phyllis. a. shepherdess c. courtesan b. milk maid d. seamstress
Q: Where did Farmer work as an organist and choir master? a. Christ Church in Dublin c. St. Marks in Venice b. Notre Dame in Paris d. St. Peters in Rome
Q: John Farmer primarily worked in _______. a. Dublin c. Venice b. Rome d. Paris
Q: The Renaissance French chanson is an outgrowth of music developed by ______. a. Hildegard c. Farmer b. Machaut d. Shakespeare
Q: The expressive device making the music directly reflect the meaning of the words is known as: a. word-painting. c. virelai. b. chanson. d. madrigal.
Q: What two important secular genres arose from the union of poetry and music? a. the English ballad and French chanson b. the French chanson and Italian madrigal c. the Italian madrigal and the English ballad d. the French chanson and Polish mazurka
Q: Which of the following best describes the character of Farmers Fair Phyllis? a. devotional and moralizing c. pastoral and light b. courtly and idealized d. bombastic and heavy
Q: The syllables fa la la appeared in the refrains of secular music from _____. a. Italy c. England b. France d. Spain
Q: The late Renaissance madrigal came to full flower in the music of: a. Claudio Monteverdi. c. Guillaume Du Fay. b. Hildegard of Bingen. d. Josquin des Prez.
Q: Where was the madrigal first developed? a. England c. France b. Italy d. Germany
Q: Which of the following was the most important secular genre of the sixteenth century? a. the galliard c. the madrigal b. the chanson d. the rondeau
Q: Which culture developed a complex tradition of social part song, in which separate musical lines are combined into a harmonious whole? a. Islamic c. Chinese b. Western d. Indian
Q: Describe how the work of Machaut reflects the musical style known as Ars nova.
Q: Describe how Machaut conveys puzzles through sound in Ma fin est mon commencement (My end is my beginning).
Q: The rondeau, ballade, and virelai are the poetic forms that established the musical repetition scheme of the chansons.
Q: The chanson is a religious song with a French text.
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