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The first part of Josquin's motet Ave Maria is in which meter? - correct answer ✔✔duple
The lowest voice in the "Alleluia Nativities" by Pérotin - correct answer ✔✔longer notes than
the upper voices
In Hildegard von Bingen's setting of the Kyrie, the trading off between the soloist and the chorus
is called - correct answer ✔✔call and response
The first polyphony, called organum, began at - correct answer ✔✔cathedral of Notre Dame in
Paris
The Renaissance motet is usually ___________ in nature. - correct answer ✔✔sacred
Gregorian chant is sung - correct answer ✔✔in unison with no harmony
In Josquin's motet Ave Maria at time mark 4:38, the voice pairings are between which voices? -
correct answer ✔✔SA & TB
The troubadours and trouveres of France and minnesingers of Germany performed for which
people? - correct answer ✔✔nobility
Gregorian Chant is music - correct answer ✔✔with no set rhythm
,The songs of the troubadours, trouveres and minnesingers dealt with what topics? - correct
answer ✔✔courtly love and chivalry
Josquin's frottola, El Grillo, is about what creature? - correct answer ✔✔cricket
As you listen to the "Alleluia Natavitas" by Perotin, the original chant melody is in - correct
answer ✔✔the lowest voice
A "passion" deals with what subject? - correct answer ✔✔last week of the life of Christ
Play the recording below. What is one of the distinguishing features of this music that makes it
"French"? - correct answer ✔✔unequal notes
Listen to the following recording. What is the text of this composition about? - correct answer
✔✔the last week of the life of Christ
What is the genre of the following recording? - correct answer ✔✔oratorio
Identify the texture of the voices at 0:49 in the "Hallelujah Chorus": - correct answer
✔✔polyphonic
The term "da capo" means - correct answer ✔✔from the top
Identify the texture of the voices at 0:07 in the "Hallelujah Chorus": - correct answer ✔✔x
polyphonic
x monophonic
x polyrhythmic
, Henry Purcell's only full opera, where every line is sung, is - correct answer ✔✔dido and aeneas
Mozart's most famous operas were - correct answer ✔✔x opera lyrique
x opera seria
x opera tragedie
In the following recording, who is singing the duet with Don Giovanni? - correct answer
✔✔zerlina
In the following recording, what is the text meaning of this movement? - correct answer ✔✔day
of wrath
which composer is known as the "father of opera"? - correct answer ✔✔claudio monteverdi
Play the following. What type of vocal work is this composition? - correct answer ✔✔x opera
x sonata
x oratorio
Play the following recording. What is the formal structure of this aria? - correct answer ✔✔x
ternary
x sonata
x theme and variation
The form of a da capo aria is - correct answer ✔✔ABA
Again, listen to the Rigaudon from Le tombeau. Which instruments have the melody after the
opening notes? - correct answer ✔✔woodwinds