Mus 121 4-11 Questions with CORRECT Answers (Grade
A+)
Question 1:
CH_4 MC Question The term madrigalism was often synonymous with what other term?
Answer:
word painting
Question 2:
CH_4 MC Question A secular vocal genre containing a short poem set in the vernacular, this type of
music was for multiple voices, found during the renaissance period, and used word painting so
frequently that the genre's title became synonymous with the word painting technique. What is this
describing?
Answer:
madrigal
Question 3:
CH_4 TF Question Music that is sung with no instrument accompaniment is called a capella.
Answer:
true
Question 4:
CH_4 MC Question What is word painting? A musical concept in which melodies depict
Answer:
specific words that are sung (like notes going higher in pitch on the word "ascend").
Question 5:
CH_4 MC Question 1450-1600 marks the years of which musical period?
Answer:
Renaissance
,Question 6:
CH_4 MC Question This medieval period composer was an advocate of the ars nova (which brought
great change to music). He was a well-educated poet-musician. Because of his preservation of music
manuscripts (mainly by gifting them to patrons), his music was preserved. This helped push the music
scene forward into the next musical period. Who was this composer?
Answer:
Guillaume de Machaut
Question 7:
CH_4 MC Question In the medieval period, it was common to hear secular music from troubadours,
trouvères, and minnesingers. Who were these people?
Answer:
Poet-musicians of France and Germany who created the first secular songs of which we have record.
They're like the singer-songwriters of the medieval period.
Question 8:
CH_4 MC Question When a second melodic line was added to Gregorian chant, the song was then
referred to as _____.
Answer:
Organum
Question 9:
CH_4 MC Question Who was Hildegard of Bingen?
Answer:
The main documented female composer of the medieval period.
Question 10:
CH_4 MC Question Which musical period took place from 450-1450?
Answer:
Medieval
Question 11:
The sections of the Mass that contains texts that vary with the day of the church year are called the
Proper.
Answer:
true
, Question 12:
The Ordinary of the Mass is the part that varies with each day.
Answer:
false
Question 13:
Medieval motets used sacred language rather than secular.
Answer:
false
Question 14:
Church doctrine during the Middle Ages encouraged celebrating life on earth and living it to its fullest.
Answer:
false
Question 15:
Check all musical characteristics that correctly define early Gregorian Chant?
Answer:
Monophonic texture Modal ambiguity rather than major/minor Melody is determined by inflection of
the text
Question 16:
The most solemn service of the Catholic church, commemorating and reenacting the Last Supper, is
called
Answer:
The Mass
Question 17:
The motet uses what kind of texture?
Answer:
Polyphonic
A+)
Question 1:
CH_4 MC Question The term madrigalism was often synonymous with what other term?
Answer:
word painting
Question 2:
CH_4 MC Question A secular vocal genre containing a short poem set in the vernacular, this type of
music was for multiple voices, found during the renaissance period, and used word painting so
frequently that the genre's title became synonymous with the word painting technique. What is this
describing?
Answer:
madrigal
Question 3:
CH_4 TF Question Music that is sung with no instrument accompaniment is called a capella.
Answer:
true
Question 4:
CH_4 MC Question What is word painting? A musical concept in which melodies depict
Answer:
specific words that are sung (like notes going higher in pitch on the word "ascend").
Question 5:
CH_4 MC Question 1450-1600 marks the years of which musical period?
Answer:
Renaissance
,Question 6:
CH_4 MC Question This medieval period composer was an advocate of the ars nova (which brought
great change to music). He was a well-educated poet-musician. Because of his preservation of music
manuscripts (mainly by gifting them to patrons), his music was preserved. This helped push the music
scene forward into the next musical period. Who was this composer?
Answer:
Guillaume de Machaut
Question 7:
CH_4 MC Question In the medieval period, it was common to hear secular music from troubadours,
trouvères, and minnesingers. Who were these people?
Answer:
Poet-musicians of France and Germany who created the first secular songs of which we have record.
They're like the singer-songwriters of the medieval period.
Question 8:
CH_4 MC Question When a second melodic line was added to Gregorian chant, the song was then
referred to as _____.
Answer:
Organum
Question 9:
CH_4 MC Question Who was Hildegard of Bingen?
Answer:
The main documented female composer of the medieval period.
Question 10:
CH_4 MC Question Which musical period took place from 450-1450?
Answer:
Medieval
Question 11:
The sections of the Mass that contains texts that vary with the day of the church year are called the
Proper.
Answer:
true
, Question 12:
The Ordinary of the Mass is the part that varies with each day.
Answer:
false
Question 13:
Medieval motets used sacred language rather than secular.
Answer:
false
Question 14:
Church doctrine during the Middle Ages encouraged celebrating life on earth and living it to its fullest.
Answer:
false
Question 15:
Check all musical characteristics that correctly define early Gregorian Chant?
Answer:
Monophonic texture Modal ambiguity rather than major/minor Melody is determined by inflection of
the text
Question 16:
The most solemn service of the Catholic church, commemorating and reenacting the Last Supper, is
called
Answer:
The Mass
Question 17:
The motet uses what kind of texture?
Answer:
Polyphonic
