MUSI 1306 STUDY EXAM GUIDE QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS GRADED A+
✔✔In medieval times, most polyphonic music was created by - ✔✔placing new melodic
lines against known chants
✔✔Among other causes, secular music became more important than sacred music in
the fourteenth century because - ✔✔all answers are correct
✔✔One of the major characteristics of ars nova is its use of - ✔✔syncopation
✔✔Secular music in the fourteenth century - ✔✔all answers are correct
✔✔The ars nova or new arts differed from old music in that - ✔✔a new system of
notation permitted composers to specify almost any rhythmic pattern
✔✔Guillame de Machaut's compositions consist mainly of - ✔✔love songs with
instrumental accompaniment
✔✔Which of the following statements is not true of the Renaissance? - ✔✔The Catholic
church was even more powerful in the Renaissance than during the Middle Ages
✔✔Which of the following statements is not true of Renaissance music? -
✔✔instrumental music became more important than vocal music during the
Renaissance
✔✔Renaissance music sounds fuller than medieval music because - ✔✔all answers are
correct
✔✔Renaissance melodies are usually easy to sing because - ✔✔the melody often
moves along a scale with a few large leaps
✔✔Which of the following statements is not true? - ✔✔Josquin spent most of his life in
the province of Hainaut, today a part of Belgium
✔✔Palestrina's Pope Marcellas Mass sounds fuller than Josquin's Ave Maria because -
✔✔it is set for six voices instead of four
✔✔During the Renaissance, every educated person was expected to - ✔✔all answers
are correct
✔✔Which of the following describes a difference between English and Italian madrigals
- ✔✔a lighter and more humorous tone
, ✔✔Lute songs are mostly ___ in texture. - ✔✔homophonic
✔✔The expression of ___, as heard in John Dowland's Flow My Tears, was a
prominent feature of English literature and music in the time of William Shakespeare -
✔✔melancholy
✔✔John Dowland's Flow My Tears consists of ___ musical selections that are each
immediately repeated. - ✔✔three
✔✔In most lute songs, the lute accompaniment - ✔✔is subordinate to the voice
✔✔Which of the following statements regarding the Renaissance is not true? - ✔✔much
of the instrumental music composed during the Renaissance was intended for church
use
✔✔Much of the instrumental music composed during the Renaissance was intended for
- ✔✔dancing
✔✔The word baroque has at various times meant all of the following except -
✔✔naturalistic
✔✔Which of the following statements is not true? - ✔✔the late baroque period was one
of the most revolutionary periods in music history
✔✔The early baroque was characterized by - ✔✔homophonic texture
✔✔The early and late baroque periods differed in that composers in the late baroque -
✔✔favored polyphonic texture
✔✔The middle baroque was characterized by - ✔✔a diffusion of style into every corner
of Europe
✔✔Affections in baroque usage refers to - ✔✔emotional states or moods of music
✔✔A baroque musical composition usually expresses ___ within the same movement -
✔✔one basic mood
✔✔the baroque principle of ___ may be temporarily suspended in vocal music when
drastic changes of emotion in a text inspires corresponding changes in the music -
✔✔unity of mood
✔✔The compelling drive and energy in baroque music are usually provided by -
✔✔repeated rhythmic patterns
ANSWERS GRADED A+
✔✔In medieval times, most polyphonic music was created by - ✔✔placing new melodic
lines against known chants
✔✔Among other causes, secular music became more important than sacred music in
the fourteenth century because - ✔✔all answers are correct
✔✔One of the major characteristics of ars nova is its use of - ✔✔syncopation
✔✔Secular music in the fourteenth century - ✔✔all answers are correct
✔✔The ars nova or new arts differed from old music in that - ✔✔a new system of
notation permitted composers to specify almost any rhythmic pattern
✔✔Guillame de Machaut's compositions consist mainly of - ✔✔love songs with
instrumental accompaniment
✔✔Which of the following statements is not true of the Renaissance? - ✔✔The Catholic
church was even more powerful in the Renaissance than during the Middle Ages
✔✔Which of the following statements is not true of Renaissance music? -
✔✔instrumental music became more important than vocal music during the
Renaissance
✔✔Renaissance music sounds fuller than medieval music because - ✔✔all answers are
correct
✔✔Renaissance melodies are usually easy to sing because - ✔✔the melody often
moves along a scale with a few large leaps
✔✔Which of the following statements is not true? - ✔✔Josquin spent most of his life in
the province of Hainaut, today a part of Belgium
✔✔Palestrina's Pope Marcellas Mass sounds fuller than Josquin's Ave Maria because -
✔✔it is set for six voices instead of four
✔✔During the Renaissance, every educated person was expected to - ✔✔all answers
are correct
✔✔Which of the following describes a difference between English and Italian madrigals
- ✔✔a lighter and more humorous tone
, ✔✔Lute songs are mostly ___ in texture. - ✔✔homophonic
✔✔The expression of ___, as heard in John Dowland's Flow My Tears, was a
prominent feature of English literature and music in the time of William Shakespeare -
✔✔melancholy
✔✔John Dowland's Flow My Tears consists of ___ musical selections that are each
immediately repeated. - ✔✔three
✔✔In most lute songs, the lute accompaniment - ✔✔is subordinate to the voice
✔✔Which of the following statements regarding the Renaissance is not true? - ✔✔much
of the instrumental music composed during the Renaissance was intended for church
use
✔✔Much of the instrumental music composed during the Renaissance was intended for
- ✔✔dancing
✔✔The word baroque has at various times meant all of the following except -
✔✔naturalistic
✔✔Which of the following statements is not true? - ✔✔the late baroque period was one
of the most revolutionary periods in music history
✔✔The early baroque was characterized by - ✔✔homophonic texture
✔✔The early and late baroque periods differed in that composers in the late baroque -
✔✔favored polyphonic texture
✔✔The middle baroque was characterized by - ✔✔a diffusion of style into every corner
of Europe
✔✔Affections in baroque usage refers to - ✔✔emotional states or moods of music
✔✔A baroque musical composition usually expresses ___ within the same movement -
✔✔one basic mood
✔✔the baroque principle of ___ may be temporarily suspended in vocal music when
drastic changes of emotion in a text inspires corresponding changes in the music -
✔✔unity of mood
✔✔The compelling drive and energy in baroque music are usually provided by -
✔✔repeated rhythmic patterns
