NATIONAL BOARD EXAM 2025
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
Music of the middle ages was dominated by - ANS vocal music that could be separated into
sacred and secular
sacred music vs. secular music in middle ages - ANS Gregorian chant and masses vs. music
for dance and entertainment, such as that of the troubadours and trouveres
gregorian chant characteristics included: - ANS free flowing with no distinct meter,
melismatic, and largely monophonic. sung by unaccompanied voice or choir.
this development in sacred music featured an early form of polyphony in which voices were
sung in parallel motion - ANS organum
masses during the middle ages featured this - ANS non-imitative polyphony
the most important form of Medieval polyphony was the - ANS motet, which spanned both
sacred and secular.
by the end of the middle ages secular music saw - ANS drone accompaniment, regular meter,
syncopations, polyphony, and harmony
as one of the most important services of the Roman Catholic church it was a driving force in
musical development in the Medieval and Renaissance eras - ANS mass
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, the liturgy of the ordinary was most often - ANS set to music, and musical advancements
were common here.
by the Renaissance era this was common in the mass settings - ANS polyphony, musical
notation was more refined, and complete masses were written by a single composer.
this first mass by a known composer was - ANS Machaut's Messe de Notre Dame
as a large scale form these composers delved into this genre - ANS Dufay, Josquin, Palestrina,
Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven, Schubert, Weber, Berlioz, Verdi, Wagner, Faure.
although the mass genre declined through the 20th century these composers used it -
ANS Hindemith, Stravinsky, Bernstein
the ordinary of the mass includes these 6 sections - ANS Kyrie, Gloria, Credo, Sanctus,
Benedictus, Agnus Dei
this major musical form of the Medieval and Renaissance periods emerged from medieval
organum and clausulae - ANS motet
this featured a tenor line derived from plainchant and one or more upper voices in French or
Latin - ANS medieval motet
the tenor vocal line in medieval motets usually - ANS had a short, repeated, rhythmic
pattern, while the upper voices had contrasting, lively upper voices
the texts of the upper voices in medieval motets were sometimes - ANS independent and in
a different language from the tenor line
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QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
Music of the middle ages was dominated by - ANS vocal music that could be separated into
sacred and secular
sacred music vs. secular music in middle ages - ANS Gregorian chant and masses vs. music
for dance and entertainment, such as that of the troubadours and trouveres
gregorian chant characteristics included: - ANS free flowing with no distinct meter,
melismatic, and largely monophonic. sung by unaccompanied voice or choir.
this development in sacred music featured an early form of polyphony in which voices were
sung in parallel motion - ANS organum
masses during the middle ages featured this - ANS non-imitative polyphony
the most important form of Medieval polyphony was the - ANS motet, which spanned both
sacred and secular.
by the end of the middle ages secular music saw - ANS drone accompaniment, regular meter,
syncopations, polyphony, and harmony
as one of the most important services of the Roman Catholic church it was a driving force in
musical development in the Medieval and Renaissance eras - ANS mass
1 Copyright ©2025 THESTAR ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
, the liturgy of the ordinary was most often - ANS set to music, and musical advancements
were common here.
by the Renaissance era this was common in the mass settings - ANS polyphony, musical
notation was more refined, and complete masses were written by a single composer.
this first mass by a known composer was - ANS Machaut's Messe de Notre Dame
as a large scale form these composers delved into this genre - ANS Dufay, Josquin, Palestrina,
Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven, Schubert, Weber, Berlioz, Verdi, Wagner, Faure.
although the mass genre declined through the 20th century these composers used it -
ANS Hindemith, Stravinsky, Bernstein
the ordinary of the mass includes these 6 sections - ANS Kyrie, Gloria, Credo, Sanctus,
Benedictus, Agnus Dei
this major musical form of the Medieval and Renaissance periods emerged from medieval
organum and clausulae - ANS motet
this featured a tenor line derived from plainchant and one or more upper voices in French or
Latin - ANS medieval motet
the tenor vocal line in medieval motets usually - ANS had a short, repeated, rhythmic
pattern, while the upper voices had contrasting, lively upper voices
the texts of the upper voices in medieval motets were sometimes - ANS independent and in
a different language from the tenor line
2 Copyright ©2025 THESTAR ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
