MUS final review exam questions &
answers 2024/2025
Which religious service was most important to the medieval monks and nuns who lived, worked, and
prayed in the monasteries? - ANSWERSThe Mass
What type of music was sung for the religious services of the monastery? - ANSWERSGregorian chant
Identify the activity that began in the monasteries of Western Europe around the year 1000. -
ANSWERSmusical notation, with notes placed on lines and spaces
Given to the church as a tithe while still a child, this composer of Gregorian chant later founded a
convent; popes as well as kings sought her advice. - ANSWERSHildegard of Bingen
What is the term for the early polyphony of the Western Church? - ANSWERSOrganum
Identify the composer who wrote four-voice organum for the cathedral of Notre Dame in Paris. -
ANSWERSPerotinus
The Agincourt Carol was written to commemorate: - ANSWERSan important military victory by the army
of Henry V during the Hundred Years' War
Because medieval musicians could play a melody on the ________ while simultaneously providing a
basic chordal accompaniment, the instrument's function was not dissimilar to that of our modern guitar.
- ANSWERSvielle
Which event did not occur during the Middle Ages? - ANSWERSMartin Luther posted the Ninety-Five
Theses
,Identify the composition that is the best-known work in the entire repertoire of medieval music. -
ANSWERSMesse de Nostre Dame
In which three countries was the Renaissance particularly influential? - ANSWERSItaly, France , and
England
Identify the culture that provided the primary inspiration for writers, artists, and architects during the
Renaissance. - ANSWERSancient Greece and Rome
What does "humanism" mean? - ANSWERSthe belief that people have the capacity to shape their world
as well as create good and beautiful things
This temperamental and egotistical composer, described by one Renaissance writer as the musical
equivalent of Michelangelo, was so talented that he could demand twice the salary of his gifted peers. -
ANSWERSJosquin
__________ spent nearly his entire career working at major churches in Rome. His serene musical style
came to epitomize the restrained spirit of the Counter-Reformation. - ANSWERSPalestrina
The Counter-Reformation was a reactionary movement in the Roman Catholic church that sought to
stem the tide of the Protestant Reformation by cleansing the church of abuses and establishing a more
conservative, pious environment. - ANSWERS'True'.
When adult male singers use their head voice to produce a high, soprano-like sound, the result is called:
- ANSWERSfalsetto
Which genre of composition was not used during the Renaissance? - ANSWERSconcerto grosso
The composers Josquin and Palestrina both spent a portion of their careers working in the Sistine Chapel
of the pope - ANSWERS'True'.
Which Renaissance wind instrument was the predecessor of the modern oboe? - ANSWERSshawm
, Which composition is an example of a Renaissance motet? - ANSWERSJosquin's Ave Maria
Which term designates a composition sung by a choir without instrumental accompaniment? -
ANSWERSa capella
The process by which one or more musical voices, or parts, enter and duplicate exactly for a period of
time the music presented by the previous voice is known as: - ANSWERSimitation
What is a castrato? - ANSWERSa boy or adult singer who had been castrated to keep his voice in the
soprano register
When music artfully depicts, or even mimics, the text, the result is called - ANSWERSword painting
Identify the incorrect statement regarding the madrigal. - ANSWERSsung by large a cappella choirs
Identify the incorrect statement about Renaissance musical style. - ANSWERSexciting, driving, energized
rhythms propel music forward with vigor
Gutenbergs press appeared around 1460 and had a revolutionary impact on the transmission of
information?. - ANSWERStrue
The primary idea about music developed by the philosophers and musicians of ancient Greece and Rome
that Renaissance composers found particularly influential was that music soothed the soul. -
ANSWERSfalse
Composers of sacred music turned increasingly to the motet as their preferred genre of composition
because the texts were more vivid and descriptive, offering more opportunity for expressive music -
ANSWERStrue
Identify the instrument that dominated the sound of the Baroque orchestra and contributed to the rising
popularity of instrumental music. - ANSWERSviolin
answers 2024/2025
Which religious service was most important to the medieval monks and nuns who lived, worked, and
prayed in the monasteries? - ANSWERSThe Mass
What type of music was sung for the religious services of the monastery? - ANSWERSGregorian chant
Identify the activity that began in the monasteries of Western Europe around the year 1000. -
ANSWERSmusical notation, with notes placed on lines and spaces
Given to the church as a tithe while still a child, this composer of Gregorian chant later founded a
convent; popes as well as kings sought her advice. - ANSWERSHildegard of Bingen
What is the term for the early polyphony of the Western Church? - ANSWERSOrganum
Identify the composer who wrote four-voice organum for the cathedral of Notre Dame in Paris. -
ANSWERSPerotinus
The Agincourt Carol was written to commemorate: - ANSWERSan important military victory by the army
of Henry V during the Hundred Years' War
Because medieval musicians could play a melody on the ________ while simultaneously providing a
basic chordal accompaniment, the instrument's function was not dissimilar to that of our modern guitar.
- ANSWERSvielle
Which event did not occur during the Middle Ages? - ANSWERSMartin Luther posted the Ninety-Five
Theses
,Identify the composition that is the best-known work in the entire repertoire of medieval music. -
ANSWERSMesse de Nostre Dame
In which three countries was the Renaissance particularly influential? - ANSWERSItaly, France , and
England
Identify the culture that provided the primary inspiration for writers, artists, and architects during the
Renaissance. - ANSWERSancient Greece and Rome
What does "humanism" mean? - ANSWERSthe belief that people have the capacity to shape their world
as well as create good and beautiful things
This temperamental and egotistical composer, described by one Renaissance writer as the musical
equivalent of Michelangelo, was so talented that he could demand twice the salary of his gifted peers. -
ANSWERSJosquin
__________ spent nearly his entire career working at major churches in Rome. His serene musical style
came to epitomize the restrained spirit of the Counter-Reformation. - ANSWERSPalestrina
The Counter-Reformation was a reactionary movement in the Roman Catholic church that sought to
stem the tide of the Protestant Reformation by cleansing the church of abuses and establishing a more
conservative, pious environment. - ANSWERS'True'.
When adult male singers use their head voice to produce a high, soprano-like sound, the result is called:
- ANSWERSfalsetto
Which genre of composition was not used during the Renaissance? - ANSWERSconcerto grosso
The composers Josquin and Palestrina both spent a portion of their careers working in the Sistine Chapel
of the pope - ANSWERS'True'.
Which Renaissance wind instrument was the predecessor of the modern oboe? - ANSWERSshawm
, Which composition is an example of a Renaissance motet? - ANSWERSJosquin's Ave Maria
Which term designates a composition sung by a choir without instrumental accompaniment? -
ANSWERSa capella
The process by which one or more musical voices, or parts, enter and duplicate exactly for a period of
time the music presented by the previous voice is known as: - ANSWERSimitation
What is a castrato? - ANSWERSa boy or adult singer who had been castrated to keep his voice in the
soprano register
When music artfully depicts, or even mimics, the text, the result is called - ANSWERSword painting
Identify the incorrect statement regarding the madrigal. - ANSWERSsung by large a cappella choirs
Identify the incorrect statement about Renaissance musical style. - ANSWERSexciting, driving, energized
rhythms propel music forward with vigor
Gutenbergs press appeared around 1460 and had a revolutionary impact on the transmission of
information?. - ANSWERStrue
The primary idea about music developed by the philosophers and musicians of ancient Greece and Rome
that Renaissance composers found particularly influential was that music soothed the soul. -
ANSWERSfalse
Composers of sacred music turned increasingly to the motet as their preferred genre of composition
because the texts were more vivid and descriptive, offering more opportunity for expressive music -
ANSWERStrue
Identify the instrument that dominated the sound of the Baroque orchestra and contributed to the rising
popularity of instrumental music. - ANSWERSviolin
