MCQ Questions
Q.1.
-Golden age of a cappella style -imitative polyphony -harmony: fuller chords, 3rds and 6ths -carefully controlled dissonance -duple meter
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    Additive meter
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    Jacques Arcadelt (c. 1507-1568)
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    Explain renaissance style
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    Pentatonic scale
Q.2.
-"Fixed Song"-Entire mass based on one melody-Basis of polyphonic compositions of the MIDDLE AGES and RENAISSANCE. -The tune was taken from a Gregorian Chant =it would move very slowly under the more rapid vocal/instrumental lines above it.
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    Heterophonic
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    cantus firmus
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    active chords
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    Additive meter
Q.3.
soloist with piano
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    Accelerando:
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    Duo sonata:
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    Idiophones:
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    Harmonics:
Q.4.
-Secular vocal composition for three to eight voices flourished at Italian courts-short poems: lyric or reflective character-music enhanced poetry-word painting: music depicts emotional words =weeping, sighing, trembling, etc.-instruments double or substitute voices
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    The Italian Madrigal
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    Ordinary of the Mass
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    What was secular renaissance music like in court and city life?
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    Guillaume de Machaut
Q.5.
fugue
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    Listening Guide 8: Arcadelt, Il bianco e dolce cigno (The white and sweet swan) (1538)
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    One of the major advancements in the Renaissance was the invention of printing, pioneered by:
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    In a conducting pattern, which is the strongest beat in any meter?
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    The final section of Britten's The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra is a
Q.6.
Playing in a different key from the key intended.
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    Syncopation
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    Modulation
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    Transposition
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    Tonality
Q.7.
-six-part, a cappella male choir-monophonic opening-homorhythmic and polyphonic textures follow-clear declamation of the text-full, consonant harmony
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    In a conducting pattern, which is the strongest beat in any meter?
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    Explain the new musical style, early 14th-century France, then Italy
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    Pentatonic scale
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    Listening Guide 7: Palestrina, Pope Marcellus Mass, Gloria (1567)
Q.8.
"Fall of Roman empire 476 AD"
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    What even marked the unofficial beginning of the Middle ages?
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    Contrabassoon:
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    Martin Luther (1483-1546):
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    What were the centers of power during the middle ages?
Q.9.
-French poet-musicians-court musicians-members of aristocracy and royalty-poems: chivalry, unrequited love, political and war songs, Crusades-Minnesingers: German counterpart
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    The Chanson
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    Troubadours and trouvères
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    Explain renaissance style
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    Decrescendo or diminuendo
Q.10.
-Italian composer, organist, choirmaster-worked at St. Peter's in Rome and Sistine Chapel Choir-mostly sacred compositions; over 100 Masses-pure, a cappella, vocal polyphony
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    What was life like in a cloister?
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    Contrabassoon:
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    Hildegard of Bingen (1098-1179)
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    Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina (c. 1525-1594)
Q.11.
Concordant or harmonious combination of tones that provides a sense of relaxation and stability in music
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    Syncopation
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    Consonance
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    Tonality
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    Crescendo
Q.12.
tournaments, processionsshawm, sackbut
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    Ordinary of the Mass
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    Brass Instruments (Aerophones):
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    Loud (haut), outdoor instruments
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    Ostinato
Q.13.
common, everyday language
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    Vernacular
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    Consonant
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    Homorhythm
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    Strophic
Q.14.
rapid alternation of two adjacent tones
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    Minstrels
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    offices:
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    Strophic
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    Trill:
Q.15.
-northern French, early renaissance composer-Italian court positions; papal choir in Rome-humanism: expressive harmony, serene melodies-sacred and secular compositions
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    Instruments supported vocal music (middle ages)
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    Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina (c. 1525-1594)
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    Two examples of Orangum
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    Josquin des PrezJosquin des PrezJosquin des Prez (c. 1450-1521)
Q.16.
getting faster
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    Accelerando:
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    Ritardando:
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    A tempo:
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    Crescendo
Q.17.
smooth connected melody that moves principally by small intervals
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    disjunct
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    consonant
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    tonal
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    conjunct
Q.18.
Music lacking a strong sense of beat or meter, common in certain non-Western cultures
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    Compound
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    Additive
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    Non-metric
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    Syncopation
Q.19.
-Kyrie-Gloria-Credo-Sanctus-Agnus Dei
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    What was the counter-reformation?
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    What was the "ordinary" part of mass comprised of?
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    Madrigal choir, chamber choir:
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    Loud (haut), outdoor instruments
Q.20.
The ideals of knighthood and the devotion to the Virgin Mary
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    Diatonic
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    What helped to raise the status of women in the middle ages?
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    What was life like in a cloister?
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    Notre Dame School (middle ages)
Q.21.
Trumpet, trombone, french horn, euphonium, tuba
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    Rhythm Section
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    Percussion Section
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    String Section
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    Brass Section
Q.22.
-ca. 1300-1377-Generally considered to be the greatest composer of the ars nova-Prolific, composed in sacred and secular styles
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    Additive meter
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    Triple Meter
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    Guillaume de Machaut
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    Josquin, Ave Maria . . . virgo serena (Hail Mary . . . gentle virgin) (1480s)
Q.23.
very
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    Meno:
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    Molto:
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    Motet
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    Forte (f),
Q.24.
Melody or harmony built from the seven tones of a major or minor scale. It encompasses patterns of seven whole tones and semitones
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    Consonant
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    Chromatic
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    Diatonic
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    Disjunct
Q.25.
Texture in which two or more voices (or parts) elaborate the same melody simultaneously, often the result of improvisation
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    Syncopation
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    Monophonic
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    Disjunct
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    Heterophonic
Q.26.
Repeated music usually with verses.
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    Strophic
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    Syncopation
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    Vernacular
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    Chromatic
Q.27.
The early Christian church and the state
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    Which secular leader in the Middle Ages promoted a strong, centralized government?
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    What even marked the unofficial beginning of the Middle ages?
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    The late Middle Ages encompasses the:
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    What were the centers of power during the middle ages?
Q.28.
two to twelve players, one player per part
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    Chromatic
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    Chamber music:
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    active chords
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    Vernacular
Q.29.
Venice.
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    Reed section: various-sized saxophones, clarinet
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    Anonymous, Sumer is icumen in (Summer is come) (c. 1250)
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    The main European port for cultural exchange of Eastern luxuries was:
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    During the Renaissance, lands new to the Europeans were discovered, including
Q.30.
moderately soft
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    Harmonics:
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    Mezzo piano (mp),
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    Andante
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    Ritardando:
Q.31.
very fast
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    Vivace
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    Grave
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    Allegro
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    Presto
Q.32.
left hand slides along the string
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    Glissando:
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    early chant:
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    Modulation
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    Accelerando:
Q.33.
recorder, pipe, lute, harp, psaltery, hammered dulcimer, rebec, vielle
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    Loud (haut), outdoor instruments
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    Soft (bas ), indoor instruments
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    Madrigal choir, chamber choir:
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    Rhythm section:
Q.34.
-Augustinian monk-excommunicated by Catholic church =Ninety-Five Theses, 1517
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    What were the centers of power during the middle ages?
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    Martin Luther (1483-1546):
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    Instruments supported vocal music (middle ages)
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    Notre Dame School (middle ages)
Q.35.
various-sized saxophones, clarinet
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    Madrigal choir, chamber choir:
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    What was the "ordinary" part of mass comprised of?
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    Reed section: various-sized saxophones, clarinet
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    Brass Section
Q.36.
produced from the instrument itself: bells, rattles, xylophones, cymbals
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    Symphony orchestra:
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    Idiophones:
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    active chords
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    offices:
Q.37.
very loud
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    Fortissimo (ff),
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    Mezzo forte (mf),
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    Pianissimo (pp),
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    Ritardando:
Q.38.
a little
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    Meno:
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    A tempo:
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    Presto
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    Poco:
Q.39.
-four-voice, a cappella madrigal-through-composed 10-line poem-lyrical, conjunct melody-mostly homophonic, consonant, full harmony-emotional words: dissonance, chromaticism, melisma, repetition
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    Listening Guide 8: Arcadelt, Il bianco e dolce cigno (The white and sweet swan) (1538)
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    Why is most of the surviving music from the middle ages of a religious or sacred theme?
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    The final section of Britten's The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra is a
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    Josquin, Ave Maria . . . virgo serena (Hail Mary . . . gentle virgin) (1480s)
Q.40.
Short melodic or rhythmic idea; the smallest fragment of a theme that forms a melodic-harmonic-rhythmic unit
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    Ostinato
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    Syncopation
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    Motive
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    Movement
Q.41.
agree with each other
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    disjunct
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    conjunct
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    tonal
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    consonant
Q.42.
-Protestant revolt -mass in vernacular-hymns sung communally
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    Hildegard of Bingen (1098-1179)
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    Protestant Reformation
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    Martin Luther (1483-1546):
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    tonality
Q.43.
polyphonic vocal genre, secular in the Middle Ages but sacred or devotional thereafter
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    Movement
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    Neumes
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    Motive
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    Motet
Q.44.
growing softer
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    Crescendo
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    Ritardando:
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    Mezzo piano (mp)
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    Decrescendo or diminuendo
Q.45.
-recapture loyalty of people: accessible music-Council of Trent (1545-1563) concerns =embellishments to Gregorian chant =objected to certain instruments in church =use of popular songs in Masses =secular spirit in sacred music =irreverent attitude of church musicians =complex polyphony obscured the text-Council favored pure vocal style =simplicity, clarity =respected integrity of sacred texts =encourage piety
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    What was the "ordinary" part of mass comprised of?
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    What was the counter-reformation?
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    Listening: Hildegard of Bingen: Alleluia
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    What was secular renaissance music like in court and city life?
Q.46.
codified church music
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    Pope Gregory the Great (r. 590-604)
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    What were the centers of power during the middle ages?
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    Hildegard of Bingen (1098-1179)
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    Contrabassoon:
Q.47.
-earliest polyphony, 12th and 13th centuries -second voice added to plainchant
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    Consonance
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    Homorhythm
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    round:
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    Orangum
Q.48.
gongs, xylophone-like instruments, and drums
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    Chamber music:
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    A tempo:
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    Gamelan:
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    Tremolo:
Q.49.
The Americas
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    Listening Guide 7: Palestrina, Pope Marcellus Mass, Gloria (1567)
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    Listening Guide 8: Arcadelt, Il bianco e dolce cigno (The white and sweet swan) (1538)
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    Which voice in the organum carries the original chant in sustained notes?
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    During the Renaissance, lands new to the Europeans were discovered, including
Q.50.
Patterns of bears that subdivide into smaller, irregular groups; common in certain Eastern European musics
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    Triple meter
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    Additive meter
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    Syncopation
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    Double-stopping:
Q.51.
three-voice, a cappella polyphonic chansonlow range: male voicesslow, syncopated rhythmtext: rondeau by Machaut
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    Listening: Hildegard of Bingen: Alleluia
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    Listening Guide 8: Arcadelt, Il bianco e dolce cigno (The white and sweet swan) (1538)
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    Listening Guide 7: Palestrina, Pope Marcellus Mass, Gloria (1567)
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    Machaut, Puis qu'en oubli (Since I am forgotten) (mid-14th century)
Q.52.
Broad, very slow
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    Andante
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    Vivace
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    Adagio
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    Largo
Q.53.
Gathering of beats into three beats per measure, with every third beat accented.
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    Triple Meter
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    Consonance
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    Syncopation
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    Crescendo
Q.54.
because of the sponsorship (patronage) of the church.
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    Why is most of the surviving music from the middle ages of a religious or sacred theme?
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    Disjunct
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    Rhythm section:
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    Brass Instruments (Aerophones):
Q.55.
At ease, slow graceful movements.
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    Vivace
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    Allegro
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    Adagio
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    Andante
Q.56.
Distance and relationship between two pitches
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    Conjunct
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    Interval
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    Amplitude
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    Tonality
Q.57.
accompanied singersinstrumental arrangements of vocal worksprominent in dance music: rhythm
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    What helped to raise the status of women in the middle ages?
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    Which secular leader in the Middle Ages promoted a strong, centralized government?
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    Instruments supported vocal music (middle ages)
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    Notre Dame School (middle ages)
Q.58.
seek to be completed or resolved in the rest chord
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    active chords
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    idiophones:
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    chromatic
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    musical timbre:
Q.59.
two violins, viola, cello
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    What was the renaissance?
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    The makeup of a string quartet is:
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    Loud (haut), outdoor instruments
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    Soft (bas ), indoor instruments
Q.60.
Complete, self-contained part within a larger musical work
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    Motet
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    Crescendo
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    Movement
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    Motive
Q.61.
early musical notation signs, square-shaped notes
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    Motet
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    Interval
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    Liturgy
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    Neumes
Q.62.
A deliberate upsetting of the normal pattern of stressed and unstressed beats; A series of accented notes that fall off the beat.
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    Consonance
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    Syncopation
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    Modulation
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    Ostinato
Q.63.
-Reenactment of the Sacrifice of Christ -Most solemn ritual of the Catholic church
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    Non-metric
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    conjunct
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    active chords
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    the mass
Q.64.
playing two separate notes on the violin simultaneously
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    Rhythm section:
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    Chamber music:
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    Transposition
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    Double-stopping:
Q.65.
Down beat
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    Machaut, Puis qu'en oubli (Since I am forgotten) (mid-14th century)
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    Why is most of the surviving music from the middle ages of a religious or sacred theme?
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    In a conducting pattern, which is the strongest beat in any meter?
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    The text of Machaut's chanson Puis qu'en oubli tells of:
Q.66.
Charlemagne
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    Hildegard of Bingen (1098-1179)
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    What were the centers of power during the middle ages?
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    Which secular leader in the Middle Ages promoted a strong, centralized government?
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    Instruments supported vocal music (middle ages)
Q.67.
Based on principles of major-minor tonality, as distinct from modal
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    Chromatic
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    Tonal
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    Consonant
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    Conjunct
Q.68.
Changing from one key to another
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    Modulation
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    Transposition
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    Tonality
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    Syncopation
Q.69.
rapid repetition of a tone
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    Poco:
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    Vernacular
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    Tremolo:
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    Andante
Q.70.
A moderate or medium tempo.
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    Moderato
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    Allegro
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    Andante
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    Adagio
Q.71.
-Léonin (fl. 1150-c. 1201): composer at Cathedral of Notre Dame -compiled Great Book of Organum (Magnus liber organi)-Pérotin (fl. c. 1200): Léonin's successor -expanded organum to three, four, or more voices
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    Two examples of Orangum
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    Protestant Reformation
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    Which secular leader in the Middle Ages promoted a strong, centralized government?
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    What helped to raise the status of women in the middle ages?
Q.72.
-Professional musicians: court and civic festivities-Merchant class: music-making in the home-Women in music =music education: well-bred women =women achieved fame as professional singers-Important genres: chanson and madrigals
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    Anonymous, Sumer is icumen in (Summer is come) (c. 1250)
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    During the Renaissance, lands new to the Europeans were discovered, including
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    Listening Guide 7: Palestrina, Pope Marcellus Mass, Gloria (1567)
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    What was secular renaissance music like in court and city life?
Q.73.
soft
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    Meno:
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    Piano (p),
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    Triple Meter
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    Harmonics:
Q.74.
precede major and minor scales
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    modes:
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    Idiophones:
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    Moderato
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    Mute:
Q.75.
-Life devoted to the Catholic church-religious seclusion devoted to prayer, scholarship -available to men and women
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    The late Middle Ages encompasses the:
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    What was life like in a cloister?
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    What were the centers of power during the middle ages?
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    What even marked the unofficial beginning of the Middle ages?
Q.76.
very soft
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    Pianissimo (pp),
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    Pentatonic scale
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    Accelerando:
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    Decrescendo or diminuendo
Q.77.
texture in which two or more parts move with to the same basic rhythm
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    Homorhythm
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    Modulation
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    Heterophonic
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    Consonance
Q.78.
not too much
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    Chromatic
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    Musical Timbre:
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    Glissando:
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    Non troppo:
Q.79.
courtly love.
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    The text of Machaut's chanson Puis qu'en oubli tells of:
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    Reed section: various-sized saxophones, clarinet
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    One of the major advancements in the Renaissance was the invention of printing, pioneered by:
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    Mezzo forte (mf),
Q.80.
-Franco-Flemish composer; early madrigalist-worked in Italy and France-secular compositions: chansons, madrigals-sacred compositions: Masses, motets-simpler, lyrical style
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    Explain renaissance style
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    What was the renaissance?
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    Troubadours and trouvères
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    Jacques Arcadelt (c. 1507-1568)
Q.81.
early polyphony-each voice enters in succession with same melody
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    liturgy
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    round:
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    homorhythm
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    modes:
Q.82.
Western ensemble of strings, woodwinds, brass, and percussion
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    Symphony orchestra:
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    Double-stopping:
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    Homorhythm
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    Chamber music:
Q.83.
handed down through oral tradition
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    Andante
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    early chant:
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    Modulation
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    The Chanson
Q.84.
Romanesque period
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    Contrabassoon:
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    The late Middle Ages encompasses the:
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    Hildegard of Bingen (1098-1179)
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    Notre Dame School (middle ages)
Q.85.
Cup-shaped mouthpiece attached to metal tubing
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    What was the "ordinary" part of mass comprised of?
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    Reed section: various-sized saxophones, clarinet
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    Symphony orchestra:
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    Brass Instruments (Aerophones):
Q.86.
Either a repeated melody or rhythm.
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    Syncopation
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    Ostinato
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    Motive
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    Vivace
Q.87.
-six-voice, a cappella round -two voices repeat bass pattern -upper voices: two-voice, then four-voice round-long-short-long-short rhythmic pattern"
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    Anonymous, Sumer is icumen in (Summer is come) (c. 1250)
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    Josquin, Ave Maria . . . virgo serena (Hail Mary . . . gentle virgin) (1480s)
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    Listening Guide 8: Arcadelt, Il bianco e dolce cigno (The white and sweet swan) (1538)
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    Listening: Hildegard of Bingen: Alleluia
Q.88.
-probably composed by Pérotin-prayer in praise of the Virgin Mary-three-part polyphony, alternates with monophonic chant-upper two voices melismatic, in rhythmic mode-third voice sustained below
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    Notre Dame School, Gaude Maria virgo (Rejoice Mary, virgin) (Early 13th century)
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    Gregorian chant
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    The text of Machaut's chanson Puis qu'en oubli tells of:
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    The main European port for cultural exchange of Eastern luxuries was:
Q.89.
Tone color, sound quality
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    Mezzo piano (mp),
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    Mezzo forte (mf),
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    Modulation
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    Musical Timbre:
Q.90.
moderately loud
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    Musical Timbre:
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    Andante
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    Fortissimo (ff),
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    Mezzo forte (mf),