Which historical event did NOT take place in the Renaissance?
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False
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Charlemagne.
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True
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the writing of the Magna Carta
Q.2.
The form of Alleluia, O virga mediatrix is A-A-B.
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True
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False
Q.3.
Why was the art music of the Middle Ages predominantly religious?
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the writing of the Magna Carta
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The church patronized music extensively.
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False
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True
Q.4.
The first section of the Ordinary of the Mass, a plea for mercy in A-B-A form, is called:
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True
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Madrigal
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the Kyrie.
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syllabic.
Q.5.
An end-blown flute with a breathy tone is called:
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neumatic.
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Minnesingers
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ronde
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a recorder.
Q.6.
The reform movement in the Catholic church brought about by the Protestant Reformation was called the Counter-Reformation.
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True
0%
False
Q.7.
Which of the following does NOT characterize Gregorian chant?
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It has a monophonic texture.
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Kyrie, Gloria, Credo, Sanctus, Agnus Dei
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Chansons
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Triadic Harmonies
Q.8.
Polyphony required the development of:
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rhythmic modes.
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A-B-a-A-a-b-A-B
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the Kyrie.
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the sackbut
Q.9.
The vivid depiction of the text through music, known as word painting, is a hallmark of:
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the sackbut
0%
Word painting.
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There is no harmony.
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the madrigal
Q.10.
A setting of Gregorian chant with one note per syllable is called:
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syllabic.
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a recorder.
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England
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the Proper.
Q.11.
Secular music was integral to medieval court life, supplying entertainment and ceremonial and dance music.
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True
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False
Q.12.
The Frankish emperor who encouraged education and the concept of a centralized government was:
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Josquin.
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Charlemagne.
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Renaissance painters created a perspective that made it possible to see the whole simultaneously.
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False
Q.13.
What is the primary language of the Mass?
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False
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chanson
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Latin
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organum
Q.14.
What characterizes humanism?
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rhythmic modes.
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a Gregorian chant in the top voice, then freely composed
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thinking centered on human issues and individuality, inspiration from the ancient cultures of Greece and Rome, and independence from traditional and religion
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the Credo
Q.15.
Which of the following was the most important secular genre of the sixteenth century?
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the madrigal
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Madrigal
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ronde
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the shawm
Q.16.
The two centers of power in the Middle Ages were the feudal lord and the state.
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True
0%
False
Q.17.
Since Machaut was a cleric in the church, he wrote only sacred music.
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True
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False
Q.18.
Organum was freely composed, with no preexisting basis.
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True
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False
Q.19.
Unlike Italian madrigals, Fair Phyllis has no word painting.
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True
0%
False
Q.20.
Where was the madrigal first developed?
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True
0%
False
0%
Italy
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organum
Q.21.
Of the following, which does NOT represent the thinking of the Renaissance?
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an exclusively religious orientation
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as professional orchestral conductors.
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center of trade and commerce
0%
six-voice polyphony
Q.22.
Which of the following was NOT a subject reflected in the poems of the troubadours and trouvères?
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a Gregorian chant in the top voice, then freely composed
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the rebirth of classical learning
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It has a monophonic texture.
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It had only one text in Latin.
Q.23.
In Germany, aristocratic poet-musicians were called:
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syllabic.
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Minnesingers
0%
chanson
0%
Antwerp
Q.24.
For which liturgical occasion was Hildegard's Alleluia, O virga mediatrix sung?
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an exclusively religious orientation
0%
center of trade and commerce
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There is no harmony.
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a feast day for the Virgin Mary
Q.25.
An early center for the development of polyphony was the Cathedral of Notre Dame in Paris.
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True
0%
False
Q.26.
The Introit is the first movement of the Ordinary of the Mass.
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True
0%
False
Q.27.
The outstanding composer-poet of the Ars nova was:
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False
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Cervantes's Don Quixote
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Guillaume de Machaut
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the sackbut
Q.28.
England adopted the Italian madrigal and developed it into a native form.
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True
0%
False
Q.29.
What is the form of a rondeau?
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A-B-a-A-a-b-A-B
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the shawm
0%
Mass Proper
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It has a monophonic texture.
Q.30.
The Council of Trent took place in the mid-sixteenth century.
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True
0%
False
Q.31.
The medieval ancestor of the modern trombone is:
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the madrigal
0%
Mass Proper
0%
the shawm
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the sackbut
Q.32.
What best describes the texture of the ideal Renaissance sacred music?
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the shawm
0%
False
0%
chanson
0%
Imitative
Q.33.
In the early Middle Ages, music was often written in fixed patterns of long and short notes known as rhythmic modes.
0%
True
0%
False
Q.34.
Of the following, which woman was a religious leader and a prominent figure in literature and music?
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Josquin.
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Martin Luther
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Hildegard of Bingen
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True
Q.35.
Of the following, which is NOT a major literary landmark of the Middle Ages?
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Motet
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irregular phrase lengths
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a feast day for the Virgin Mary
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Cervantes's Don Quixote
Q.36.
Which composer responded to the reforms of the Council of Trent in an exemplary fashion?
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Palestrina
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Machaut
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True
0%
Josquin.
Q.37.
The earliest type of polyphony was:
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organum
0%
False
0%
True
0%
Latin
Q.38.
Although the "learned" vocal music of medieval church and court was routinely written down, much instrumental music was improvised.
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True
0%
False
Q.39.
Music of the fourteenth century developed a style that became known as:
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the madrigal
0%
It has a monophonic texture.
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Triadic Harmonies
0%
the Ars nova.
Q.40.
The Notre Dame style of polyphony, in which the tenor line was based on a preexisting chant melody and the upper voice moved freely (and more rapidly), was called:
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England
0%
True
0%
organum
0%
False
Q.41.
Of the following, which does NOT describe life in the medieval cloister?
0%
Soft or loud
0%
center of trade and commerce
0%
the shawm
0%
an exclusively religious orientation
Q.42.
The two most important genres of Renaissance secular music were the chanson and the madrigal.
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True
0%
False
Q.43.
Which early Renaissance composer exerted a powerful influence on generations of composers who followed?
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True
0%
Josquin.
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neumatic.
0%
the Kyrie.
Q.44.
The expressive device used by Renaissance composers to pictorialize words musically is called:
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the Ordinary.
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True
0%
the sackbut
0%
Word painting.
Q.45.
Stately indoor occasions most often called for soft instruments such as recorders and strings.
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True
0%
False
Q.46.
Of the following, which is NOT a fixed poetic form?
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Motet
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True
0%
False
0%
six-voice polyphony
Q.47.
Hildegard of Bingen wrote both the poetry and the music for Alleluia, O virga mediatrix.
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True
0%
False
Q.48.
Instrumental music in the sixteenth century often did not specify its instrumentation.
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True
0%
False
Q.49.
During the Middle Ages, the status of women:
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A fragment of Gregorian chant or a secular tune used as the foundation of a polyphonic Mass.
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in praise of the Virgin Mary.
0%
a Gregorian chant in the top voice, then freely composed
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was raised through the concept of chivalry held by knights and idealized in music.
Q.50.
The term Dark Ages formerly referred to the time:
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It had only one text in Latin.
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between 500 and 1000 c.e.
0%
Guillaume de Machaut
0%
Mass Proper
Q.51.
Of the following, who was a leader in the Protestant Reformation?
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Charlemagne.
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True
0%
Hildegard of Bingen
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Martin Luther
Q.52.
Machaut's chanson Puis qu'en oubli is a ballade for three voices.
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True
0%
False
Q.53.
Early songs in Latin, such as those in Carmina burana, were created by:
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the Ordinary.
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the rebirth of classical learning
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students in university towns.
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between 500 and 1000 c.e.
Q.54.
Which religious figure is praised in the text of Hildegard's Alleluia, O virga mediatrix?
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the shawm
0%
the Credo
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the madrigal
0%
the Virgin Mary
Q.55.
The sixteenth-century chanson clung to the fixed meters of the fifteenth-century chanson.
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True
0%
False
Q.56.
Bas instruments were used frequently for outdoor occasions during the Middle Ages.
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True
0%
False
Q.57.
Why does Gregorian chant sound so different from other types of Western music?
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the rebirth of classical learning
0%
There is no harmony.
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irregular phrase lengths
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It had only one text in Latin.
Q.58.
The text of Ave Maria . . . virgo serena is:
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It had only one text in Latin.
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False
0%
in praise of the Virgin Mary.
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Mass Proper
Q.59.
Madrigals with simple, pastoral, and often humorous texts were especially favored in:
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loud
0%
False
0%
Antwerp
0%
England
Q.60.
Only professional musicians performed secular music in the Renaissance.
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True
0%
False
Q.61.
Why is Renaissance painting considered to be more realistic than medieval painting?
0%
Josquin.
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False
0%
the Ars nova.
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Renaissance painters created a perspective that made it possible to see the whole simultaneously.
Q.62.
Which genre of vocal music was NOT used in Renaissance church services?
0%
Chansons
0%
Triadic Harmonies
0%
the Mass
0%
False
Q.63.
The upper voice parts of the Pope Marcellus Mass were sung by boy sopranos or adult males with high voices.
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True
0%
False
Q.64.
During the Renaissance, the study of a musical instrument was considered highly improper for ladies.
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True
0%
False
Q.65.
Sumer is icumen in is one of the earliest examples of secular polyphony.
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True
0%
False
Q.66.
Early notation suggested melodic contours using small ascending and descending signs called:
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the Credo
0%
neumes.
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the shawm
0%
True
Q.67.
A setting of plainchant with many notes per syllable is called syllabic.
0%
True
0%
False
Q.68.
Of the following, which does NOT characterize secular music-making in the Renaissance?
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Women were not allowed to perform music professionally
0%
the rebirth of classical learning
0%
Cervantes's Don Quixote
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Motet
Q.69.
Josquin's career centered exclusively in his native France.
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True
0%
False
Q.70.
All of the following were Renaissance artists EXCEPT:
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False
0%
the shawm
0%
Motet
0%
Goya.
Q.71.
In what part of the liturgy does the Alleluia occur?
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Soft or loud
0%
the Credo
0%
Antwerp
0%
Mass Proper
Q.72.
Improvisation was a technique employed in instrumental dance music of the Middle Ages.
0%
True
0%
False
Q.73.
Renaissance musicians could make their living in all of the following ways EXCEPT:
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as professional orchestral conductors.
0%
Women were not allowed to perform music professionally
0%
Cervantes's Don Quixote
0%
the rebirth of classical learning
Q.74.
The text in Arcadelt's madrigal Il bianco e dolce cigno has levels of meanings, some of which are erotic.
0%
True
0%
False
Q.75.
Why are the madrigals of Arcadelt so special?
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They brought a new level of expression to the madrigal
0%
Kyrie, Gloria, Credo, Sanctus, Agnus Dei
0%
the rebirth of classical learning
0%
the sackbut
Q.76.
The knowledge of early civilizations and the culture of the Middle Ages were preserved largely in monasteries.
0%
True
0%
False
Q.77.
How does the Renaissance motet differ from its medieval predecessor?
0%
Cervantes's Don Quixote
0%
It has a monophonic texture.
0%
It had only one text in Latin.
0%
They brought a new level of expression to the madrigal
Q.78.
Which of the following would be considered an appropriate outdoor instrument?
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the shawm
0%
the madrigal
0%
Chansons
0%
the Kyrie.
Q.79.
The Renaissance first came to flower in France.
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True
0%
False
Q.80.
Most of the surviving music from the early Middle Ages is secular.
0%
True
0%
False
Q.81.
The early exploration of the New World took place during the Renaissance.
0%
True
0%
False
Q.82.
The fourteenth century witnessed a decreased focus on secular music.
0%
True
0%
False
Q.83.
Of the following, which best describes the texture of the Pope Marcellus Mass?
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center of trade and commerce
0%
the Ordinary.
0%
Guillaume de Machaut
0%
six-voice polyphony
Q.84.
Medieval instruments can be classified as bas or haut, meaning:
0%
Mass Proper
0%
Soft or loud
0%
the sackbut
0%
a recorder.
Q.85.
The early polyphonic genre that resulted from the addition of texts to all voices was called:
0%
False
0%
motet
0%
Antwerp
0%
True
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