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How many centuries do the Middle Ages cover?
1. 3rd - 12th
2. 5th - 15th
3. 12th - 15th
4. 1st - 21st
Who controlled the artists in the Middle Ages?
1. The goverment.
2. Kings.
3. The church.
4. The people.
What is the name for religious music in the Middle Ages?
1. Plainsong.
2. Cantiga a Santa María.
3. Plainchant.
4. Love song.
Which of these characteristics belong to the Gregorian chant?
1. Monophonic
2. Vocal music
3. It has got time signature.
4. It has got measure.
Gregorian chant is named after Pope Gregory I, who...
1. composed all the chants currently in use.
2. was credited by medieval legend with having created it.
3. had his name put on the first printed edition.
4. wrote the texts for the chants.
The church modes are...
1. different from the major and minor scales in that they consist of only six different tones.
2. different from the major and minor scales in that they consist of only five different tones.
3. like the major and minor scales in that they consist of seven different tones.
4. completely different from any other form of scale.
The aristocratic composer-poets of northern France were the...
1. troubadours.
2. trouvères.
3. Meistersinger.
4. jongleurs.
Love was a main topic of secular song among all except the...
1. troubadours.
2. trouvères.
3. Minnesinger.
4. All of the above sang about love.
Secular song in Germany...
1. was written in French, the language of the nobility because of the Norman Conquest.
2. was influenced by the music of the troubadours but was written in German.
3. was written in Latin only.
4. was never written down.
In which language did the troubadours write and sing songs?
1. Latin.
2. Occitan (langue d’Oc).
3. Old French (langue d’oïl).
4. Galician-Portuguese.
Jongleurs were...
1. travelling entertainers who juggled as well as sang.
2. female troubadours.
3. students who sang secular songs in Latin.
4. vielle players hired for their virtuoso skills.
Where are Canticles of Holy Mary from?
1. France.
2. Germany.
3. Spain.
4. England.
What language were the Canticles of Holy Mary written in?
1. Latin.
2. Occitan (langue d’Oc).
3. Galician-Portuguese.
4. Old French (langue d’oïl).
In what period were the Canticles of Holy Mary written?
1. Renaissance age.
2. the reign of Alfonso X El Sabio.
3. Baroque age.
4. Classical age.
The theme of the Cantigas is...
1. love.
2. life.
3. the Virgin Mary.
4. religion.
How many Santa Maria Cantigas remain?
1. 180
2. 1580
3. 420
4. 415
The earliest surviving treatises and examples of polyphonic music date from the ... century.
1. ninth
2. tenth
3. twelfth
4. thirteenth
The chant melody that served as the foundation for a polyphonic composition is commonly called its...
1. cantus firmus.
2. vox organalis.
3. discant.
4. perfection.
The first composer of polyphonic music whose name we know was...
1. Franco of Cologne.
2. Léonin.
3. Pérotin.
4. Pierre de la Croix.
A style of organum in which both voices move in modal rhythm is called...
1. parallel.
2. discant.
3. florid.
4. modal.
The Ars Nova, or new art, of the fourteenth century differed from older music in that...
1. a new system of notation permitted composers to specify almost any rhythmic pattern.
2. the subjects were all secular.
3. there was no syncopation.
4. the music emphasized homophonic texture.
The Notre Dame Mass by Guillaume de Machaut was...
1. written for three voices without instrumental accompaniment.
2. written for the Cathedral of Notre Dame in Paris.
3. the first polyphonic treatment of the mass ordinary by a known composer.
4. all of the above.
The center of polyphonic music in Europe after 1150 was...
1. Paris.
2. Rome.
3. Reims.
4. London.
The foremost composer of fourteenth-century France was...
1. Guillaume de Machaut
2. Hildegard of Bingen
3. Charles V
4. Perotin