MUSIC 101- Exam 1 Questions with
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Song: Viderunt omnes - Anonymous - Answer-Medieval; chant
Song: O rubor sanguinis - Hildegard - Answer-Medieval; chant
Song: Viderunt omnes - Perotinus - Answer-Medieval; organum
Song: Kyrie of Messe de Nostre Dame - Machaut - Answer-Medieval; medieval mass
Song: A chantar mer - Countess of Dia - Answer-Medieval; chanson
Song: Agincourt Carol - Anonymous - Answer-Medieval; carol
Song: Ave Maria - Josquin - Answer-Renaissance; motet
Song: Missa Papae Marcelli - Palestrina - Answer-Renaissance; renaissance mass
Song: Pavane and Galliard - Anonymous - Answer-Renaissance; dance music
Song: As Vesta Was from Latmos Hill Descending - Weelkes - Answer-Renaissance;
madrigal
chant - Answer-1 voice part (1 person singing or multiple people singing in unison), non-
metric, a cappella, sacred, latin. Hildegard and Anonymous
organum - Answer-polyphonic (multiple voice parts), a cappella, chant line is now tenor
line, sacred, latin, non-metric and metric. Leoninus and Perotinus.
medieval mass - Answer-polyphonic (two voices about tenor, one below), mass proper
(holidays, holy days), Mass ordinary (everyday in mass. Know: Kyrie, Gloria, credo,
sanctus, agnus dei), mostly polyphonic, some monophony. Machaut (notre dame de
messe).
chanson - Answer-Invented by troubadours and trouveres, usually monophonic, songs
spoke of valor and love, simple instrumental accompaniments, sung in the vernacular.
Countesss of Dia Troubadour (played with the vielle, predecessor of violin)
carol - Answer-In vernacular or latin, celebrated something, strophic- verse and chorus
(hymns are strophic). Anonymous.
motet - Answer-Sacred, latin, choir, a cappella, often imitative, humanistic used music to
heighten meaning. Josquin.
, renaissance mass - Answer-Latin, a cappella, imitative, music clarifies text, cantor/choir
utilized call and response. Palestrina-saved music.
dance music - Answer-Pavane (slow, gliding dance in duple meter), galliard (fast,
leaping dance in triple meter), secular, AABBCC. Jacques Moderne
madrigal - Answer-Began in Italy, 4-5 solo singers both men and women, word painting,
text emphasized music, love poems set to music. Weelkes.
Medieval Era - Answer-476-1450
Dark Ages - Answer-476-1000
Gothic Period - Answer-1000-1450
Renaissance - Answer-1450-1600
pitch - Answer-is the relative position, high or low, of a musical sound
genre - Answer-Opera, Ballet, Symphony, Concerto, Oratorio, Art Song (singing),
Sonata, String Quartet.
movements - Answer-independent pieces that have their own characteristics
symphony - Answer-a work for orchestra in 4 movements or sections as follows:
-1st Medium tempo
-2nd slow
-3rd Dance
-4th Faster
tone - Answer-sound with a definite, consistent pitch
Tone poem - Answer-a one movement work or orchestra that tries to capture, in music,
the emotions and events associated with a story, play, or personal experience.
rhythm - Answer-the organization of time in music, dividing up long spans of time into
smaller, more easily comprehended units; gives shape to the profile of the melody
melody - Answer-a series of notes arranged in order to form a distinctive, recognizable
musical unit; most often placed in the treble
harmony - Answer-the simultaneous sounding of one or more pitches that support or
enhance a melody
tempo - Answer-speed at which the beats occur in music