Music History Final Exam Review Medieval
to Baroque Questions and Answers Latest
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Which Office service was observed at sunrise?
Lauds.
Which blind organist was a famous 14th-century Italian
composer of ballate?
Landini.
What is a trope?
An addition of words, music, or both to an established chant.
One of the first liturgical dramas by Hildegard of Bingen is?
Ordo virtutum.
Who invented a system based on the human hand to help the
monks remember the name of pitches?
Guido of Arezzo.
The earliest type of organum, in which the voices proceed
primarily in parallel motion, is called?
Parallel organum.
In the Middle Ages, which interval was NOT considered a
perfect consonance?
Thirds.
Which of the following statements is true of the Proper of the
Mass?
The texts change according to special feasts and occasions.
Which of the following statements best reflects Josquin's
approach to text setting in Ave Maria?
He emphasizes the meaning of the text by giving a new texture or
a new meter to each strophe.
Which term refers to the repertory of 14th-century French
music?
Ars nova.
The medieval motet began by adding?
Words to a clausula.
In the technique known as fauxbourdon, vocal lines proceed
in parallel thirds and sixths, resulting in?
, First-inversion chords.
What is musica ficta?
The extemporaneous ability to apply chromatic alterations
appropriately.
The contenance angloise refers to?
The English style of polyphony based on thirds, sixths and triads.
Which letter pattern best represents the form of the rondeau?
ABaAabAB.
Of the following, which genre favored by Machaut would
most likely be monophonic?
Virelai.
A Mass in which all movements begin with the same motive
is called?
Motto Mass.
What texture is employed at the opening?
Homophony, points of imitation, invertible counterpoint, or
fauxbourdon.
Listening Example no. 2
Machaut, Douce dame jolie; Ventadorn, Can vei la lauzeta;
Cantiga 159: Non sofre Santa Maria; Hildegard of Bingen, Ordo
Virtutum.
What is this an example of?
Troubadour song, liturgical drama, virelai, or cantigas.
This piece is in which texture and musical pattern?
Monophonic and AbbaA, polyphonic and AbbaA, polyphonic and
ABaAabAB, or monophonic and ABB.
Listening Example no. 3
Machaut, 'Kyrie,' from Messe de Notre Dame; DuFay, 'Gloria,'
from Missa Se la face ay pale; Josquin, 'Kyrie,' from Missa Pange
Lingua; Josquin, Ave Maria.
What is the date of composition?
ca. 1515, ca. 1485, ca. 1450, or ca. 1364.
Listening Example no. 4
Dunstable, Quam Pulchra es; Anonymous, Fole
acostumance/Dominus; Josquin, Ave Maria; Machaut, 'Kyrie,'
from Messe de Nostre Dame.
This piece is associated with what musical style/technique?
Isorhythm, contenance angloise (English guise), talea, or color.
to Baroque Questions and Answers Latest
Versions 2026 A+
Which Office service was observed at sunrise?
Lauds.
Which blind organist was a famous 14th-century Italian
composer of ballate?
Landini.
What is a trope?
An addition of words, music, or both to an established chant.
One of the first liturgical dramas by Hildegard of Bingen is?
Ordo virtutum.
Who invented a system based on the human hand to help the
monks remember the name of pitches?
Guido of Arezzo.
The earliest type of organum, in which the voices proceed
primarily in parallel motion, is called?
Parallel organum.
In the Middle Ages, which interval was NOT considered a
perfect consonance?
Thirds.
Which of the following statements is true of the Proper of the
Mass?
The texts change according to special feasts and occasions.
Which of the following statements best reflects Josquin's
approach to text setting in Ave Maria?
He emphasizes the meaning of the text by giving a new texture or
a new meter to each strophe.
Which term refers to the repertory of 14th-century French
music?
Ars nova.
The medieval motet began by adding?
Words to a clausula.
In the technique known as fauxbourdon, vocal lines proceed
in parallel thirds and sixths, resulting in?
, First-inversion chords.
What is musica ficta?
The extemporaneous ability to apply chromatic alterations
appropriately.
The contenance angloise refers to?
The English style of polyphony based on thirds, sixths and triads.
Which letter pattern best represents the form of the rondeau?
ABaAabAB.
Of the following, which genre favored by Machaut would
most likely be monophonic?
Virelai.
A Mass in which all movements begin with the same motive
is called?
Motto Mass.
What texture is employed at the opening?
Homophony, points of imitation, invertible counterpoint, or
fauxbourdon.
Listening Example no. 2
Machaut, Douce dame jolie; Ventadorn, Can vei la lauzeta;
Cantiga 159: Non sofre Santa Maria; Hildegard of Bingen, Ordo
Virtutum.
What is this an example of?
Troubadour song, liturgical drama, virelai, or cantigas.
This piece is in which texture and musical pattern?
Monophonic and AbbaA, polyphonic and AbbaA, polyphonic and
ABaAabAB, or monophonic and ABB.
Listening Example no. 3
Machaut, 'Kyrie,' from Messe de Notre Dame; DuFay, 'Gloria,'
from Missa Se la face ay pale; Josquin, 'Kyrie,' from Missa Pange
Lingua; Josquin, Ave Maria.
What is the date of composition?
ca. 1515, ca. 1485, ca. 1450, or ca. 1364.
Listening Example no. 4
Dunstable, Quam Pulchra es; Anonymous, Fole
acostumance/Dominus; Josquin, Ave Maria; Machaut, 'Kyrie,'
from Messe de Nostre Dame.
This piece is associated with what musical style/technique?
Isorhythm, contenance angloise (English guise), talea, or color.
