MUH EXAM 3 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
What is one choice made by Luther that impacted music of the Lutheran church? -
Answers - He increased the use of vernacular.
How was Martin Luther's approach influenced by humanism? - Answers - It encouraged
him to depend on logic and personal experience rather than received authority.
The earliest chorales were - Answers - monophonic, unaccompanied, and strophic.
What are secular songs given new words? - Answers - Contrafactum
How did the vocal parts of Ockeghem's masses compare to those of Du Fay? - Answers
- Most had the same amount of voices, but the ranges of the voices are expanded in
Ockeghem's masses, particularly for lower voices.
How do the chansons of Ockeghem and Busnoys differ from earlier examples? -
Answers - There is increased use of imitation.
What is the most common form of Ockeghem's and Busnoys's chansons? - Answers -
Rondeau
How were the most popular chansons by Ockeghem and Busnoys treated as they were
disseminated? - Answers - They were freely altered, rearranged, and transcribed for
instruments in order to suit the performers' preferences.
What was the most common way for Ockeghem and Busnoys to structure a mass? -
Answers - With a cantus firmus.
Which of the following is a hallmark of Ockeghem's style? - Answers - A continuous flow
that is the result of long phrases and elided cadences.
What is the cantus firmus of Ockeghem's Missa De plus en plus? - Answers - A chanson
by Binchois
How is Ockeghem's Missa prolationum compositionally inventive? - Answers - It is
notated in two lines, but the addition of different clefs and mensuration signs indicates it
should be performed in four voices.
What is retrograde? - Answers - The reverse of a previously or simultaneously heard
line.
What is a canon? - Answers - A work in which multiple parts derive from a single voice.
, What was one shared stylistic element of polyphonic composers active around 1480-
1520? - Answers - Individual parts were similar in melodic style and nearly equal in
importance, in contrast to the earlier dominance of the cantus and tenor lines.
What was a primary concern for Franco-Flemish composers of 1480-1520? - Answers -
Text declamation.
Who of the following belongs to the generation of Franco-Flemish composers that rose
to prominence after Ockeghem and Busnoys? - Answers - Henricus Isaac
A chorale motet is - Answers - a polyphonic chorale setting that uses techniques of
Franco-Flemish composers.
Published collections of psalms were known as - Answers - psalters.
What are metrical psalms? - Answers - Vernacular, rhymed translations of psalms recast
as metric and strophic.
Why did Jean Calvin believe that the entire congregation should sing psalms? -
Answers - He thought singing music could encourage prayer and worship.
In what context were polyphonic psalms in the early Calvinist church performed? -
Answers - At home or informal gatherings.
The first book published in North America was the - Answers - Bay Psalm Book.
The Church of England - Answers - blends elements of Catholicism and Protestantism.
A full anthem is for - Answers - unaccompanied choir.
How did William Byrd write liturgical Catholic music in the 1590's? - Answers - He did so
in secret.
How does Obrecht's use of imitation in his Missa Fortuna desperata differe from earlier
composers' use of imitation? - Answers - While Obrecht employed the technique as a
structuring device, earlier composers had used it more sparingly.
How did Henricus Isaac come to create music that was more Pan-European than that of
his contemporaries? - Answers - He was more familiar with Italian and German music
because of his travels in those areas.
What are Lieder? - Answers - German songs.
What is one innovative characteristic of Ave Maria... virgo serena? - Answers -
Paraphrases of the source melody in all voices, suffusing the texture.
What is one choice made by Luther that impacted music of the Lutheran church? -
Answers - He increased the use of vernacular.
How was Martin Luther's approach influenced by humanism? - Answers - It encouraged
him to depend on logic and personal experience rather than received authority.
The earliest chorales were - Answers - monophonic, unaccompanied, and strophic.
What are secular songs given new words? - Answers - Contrafactum
How did the vocal parts of Ockeghem's masses compare to those of Du Fay? - Answers
- Most had the same amount of voices, but the ranges of the voices are expanded in
Ockeghem's masses, particularly for lower voices.
How do the chansons of Ockeghem and Busnoys differ from earlier examples? -
Answers - There is increased use of imitation.
What is the most common form of Ockeghem's and Busnoys's chansons? - Answers -
Rondeau
How were the most popular chansons by Ockeghem and Busnoys treated as they were
disseminated? - Answers - They were freely altered, rearranged, and transcribed for
instruments in order to suit the performers' preferences.
What was the most common way for Ockeghem and Busnoys to structure a mass? -
Answers - With a cantus firmus.
Which of the following is a hallmark of Ockeghem's style? - Answers - A continuous flow
that is the result of long phrases and elided cadences.
What is the cantus firmus of Ockeghem's Missa De plus en plus? - Answers - A chanson
by Binchois
How is Ockeghem's Missa prolationum compositionally inventive? - Answers - It is
notated in two lines, but the addition of different clefs and mensuration signs indicates it
should be performed in four voices.
What is retrograde? - Answers - The reverse of a previously or simultaneously heard
line.
What is a canon? - Answers - A work in which multiple parts derive from a single voice.
, What was one shared stylistic element of polyphonic composers active around 1480-
1520? - Answers - Individual parts were similar in melodic style and nearly equal in
importance, in contrast to the earlier dominance of the cantus and tenor lines.
What was a primary concern for Franco-Flemish composers of 1480-1520? - Answers -
Text declamation.
Who of the following belongs to the generation of Franco-Flemish composers that rose
to prominence after Ockeghem and Busnoys? - Answers - Henricus Isaac
A chorale motet is - Answers - a polyphonic chorale setting that uses techniques of
Franco-Flemish composers.
Published collections of psalms were known as - Answers - psalters.
What are metrical psalms? - Answers - Vernacular, rhymed translations of psalms recast
as metric and strophic.
Why did Jean Calvin believe that the entire congregation should sing psalms? -
Answers - He thought singing music could encourage prayer and worship.
In what context were polyphonic psalms in the early Calvinist church performed? -
Answers - At home or informal gatherings.
The first book published in North America was the - Answers - Bay Psalm Book.
The Church of England - Answers - blends elements of Catholicism and Protestantism.
A full anthem is for - Answers - unaccompanied choir.
How did William Byrd write liturgical Catholic music in the 1590's? - Answers - He did so
in secret.
How does Obrecht's use of imitation in his Missa Fortuna desperata differe from earlier
composers' use of imitation? - Answers - While Obrecht employed the technique as a
structuring device, earlier composers had used it more sparingly.
How did Henricus Isaac come to create music that was more Pan-European than that of
his contemporaries? - Answers - He was more familiar with Italian and German music
because of his travels in those areas.
What are Lieder? - Answers - German songs.
What is one innovative characteristic of Ave Maria... virgo serena? - Answers -
Paraphrases of the source melody in all voices, suffusing the texture.
