Music Appreciation Exam #2 Middle Ages, Renaissance and
Baroque Period Questions and Answers Latest Versions Top
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What year was the Middle Ages?
450-1450
What year was the Renaissance?
1450-1600
What year was the Baroque Period?
1600-1750
What year was the Classical Period?
1750-1820
What year was the Romantic Period?
1820-1900
What year was the unchanging/modern/ contemporary
period?
1900-present
What is sacred music?
Music that is related to the church
What is secular music?
non-church music
What and who were the clergy?
church related people, were the only ones who could read and
write in the Middle Ages
What is Gregorian Chant?
(unaccompanied monophonic vocal music, set to Latin texts for
the Church) is a song made after Pope Gregory (590-604)
What is the crisis during this time period? - Middle Ages
1. demographic collapse- black plague
2. political instabilities- civil wars
3. religious upheavals- catholic church shattered/ challenged
, What happened during the blumonic / black plague?
1/4 of Europe's population was lost
What are top male singers called?
Gerstratos, were thought to be good opera singers
who replaced woman singers in church?
boys.. they sung soprano because woman were not allowed to
sing in church
What is oral tradition?
(stories passed down by word of mouth) hearing someone sing it
so now you know.. example: Happy Birthday song is
remembered/ learned by hearing others sing it
What are church modes?
(sometimes called simply modes). Like major and minor scales,
church modes consist of seven different tones and an eighth tone
that duplicates the first an octave higher. Example: do re mi fa so
la ti do
alleluia
the word alleluia is a Latinized form of the Hebrew hallelujah (
praise ye the Lord)
What happened during the Early Middle Ages?
was a time for migrations, upheavals and wars
What happened during the later Middle Ages?
was a period of cultural growth: towns grew and universities were
founded
What were the three main social classes during the Middle
Ages?
1. Nobility
2. Peasantry
3. Clergy
What is a drone?
1 or more long sustained tones accompanying the melody
-presents an effect
What is a madrigal?
Baroque Period Questions and Answers Latest Versions Top
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What year was the Middle Ages?
450-1450
What year was the Renaissance?
1450-1600
What year was the Baroque Period?
1600-1750
What year was the Classical Period?
1750-1820
What year was the Romantic Period?
1820-1900
What year was the unchanging/modern/ contemporary
period?
1900-present
What is sacred music?
Music that is related to the church
What is secular music?
non-church music
What and who were the clergy?
church related people, were the only ones who could read and
write in the Middle Ages
What is Gregorian Chant?
(unaccompanied monophonic vocal music, set to Latin texts for
the Church) is a song made after Pope Gregory (590-604)
What is the crisis during this time period? - Middle Ages
1. demographic collapse- black plague
2. political instabilities- civil wars
3. religious upheavals- catholic church shattered/ challenged
, What happened during the blumonic / black plague?
1/4 of Europe's population was lost
What are top male singers called?
Gerstratos, were thought to be good opera singers
who replaced woman singers in church?
boys.. they sung soprano because woman were not allowed to
sing in church
What is oral tradition?
(stories passed down by word of mouth) hearing someone sing it
so now you know.. example: Happy Birthday song is
remembered/ learned by hearing others sing it
What are church modes?
(sometimes called simply modes). Like major and minor scales,
church modes consist of seven different tones and an eighth tone
that duplicates the first an octave higher. Example: do re mi fa so
la ti do
alleluia
the word alleluia is a Latinized form of the Hebrew hallelujah (
praise ye the Lord)
What happened during the Early Middle Ages?
was a time for migrations, upheavals and wars
What happened during the later Middle Ages?
was a period of cultural growth: towns grew and universities were
founded
What were the three main social classes during the Middle
Ages?
1. Nobility
2. Peasantry
3. Clergy
What is a drone?
1 or more long sustained tones accompanying the melody
-presents an effect
What is a madrigal?
