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1. The gemshorn is a tapered, conical flute
made of wood
made of the horn of an ox
made of silver
2. The rebec was
a plucked string instrument
a bowed string instrument
a drum
3. The hurdy gurdy was
played by an organ grinder
primarily a circus instrument
also known as a vielle a roue or an organistrum
4. In the earliest Western polyphony, cadences usually occurred
on the unison
at the fifth
infrequently, if at all
5. The hexachord system
was a 6-note Greek scale
was introduced by Guido d'Arezzo in the 10th century
was introduced by Guido d'Arezzo in the 11th century
6. The "ut re mi fa sol la" solmization system was introduced by
Pope Gregory I
Benedictine monks
Guido of Arezzo
7. Boethius's
De institutione musica
was
a treatise on the hexachord system
the first musical treatise to use staff notation
a handbook on medieval polyphony
one of the first musical works to be printed (late 15th C.)
8. Christopher Page's book
Voices and Instruments of the Middle Ages
created controversy because
he claimed that Troubadors and Trouveres never played instruments
he claimed that instruments were not used to accompany the singing of Troubadour poetry
he claimed that Troubadors and Trouveres always used instruments to accompany their poetry
9. Which of the following is true?
Troubadours flourished in Northern France from the 9th-11th centuries
Troubadours flourished in Southern France from the 9th-11th centuries
Troubadours flourished in Southern France from the end of the 11th cent. through the 13th century
10. By far the most common subject addressed by Troubador and Trouvere songs was
love
war
religion
11. Which of the following is true?
Melodies for most of the poems of the Troubadors still exist in written form
Melodies for most of the poems of the Trouveres still exist in written form
None of the melodies for either the poems of the Troubadors or Trouveres still exist in written form
12. Leonin composed polyphonic music called
inventions
inventions
organum
anthems
13. The
Magnus liber organi
was
a book of Gregorian chants collected by Leonin
a treatise on polyphony written by Anonymous IV
a collection of 2-part organi by Leonin
14.
Ars cantus mensurabilis
was a treatise by Franco of Cologne which
influenced the course of rhythmic notation
described the work of Leonin and Perotin
described 13th-Century styles of singing
15. "Discant" refers to
organum in which the lower note is held for long periods
sections of music where all voices move in similar rhythm
sections of monophonic chant
16. The earliest motets developed from
Troubador songs
the polyphonic conductus
the discant 'clausula' sections of organum
17. A Franconian motet
used only French words
used no words
used a different rhythmic mode for each voice
18. Isoryhthmic motets
used a different rhythmic mode for each voice
had repeating melodic or rhythmic patterns in the tenor or sometimes other voices
were textless
19. The term 'Ars nova' probably originated with
Philippe de Vitry
Machaut
Landini
20. In the fourteenth century, changes in color of the notes could indicate
the presence of musical instruments
a change of mode
changes from duple to triple meter or vice versa
21. Why is the manuscript of the
Roman de Fauvel
(Paris, B.N. fr. 146) significant?
it contains over 100 musical pieces of various types
it contains the first isorhythmic motet
it contains the entire La Messe de Nostre Dame of Machaut
22. The madrigal, ballata, and caccia were
Italian instruments
typical 13th-century Italian musical forms
typical 14th-century Italian musical forms
23. The most famous 14th-century Italian composer was
John Dunstable
Guillaume Machaut
Francesco Landini