The Phase Middle ages refers to the period of european history spanning
450-1450
The Intellectual movement called humanism
focused on human life and its accomplishments
A virtual monopoly on learning during the Middle Ages was held by
monks and monasteries
the church frowned on instruments because of their
early role in pagan riots
most medieval music was
vocal
the view of the later medieval church on music during religious services was that it should be
used only as a discreet accompaniment
the church modes are
like the major and minor scales in that they consist of seven tones and an eighth tone that duplicates the first an active higher
one function of secular music in the late Middle Ages was to provide accompaniment for
dancing
the first steps in a revolution that eventually transformed western music began sometime between 700 and 900 with the
addition of a second melodic line to Gregorian chant
medieval music that consists of gregorian chant and one or more additional melodic lines is called
organum
The term ars nova refers to
Itialian and french music of the 14th century
which of the following is not a part of the mass ordinary
Ave Maria
the renaissance in music occurred between
1450 and 1600
which of the following statements is not true of the renaissance
the catholic church was even more powerful in the renaissance than during the middle ages
which of the following statements is not true of the renaissance music
Instrumental music became more important than vocal music during the renaissance.
the texture of renaissance music is chiefly
polyphonic
the two main forms of sacred renaissance music are the mass and the
motet
The renaissance motet is a
polyphonic choral work set to a sacred latin text other than the ordinary of the mass
the council of trent attacked the church music of the renaissance because it
used secular tunes, noisy instruments and theatrical singing
the renaissance madrigal is a
piece of several solo voices set to a short poem, usually about love
the development of the english madrigal can be traced to 1588 and considered a result of
the publication in London of a volume of translated Italian madrigals
In most lute songs, the lute accompaniment
is subordinate to the voice
which of the following statements regarding the renaissance is not true
much of the instrumental music composed during the renaissance was intended for church
much of the instrumental music composed during the renaissance was intended for
dancing
the passamezzo is a
stately dance in duple meter similar to the pavane
a versatile plucked string instrument with a body shaped like half a pear, popular during the renaissance was the
lute
in middle ages music was
a based on church modes
in renassiance music
each melodic line has great independence
in renaissance music word painting illustrates
musical representation of specific poetic images