The Middle Ages
The Renaissance
The Reformation
Review
100

The most important musicians in the Middle Ages were ______________________.

clergy in the Roman Catholic church

100

The printing press was invented in _______________, but sheet music was not printed until ____________.

1450, 1501

100

Martin Luther started the Reformation by...

posting a list of 95 Theses opposing Catholic doctrine and clerical authority

100

Music notes are placed on a ____________ of five lines and four spaces.

staff

200

The first written music in the Western world was ________________________.

Gregorian chant

200

Classicism is...

the revival of Ancient Greek and Roman philosophy, culture, and art

200

Henry VIII started the Anglican church because...

He wanted to divorce his first wife, Catherine of Aragon, because she was too old to have children and he had no son and heir.

200

The treble clef is also called a ________________ because _____________________________________.

G clef, because the curl surrounds the G line and it evolved from a stylized G.

300

Monophony is....

everyone sings the same thing at the same time

300

Patronage is...

the practice of employing musicians and artists to create music and art specifically for the patron
300

The ___________________ was originally a rhymed poem with meter in German, without harmony or accompaniment.

chorale

300

Stems extend _________________ when the note appears on or above the third line of the staff.

downward on the left

400

Polyphony is...

everyone sings different things at different times

400

A madrigal is...

a musical setting of Italian poetry for 4-6 voices

400

____________________ were rhymed, metrical translations of psalms in the vernacular, set to newly composed melodies, and/or tunes adapted from chant.

Metrical psalms

400
____________ are short lines which are added to extend the range of the staff when notes are too high or too low to be written on the staff.
Ledger lines
500

Name the five chants of the Mass Ordinary in order from first to last.

Kyrie, Gloria, Credo, Sanctus, Agnus Dei

500
Explain the difference (in religion/music) between a mass and a Mass.

A mass (cycle) is a musical genre. A Mass is a religious service.

500

Name two ways in which Anglican church music was different from other Protestant music and from Catholic music.

Anglican music was different from Catholic music because it was always in English rather than Latin. Anglican music was different from Protestant music because there was polyphony in church services.

500

Please give the alternate name for a 256th note.

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