Music in the OT
Greece and NT
Early Middle Ages
Polyphony
Random
100
These two stringed instruments were very common in Biblical times
What are the Kleshir and Isharim?
100
What two things were taboo in the early christian church worship?
What is dancing and instrumental music?
100
Made the church the ultimate authority in Europe after the fall of the Roman Empire.
Who is Pope Gregory the Great?
100
This type of chant literally translates to "singing together"
What is Organum?
100
One singular melodic line.
What is Monophony?
200
This is a Hebrew word that is found throughout the book of Psalms and means "Pause"
What is Selah?
200
Name this instrument:
What is the Kithara?
200
This is one of the Fathers of modern music notation and invented Solfege.
Who is Guido of Arezzo?
200
Multiple melodic lines, all of which are indepedent of one another.
What is Polyphony?
200
These texts used in Catholic Mass change depending on the time of year, event, or the sermon.
What is the Mass Proper?
300
This Middle Eastern Tribe of Nomads have existed since the time of the Old Testament.
Who are the Bedouins?
300
Plato believed music had the ability to affect this part of a person.
What is Ethos (Character)?
300
This liturgical practice in Medieval church contained eight daily prayers services happening from midnight to sundown.
What is the Divine Office?
300
This type of music was created by taking a section of Organum and creating a whole new piece of music.
What is a Motet?
300
The are texts used in Catholic Mass that are always the same.
what is the Mass Ordinary?
400
An important Jewish text that lists which Psalms that to be sung on each day of the week.
What is the Talmud?
400
These are three songs found in the book of Luke attributed to Mary, Zechariah, and Simeon, respectively.
What is the Magnificat, the Benedictus, and the Nunc Dimittis?
400
This sub-genre of Gregorian chant uses one set melody for multiple verses of text.
What is strophic chant?
400
These are the three extra voices that are typically added when composing organum.
What is Duplum, Triplum, and Quadraplum?
400
This type of music consists of one melody along other voices/instruments in harmony or accompaniment.
What is Homophony?
500
This adjective describes how psalms were sung in the old testament, which was on one pitch with the only changes happening at the end of phrases.
What is Cantillation?
500
Aristotle's idea that music brings out certain emotions in people, thus changing their character.
What is the Theory of Imitation?
500
These are the three main types of Gregorian Chant (Extra points if you can mention the difference between each type)
What is Antiphonal Chant, Responsorial Chant, and Direct Chant?
500
Who are the two Notre Dame composers that were the pioneers of written Polyphony?
Who is Leonin and Perotin?
500
This Greek wind instrument could either be single-reeded or double-reeded.
What is an Aulos?