Facts
Music in formes fixes that was more refined and complex, usually written in ornate manuscript; and was intended for cultivated listeners and professional performers belonged to which stylistic period?
The term used to describe a musical phrase, text, or verse repeated three or more times is:
Strophic
When a chant is performed in the manner of responsorial style, that means the choirs alternate with each other. True or False?
False, that is antiphonal. Responsorial is when the choir responds to a soloist.
There are 6 church modes. True or false?
False, there are 8 church modes.
The technique used to have two voices alternate in rapid succession is known as:
Hocket
Liturgical drama originated from ______________ and it is a type of play formed out of ritual that was usually performed on ______________.
Liturgical drama originated from troping and usually performed on important holy days.
Dies irae is an example of a type of chant called:
Sequence
An expression of praise usually added to the end of psalms and hymns is known as:
Doxology
Name the three types of secular songs popular during the Italian Trecento.
Ballate, Caccia, Madrigal
Poets who wrote the earliest examples of secular songs that were mostly about wine, women, and satire were known as ______________.
Goliards
A term that describes English polyphony (particularly sacred genres) in the 14th century is known as:
descant
Explain the difference between melismatic and neumatic musical style.
Melismatic is many notes per syllable while neumatic is only 2 - 7 notes per syllable.
Machaut's ballades typically had the setting of a low tenor solo and two higher parts. True or False?
False, his ballades were typically set to a high tenor solo and two lower parts!
The polyphonic vocal composition that has two or more independent voices, often with different texts for each voice is known as clausula. True or False?
False, it is a motet.
The earliest record of chant melodies were transmitted by well-preserved church manuscripts. True or False?
False, the earliest of church melodies were only transmitted orally. It wasn't until the late 8th to 9th century, notation was created to standardize chant melodies in churches.