Deck 7: The Renaissance

Question 1

Who composed the Pange lingua Mass?

A) Josquin Desprez
B) Guillaume Dufay
C) Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina
D) Thomas Weelkes

Answer 1

A

Question 2

Which parts of the Mass are included in the excerpts from Pange lingua?

A) Kyrie and Gloria
B) Credo and Kyrie
C) Pange and lingua
D) first and second verses

Answer 2

A

Question 3

Who composed the Pope Marcellus Mass?

A) Josquin Desprez
B) Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina
C) Thomas Weelkes
D) not known

Answer 3

B

Question 4

Who composed "Mille regrets"?

A) Josquin Desprez
B) Guillaume Dufay
C) Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina
D) Thomas Weelkes

Question 5

How does the "Qui tollis" in Pope Marcellus differ from the "Qui tollis" in Pange lingua?

A) It uses fewer voices and more solos.
B) It is more polyphonic; it has many points of imitation.
C) It uses more voices and alternates choirs; it is more homophonic.
D) It uses a different text.

Question 6

In "Ave maris stella," which stanzas consist of unembellished plainchant?

A) 2, 3, and 4
B) 1, 3, and 5
C) 2, 4, and 6
D) 3 and 5

Question 7

Which is true of "Ave maris stella"?

A) It is a homophonic setting of a Gregorian hymn.
B) It is a polyphonic setting of a plainchant.
C) It is a monophonic chant.
D) It is a plainchant sequence.

Question 8

The polyphonic chanson "Mille regrets" is notable for its:

A) use of isorhythms.
B) fragments of chant.
C) spiritual nature.
D) expressive matching of music to words.

Question 9

The performing forces in Pange lingua consist of a:

A) solo high voice.
B) choir of high voices.
C) solo tenor and a mixed choir.
D) choir of high and low voices.

Question 10

What are the performing forces in "Ave maris stella"?

A) a solo male voice
B) a solo male voice alternating with a male choir
C) a choir of high and low voices
D) a female choir

Question 11

In Pange lingua,plainchant is used to open:

A) each section of the Kyrie.
B) the first section of the Kyrie.
C) the middle section, or Christe.
D) the "Qui tollis" section.

Question 12

The composer used the melody of the plainsong hymn ________ as the basis of the Pange lingua Mass.

A) "Qui tollis"
B) "Kyrie eleison"
C) "Gloria"
D) "Pange lingua"

Question 13

In which stanzas of "Ave maris stella" do you hear the composer's own music?

A) 2, 3, and 4
B) 1, 2, and 3
C) 1, 3, and 5
D) 2, 4, and 6

Question 14

What do you hear after the brief plainchant section in the Kyrie of Pange lingua?

A) a point of imitation
B) hocket
C) an isorhythmic section
D) a sequence

Question 15

The performing forces in Pope Marcellus consist of:

A) voices and organ.
B) voices and brass instruments.
C) voices and stringed instruments.
D) voices alone.

Question 16

The purpose of Pope Marcellus was to:

A) provide dance music.
B) entertain nobility.
C) entertain the public.
D) worship God.

Question 17

In which voice(s)during "Ave maris stella" do you hear the hymn tune in paraphrase with extra notes?

A) lowest voice
B) lowest and middle voices
C) highest voice
D) middle voice

Question 18

"As Vesta Was from Latmos Hill Descending" is a:

A) madrigal.
B) Mass.
C) motet.
D) plainchant sequence.

Question 19

What is the predominant texture of Pange lingua?

A) monophony
B) homophony
C) imitative polyphony
D) non-imitative polyphony

Question 20

What is the predominant texture of the "Qui tollis" from the Gloria of the Pope Marcellus Mass?

A) monophony
B) imitative polyphony
C) non-imitative polyphony
D) homophony

Question 21

The most important service of the Christian liturgy was:

A) the Office.
B) the Mass.
C) the proper.
D) vespers.

Question 22

"Daphne" is a:

A) pavan.
B) galliard.
C) jig.
D) stylized dance.

Question 23

The process by which Renaissance composers freely embellished plainchant melodies for use in their compositions is known as:

A) harmonization.
B) improvisation.
C) paraphrase.
D) elaboration.

Question 24

The texture of "Daphne" is:

A) monophonic.
B) homophonic.
C) polyphonic.
D) monophonic, then polyphonic.

Question 25

Dufay's "Ave maris stella" is:

A) an estampie.
B) a madrigal.
C) a harmonized hymn.
D) part of a polyphonic Mass.

Question 26

The purpose of "Kemp's Jig" was:

A) to praise Queen Elizabeth.
B) to celebrate a biblical birthday.
C) for use in a church service.
D) for listening enjoyment.

Question 27

In medieval music the plainchant melody was in the ________ voice,but in the early Renaissance it moved to the ________ voice.

A) lowest; highest
B) highest; lowest
C) lowest; middle
D) middle; highest

Question 28

Where was Guillaume Dufay (and many other important composers of his day)born,and where did he spend his career?

A) London; Paris
B) northern France near Belgium; Italy
C) southern France; Munich
D) Italy; northern France near Flanders

Question 29

The performing forces in "As Vesta Was from Latmos Hill Descending" consist of:

A) a male choir.
B) two choirs in alternation.
C) male and female vocal soloists.
D) a female choir.

Question 30

"As Vesta Was from Latmos Hill Descending" demonstrates:

A) isorhythm.
B) hocket.
C) a plainchant sequence.
D) word painting.

Question 31

Which is not a movement of the Mass?

A) Credo
B) Sanctus
C) Cantus
D) Gloria

Question 32

There are ________ standard sections of the polyphonic Mass.

A) four
B) five
C) six
D) seven

Question 33

In church music,a short tune sung through many stanzas of text is a:

A) motet.
B) Mass.
C) madrigal.
D) hymn.

Question 34

What was the new,preferred texture of early Renaissance music?

A) monophony
B) imitative polyphony
C) non-imitative polyphony
D) homophony

Question 35

Dufay is best known for his:

A) madrigals and motets.
B) instrumental dance pieces.
C) polyphonic Masses and plainchant harmonizations.
D) Gregorian chants and hymns.

Question 36

In the early Renaissance,composers concentrated on the ________ rather than the ________ of the plainchant melodies used.

A) form; melody
B) sonority; authoritarian function
C) imitative and non-imitative polyphony; melody
D) intellectual elements; sensuous aspects

Question 37

The meter of "Kemp's Jig" is:

A) duple.
B) triple.
C) compound duple.
D) compound triple.

Question 38

What is the form of "Kemp's Jig"?

A) a b a repeated several times
B) a a b b c c repeated several times
C) a a b repeated several times
D) a a¢ a¢¢ a¢¢¢, and so on

Question 39

The performing forces in "Daphne" consist of:

A) early violins.
B) early violins and lute.
C) recorders, early violins, and harpsichord.
D) organ and early violins.

Question 40

The text of "As Vesta Was from Latmos Hill Descending" involves:

A) the worship of God.
B) Queen Elizabeth and mythological figures.
C) a celebration of the birthday of the Virgin Mary.
D) unrequited love.

Question 41

The great,large-scale compositional challenge of the Renaissance was musical unification of:

A) the church.
B) the Mass.
C) the motet.
D) plainchant harmonizations.

Question 42

Word painting was first used extensively in the ________ century.

A) fourteenth
B) fifteenth
C) sixteenth
D) seventeenth

Question 43

Who was the first master of the High Renaissance style?

A) Thomas Weelkes
B) Josquin Desprez
C) Guillaume Dufay
D) Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina

Question 44

The High Renaissance style began around:

A) 1350.
B) 1400.
C) 1450.
D) 1500.

Question 45

The style of setting words to music using rhythms that approximate human speech is called:

A) declamation.
B) imitative.
C) word painting.
D) isorhythmic.

Question 46

How can rhythm in the High Renaissance style be characterized?

A) Music usually was in a clear triple meter.
B) Rhythm was unaccented, fluid, and shifting.
C) Rhythm was energetic, but with constantly changing meters.
D) Rhythm was complex, featuring techniques such as isorhythm.

Question 47

The text of the Kyrie section of the Pange lingua Mass is:

A) "Kyrie eleison, Christe eleison, Kyrie eleison."
B) "Kyrie, Eleison, Christe."
C) "Gloria patri, qui tollis peccata mundi."
D) "Pange lingua, Kyrie eleison, Christe eleison."

Question 48

The preferred tone color of the High Renaissance style was:

A) stringed instruments and voice.
B) organ and voice.
C) brass instruments and organ with voice.
D) voice alone.

Question 49

Which two techniques were blended to form the compositional style for the Mass,the motet,and the chanson in the High Renaissance?

A) imitative counterpoint and homophony
B) monophony and harmonization
C) non-imitative polyphony and monophony
D) imitative counterpoint and polyphony

Question 50

The first style period in which composers tried to set words to music in a natural and clear way was:

A) ancient Greece.
B) the Middle Ages.
C) the Enlightenment.
D) the Renaissance.

Question 51

In terms of texture,High Renaissance composers:

A) focused on the horizontal aspects of music at the expense of the vertical aspects.
B) used polyphonic lines in such a way that a chordal quality was maintained.
C) focused on the vertical aspects of music at the expense of the horizontal aspects.
D) turned their attention away from polyphonic and chordal writing and focused on monophony.

Question 52

Which composer worked in the repressive atmosphere of the Counter-Reformation movement?

A) Fabritio Caroso
B) Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina
C) Josquin Desprez
D) Thomas Weelkes

Question 53

A characteristic of High Renaissance music,as heard in the Pange lingua Mass,is the contrasting of ________ and ________.

A) imitative polyphony; non-imitative polyphony
B) monophony; homophony
C) points of imitation; monophony
D) homophony; polyphony

Question 54

Renaissance composers were inspired to explore the power of music to express human feelings.Their inspiration came from the:

A) church.
B) court.
C) ancient Greeks.
D) ancient Egyptians.

Question 55

Points of imitation are used extensively in:

A) "As Vesta Was from Latmos Hill Descending."
B) the Kyrie from the Pange lingua Mass.
C) "Kemp's Jig."
D) "Daphne."

Question 56

What is a point of imitation?

A) the beginning of each movement in a polyphonic Mass
B) a cadence point where the polyphony comes together to form homophonic chords
C) a passage of imitative polyphony usually using one musical motive
D) the place where the second voice enters in a passage of imitative polyphony

Question 57

How did polyphony change from the beginning to the end of the fifteenth century?

A) It disappeared.
B) It started out imitative and ended non-imitative.
C) It started out non-imitative and ended imitative.
D) Polyphony did not change throughout the century.

Question 58

The musical term for "voices alone" is:

A) strophic.
B) isorhythmic.
C) cantus.
D) a cappella.

Question 59

What device did Renaissance composers use to depict in music the words or ideas of a text?

A) a cappella
B) word painting
C) cantus firmus
D) isorhythm

Question 60

Josquin composed works in which genre(s)?

A) stylized dance
B) motet, chanson, and madrigal
C) plainchant and madrigal
D) Mass, motet, and chanson

Question 61

The pavan is in ________ meter,and the galliard is in ________ meter.

A) duple; duple
B) duple; compound duple
C) duple; triple
D) compound duple; compound triple

Question 62

European missionaries,while amazed at the achievements and complexities of the Aztec and Inca empires,sought to:

A) preserve native customs.
B) encourage native song and dance, but only in Christian festivals.
C) include harvest festivals in the church liturgy.
D) include native instruments and costumes in the church liturgy.

Question 63

Thomas Weelkes wrote madrigals in:

A) Latin.
B) Italian.
C) English.
D) French.

Question 64

Why was the motet more attractive than the Mass to sixteenth-century composers?

A) Polyphony was allowed in the motet but not in the Mass.
B) The motet allowed for different texts, but the Mass always had the same text.
C) The motet was secular, and the Mass was religious.
D) The motet was in the High Renaissance homophonic style, whereas the Mass was usually polyphonic.

Question 65

Will Kemp was:

A) the composer of "Kemp's Jig."
B) a famous Elizabethan violinist.
C) a composer of music for Shakespeare's plays.
D) an actor in Shakespeare's plays.

Question 66

Pavans are often paired with:

A) galliards.
B) jigs.
C) madrigals.
D) other pavans.

Question 67

The most significant difference between the Italian madrigal and the English madrigal is that Italian madrigals are ________ and English madrigals are ________.

A) in Italian; in English
B) polyphonic; homophonic
C) homophonic; polyphonic
D) religious; secular

Question 68

Which was the most widespread Renaissance instrumental genre?

A) the madrigal
B) dance music
C) organ music
D) instrumental music used to accompany voices in church

Question 69

A short piece of music set to a one-stanza secular poem,with each part typically sung by one singer and having alternating sections of homophony and polyphony,is a:

A) motet.
B) pavan.
C) madrigal.
D) galliard.

Question 70

What makes it easy for the dancers to keep their places in "Daphne"?

A) the polyphony
B) the distinct endings to the phrases
C) the instrumental accompaniment
D) the text

Question 71

It was the ________ explorers who told of the ________ of Indonesia.

A) Dutch; gamelans
B) Aztec; sackbuts
C) English; song and dance
D) Chinese; Noh opera

Question 72

The pavan and galliard are:

A) types of Renaissance chansons.
B) forms used in Renaissance Masses.
C) types of Renaissance dance music.
D) forms used in madrigals.

Question 73

The song "Hanaq pachap kusikuynin" was published in:

A) 1431.
B) 1531.
C) 1631.
D) 1731.

Question 74

The first great phase of European expansion into other parts of the world was from ________ to ________.

A) 1780; 1820
B) 1680; 1720
C) 1580; 1620
D) 1480; 1620

Question 75

The Italian madrigal dates from about:

A) 1500.
B) 1530.
C) 1560.
D) 1600.

Question 76

Which is true of the evolution of the motet over the centuries?

A) The motet has changed a great deal over the centuries.
B) The motet has stayed the same over the centuries.
C) The motet appeared in the medieval period, changed to a simpler form in the early Renaissance, and changed back to its more intellectual form by the end of the Renaissance.
D) The motet began in the early Renaissance and changed drastically during that era.

Question 77

The anthology of madrigals in honor of Queen Elizabeth that was compiled in 1601 is called:

A) Celeste Giglio.
B) "As Vesta Was from Latmos Hill Descending."
C) "Veni Creator Spiritus."
D) The Triumphs of Oriana.

Question 78

The words of "Hanaq pachap kusikuynin" are in the native Andean language:

A) Nahuatl.
B) Basque.
C) Quechua.
D) Mayan.

Question 79

How many vocal parts did Palestrina use in the Gloria of the Pope Marcellus Mass?

A) two
B) four
C) six
D) eight

Question 80

The texture of "Hanaq pachap kusikuynin" is:

A) homophonic.
B) monophonic.
C) polyphonic.
D) heterophonic.