Music 120 - Music Appreciation » Fall 2019 » Quiz 18

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Question #1
Composers in the Renaissance often used ________ in one voice as a basis for elaborate ornamentation in other voices.
A.   Spain.
B.   England.
C.   Italy.
D.   Greece.
Question #2
Despite being of northern European birth, Josquin spent most of his career in
A.   by using a homorhythmic texture
B.   by using long note values
C.   by using a full-chord sound
D.   All possible answers.
Question #3
How does Josquin create musical contrast in the final two lines of the text, "O Mater Dei, memento mei"?
A.   FALSE
B.   TRUE
Question #4
Humanism was inspired by ancient Greek and Roman cultures.
A.   German
B.   French
C.   Italian
D.   Latin
Question #5
In which language is the text of Josquin’s motet written?
A.   He does not incorporate an older Gregorian chant.
B.   during the triple meter sections.
C.   only briefly at the beginning.
D.   as a cantus firmus throughout the whole work.
Question #6
Josquin’s Ave Maria...virgo serena incorporates an older Gregorian chant
A.   FALSE
B.   TRUE
Question #7
One of the most popular subjects of the sacred Renaissance motet was the Virgin Mary.
A.   The Renaissance was an age of unquestioning faith.
B.   Worshippers focused on the Virgin Mary.
C.   Religious belief was a core aspect of identity.
D.   Religious belief shifted to a more personal connection with the divine.
Question #8
Which of the following statements about religion during the Renaissance is NOT true?
A.   TRUE
B.   FALSE
Question #9
Renaissance music generally featured consonant harmonies.
A.   FALSE
B.   TRUE
Question #10
Renaissance sacred music was generally performed with instruments.
A.   sacred; secular
B.   secular; personal
C.   personal; sacred
D.   secular; sacred
Question #11
The Renaissance marks the passing of European society from a predominantly ______ to a more ______ one.
A.   sixteenth century
B.   seventeenth century
C.   fourteenth century
D.   fifteenth century
Question #12
The ________ is regarded as the golden age of the a cappella style.
A.   TRUE
B.   FALSE
Question #13
The art and literature of ancient Greece and Rome was of little interest to artists and writers in the Renaissance.
A.   the text is a rhymed poem.
B.   each voice sings a different text in praise of the Virgin Mary.
C.   there is a musical reference to a preexisting plainchant.
D.   the meter changes within the piece, moving from duple to triple and back to duple.
Question #14
The following statements are true about Josquin’s motet EXCEPT which one?
A.   trained female singers.
B.   trained male and female singers.
C.   the church congregation.
D.   trained male singers.
Question #15
The multivoiced sacred music of the Renaissance was sung by
A.   imitative polyphony.
B.   monophony.
C.   homorhythmic.
D.   non-imitative polyphony.
Question #16
The predominant texture in Josquin’s motet Ave Maria...virgo serena is
A.   the Holy Spirit.
B.   Hildegard of Bingen.
C.   Saint Anne.
D.   the Virgin Mary.
Question #17
The text of Josquin’s motet Ave Maria...virgo serena praises the virtues of
A.   TRUE
B.   FALSE
Question #18
The use of a fixed melody in one voice was a compositional technique found in sacred Renaissance motets.
A.   polyphonic melody
B.   dissonant melody
C.   preexisting melody
D.   rhythmic mode
Question #19
What is a cantus firmus?
A.   "sweeter" thirds and sixths
B.   All possible answers.
C.   fuller chords
D.   carefully controlled dissonance

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