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.   Greece.
B.   Spain.
C.   Italy.
D.   England.
Question #2
Despite being of northern European birth, Josquin spent most of his career in
A.   All possible answers.
B.   by using a full-chord sound
C.   by using a homorhythmic texture
D.   by using long note values
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.   Italian
B.   French
C.   Latin
D.   German
Question #5
In which language is the text of Josquin’s motet written?
A.   He does not incorporate an older Gregorian chant.
B.   as a cantus firmus throughout the whole work.
C.   during the triple meter sections.
D.   only briefly at the beginning.
Question #6
Josquin’s Ave Maria...virgo serena incorporates an older Gregorian chant
A.   TRUE
B.   FALSE
Question #7
One of the most popular subjects of the sacred Renaissance motet was the Virgin Mary.
A.   Religious belief was a core aspect of identity.
B.   Religious belief shifted to a more personal connection with the divine.
C.   Worshippers focused on the Virgin Mary.
D.   The Renaissance was an age of unquestioning faith.
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.   TRUE
B.   FALSE
Question #10
Renaissance sacred music was generally performed with instruments.
A.   sacred; secular
B.   personal; sacred
C.   secular; sacred
D.   secular; personal
Question #11
The Renaissance marks the passing of European society from a predominantly ______ to a more ______ one.
A.   sixteenth century
B.   seventeenth century
C.   fifteenth century
D.   fourteenth century
Question #12
The ________ is regarded as the golden age of the a cappella style.
A.   FALSE
B.   TRUE
Question #13
The art and literature of ancient Greece and Rome was of little interest to artists and writers in the Renaissance.
A.   each voice sings a different text in praise of the Virgin Mary.
B.   the text is a rhymed poem.
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 male and female singers.
B.   trained male singers.
C.   trained female singers.
D.   the church congregation.
Question #15
The multivoiced sacred music of the Renaissance was sung by
A.   non-imitative polyphony.
B.   homorhythmic.
C.   monophony.
D.   imitative polyphony.
Question #16
The predominant texture in Josquin’s motet Ave Maria...virgo serena is
A.   Saint Anne.
B.   Hildegard of Bingen.
C.   the Virgin Mary.
D.   the Holy Spirit.
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.   rhythmic mode
C.   preexisting melody
D.   dissonant melody
Question #19
What is a cantus firmus?
A.   "sweeter" thirds and sixths
B.   carefully controlled dissonance
C.   fuller chords
D.   All possible answers.

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