Music 120 - Music Appreciation » Fall 2019 » Quiz 16

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Question #1
During the later Middle Ages, polyphonic developments in sacred music carried over to the secular realm.
A.   FALSE
B.   TRUE
Question #2
Music, mathematics, geometry, and astronomy were the four topics considered essential to medieval
A.   bureaucracy.
B.   education.
C.   military.
D.   entertainment.
Question #3
How does Machaut convey the medieval fascination for puzzles in Ma fin est mon commencement?
A.   monophony
B.   palindromic structure
C.   clear and obvious text
D.   by writing the score upside down
Question #4
In the Western tradition, music historically has not been linked to mathematics and geometry.
A.   TRUE
B.   FALSE
Question #5
In which poetic form is Machaut’s chanson Ma fin est mon commencement set?
A.   rondeau
B.   ballade
C.   sonata
D.   virelai
Question #6
European contacts with _______ inspired new concepts of art.
A.   Eastern cultures
B.   North America
C.   ancient Greece
D.   South America
Question #7
Which secular medieval musicians entertained audiences at the higher social levels?
A.   troubadours
B.   soldiers
C.   jugglers
D.   monks
Question #8
Machaut was the first composer self-consciously to attempt a compositional legacy.
A.   TRUE
B.   FALSE
Question #9
Machaut’s own poetry often centers on the idea of
A.   law and order.
B.   medieval chivalry.
C.   nature.
D.   fishing.
Question #10
The Ars nova began in Italy around the early 1400s.
A.   TRUE
B.   FALSE
Question #11
The Ars nova ushered in developments in ______ that transformed the art of music.
A.   rhythm
B.   harmony
C.   meter
D.   All possible answers.
Question #12
The poems of the troubadour and trouvère repertory include
A.   All possible answers.
B.   political and moral ditties.
C.   love songs centered on the idea of "unrequited love."
D.   laments.
Question #13
The poet-musicians who flourished in the south of France were known as
A.   Minnesingers.
B.   virelais.
C.   wandering minstrels.
D.   troubadours.
Question #14
There was an interest in both the regularity and complexity of musical patterns during the Ars nova.
A.   TRUE
B.   FALSE
Question #15
Trouvères, medieval poet-musicians from the northern region of France, were members of
A.   private guilds.
B.   the lower classes.
C.   the clergy.
D.   the upper classes and the aristocracy.
Question #16
What is the genre of Machaut’s Ma fin est mon commencement?
A.   monophonic secular chanson
B.   sacred chanson
C.   polyphonic secular chanson
D.   secular plainchant
Question #17
What was the period that immediately preceded the Ars nova called?
A.   Ars antiqua
B.   Renaissance
C.   Classical
D.   Baroque
Question #18
Where did Machaut work as a priest?
A.   Reims Cathedral
B.   Sacre-Coeur
C.   St. Mark’s
D.   Notre Dame
Question #19
Which is a true statement regarding Machaut’s songs?
A.   Machaut’s songs are characterized by simple meters and rhythms.
B.   Machaut turned increasingly to sacred themes.
C.   All statements are true.
D.   Machaut set his chansons to French courtly love poems.
Question #20
Which musical style appeared in the early 1300s in France and soon thereafter in Italy?
A.   Ars nova
B.   Ars Français
C.   Ars antiqua
D.   Ars Romana

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