Music 111 - Music Appreciation » Winter 2023 » Chapter 11 Reading Quiz.

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Question #1
The English version of Sumer is icumen in is best described as:
A.   sacred music
B.   liturgical music
C.   secular music
Question #2
The melodic texture of Sumer is icumen in is best described as:
A.   monophonic
B.   homophonic
C.   polyphonic
Question #3
The text of Sumer is icumen in tells of:
A.   tales of victorious battles
B.   the praise of the Virgin Mary
C.   Summer, the season of renewal
Question #4
In which form is Sumer is icumen in set?
A.   melismatic
B.   round
C.   ternary
Question #5
The texture of Sumer is icumen in is best described as:
A.   polyphonic
B.   monophonic
C.   stereophonic
Question #6
The lower two voices in Sumer is icumen in sing short repeated ideas known as:
A.   an ostinato
B.   a verse
C.   a refrain
Question #7
Which era does Sumer is icumen in exemplify?
A.   Middle Ages
B.   Renaissance
C.   Classical
Question #8
Fair Phyllis is best described as a:
A.   madrigal
B.   motet
C.   melisma
Question #9
One of the earliest examples of secular polyphony comes from:
A.   England
B.   France
C.   Italy
Question #10
The constant imitation from beginning to end in between the voices of Sumer is icumen in is characteristic of its genre, which is:
A.   a ballad
B.   a round
C.   a rondeau
Question #11
The original singers of Sumer is icumen in were probably male.
A.   True
B.   False
Question #12
The main rhythmic pattern found in Sumer is icumen in is short-short-short-long.
A.   False
B.   True
Question #13
Sumer is icumen in has no repeated musical sections.
A.   True
B.   False
Question #14
Fair Phyllis features repeated sections with repeated text.
A.   True
B.   False
Question #15
The English madrigal preceded the development of the Italian madrigal by some 20 years.
A.   False
B.   True
Question #16
The principal genres of Renaissance secular music are strictly monophonic in texture.
A.   True
B.   False
Question #17
The madrigal flourished principally in France.
A.   False
B.   True

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