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Polyphony
1. The split between the Western and Eastern church occurred in:
A
1054
B
70
C
600
D
1535
2. The first description of music for more than one voice came at the end of the 9th c. in a treatise called Musica Enchiriadis. It refers to the technique of singing together as:
A
canon
B
polyphony
C
organum
D
counterpoint
3. The oldest large collection of pieces or organum style is two 11th c. manuscripts known as:
A
the Winchester Troper
B
the Squarcialupi Codex
C
the Bamberg Codex
D
the Montpellier Codex
4. In florid organum the lower voice was known as the
A
motetus
B
tenor
C
duplum
D
melisma
5. The 12th century saw the creation of a school of composition led by Leonin and Perotin. It was centered in:
A
Paris
B
Bologna
C
Rheims
D
Winchester
6.The Magnus Liber Organi by Leonin contained examples of:
A
conductus
B
motets
C
organum
D
substitute clausulae
7. In the 13th century all of the following intervals were thought of as consonant except:
A
4th
B
5th
C
octave
D
3rd
8. All of the following statements are true relative to Perotin organa except:
A
The third voice from the bottom is called the triplum.
B
Sometimes the melody of the tenor had to be repeated to accommodate the length of the piece
C
All the voices have the same rhythmic patterns.
D
Some compositions were written for four voices.
9. Early motets were written to be sung outside of church. However, the tenors were still taken from plainchant:
A
True
B
False
10. Polyphonic conductus was written for 2 to 4 voices. The words were set syllabically and the tenor was derived from Gregorian Chant.
A
True
B
False
11.This medieval wind instrument was the forerunner of the oboe:
A
crumhorn
B
curtal
C
shawn
D
rackett
12. The technique of presenting a melody so that missing notes are supplied by another voice thus dividing one melody line between two voices is known as:
A
contrafacta
B
hocket
C
organum
D
inversion
13. French motets of the 13th c. could have the upper voice in French and the lower voices in Latin.
A
True
B
False
14. By the end of the 13th century there was a shift in emphasis from the Gregorian tenor to the triplum or top voice.
A
True
B
False
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