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Reformation

1. Martin Luther nailed his 95 theses to the door at the church at Wittenberg in:
A 1563
B 1517
C 1549
D 1603
2. The Lutheran church retained all of the following from the Catholic church music tradition except:
A use of some Latin
B use of plainsong
C use of some section of the Catholic liturgy
D use of Latin for all sung texts
3. The most important contribution to church music made by the Lutherans was the:
A oratorio
B cantata
C chorale
D polyphonic motet
4. The chorale served much the same function for Lutheran church music as_____served for Catholic church music.
A hymns
B antiphons
C plainsong
D conductus
5. Contrafacta refers to pieces that use new texts in association with old melodies.
A True
B False
6.Lutheran chorales were originally 4 part homophonic settings.
A True
B False
7. All of the following were composers of chorale settings except:
A Hassler
B Byrd
C Praetorius
D Schein
8. Lutheran chorales were originally:
A monophonic
B four part settings
C two part settings
D imitative
9. Collections of chorales began to be published in:
A1524
B1640
C1711
D1300
10. Jan Hus (d. 1415), an early advocate of church reform was:
AHungarian
BDutch
CCzech
11.Many chorales were newly composed but others came from old sacred or secular songs or from Latin chants.
A True
B False
12. Sometimes instruments doubled the parts of the chorale and sometimes the choir alternated with an instrumental ensemble in playing the verses of the chorale.
A True
B False
13. The Sternhold and Hopkins psalter was the first book published in the English colonies.
A True
B False
14. The most elaborate variations on chorale tunes were composed by:
A the Calvinists
B the Lutherans
C the Baptists
D the Methodists
15. The Catholic Church answered the Protestant defections with its own reform movement known as the Counter Reformation.
A True
B False
16. The basic rhythmic medium of 16th century vocal music was duple meter with occasional periods of triple meter.
A True
B False
17. The Council of Trent met from 1545-63. It was during this period that the legend concerning the Pope Marcellus Mass arose. This work was composed by:
A William Byrd
B Vittoria
C Palestrina
D Gabrieli
18. In the 16th century the prevailing style of sacred music was one of smooth vocal parts joining in a succession of full triadic harmonies.
A True
B False
19. The Spanish composer of sacred music whose style was chlosely related to that of palestrina was:
AJuan del Encina
BDominico Scarlatti
CTomas Luis de Vittoria
DOrlando di Lasso
20. An English Catholic composer who was organist at Lincoln Cathedral and who wrote music for both Catholic and Anglican services was:
AOrlando Gibbons
BThomas Weelkes
CWilliam Byrd
DJohn Dowland
 

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