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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:
A
1524
B
1640
C
1711
D
1300
10. Jan Hus (d. 1415), an early advocate of church reform was:
A
Hungarian
B
Dutch
C
Czech
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:
A
Juan del Encina
B
Dominico Scarlatti
C
Tomas Luis de Vittoria
D
Orlando di Lasso
20. An English Catholic composer who was organist at Lincoln Cathedral and who wrote music for both Catholic and Anglican services was:
A
Orlando Gibbons
B
Thomas Weelkes
C
William Byrd
D
John Dowland
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