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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:
ATrue
BFalse
10. Polyphonic conductus was written for 2 to 4 voices. The words were set syllabically and the tenor was derived from Gregorian Chant.
ATrue
BFalse
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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