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. Which famous composer of the Medieval period was "given" to the Catholic Church to be a part of its hierarchy?

Josquin correct incorrect

Machuat correct incorrect

Hildegard of Bingen correct incorrect

Milhaud correct incorrect

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. Which description of Josquin's Ave Maria Virgo Serena is incorrect?

The three sections of the piece alternate both meter and mood. correct incorrect

Josquin makes use of imitation between single voices only throughout the piece. correct incorrect

The Latin text is a prayer to Mary. correct incorrect

There are homorhythmic sections, particularly in the closing section. correct incorrect

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. Which term is used to describe the setting of words according to the natural rhythms of speech?

Declaiming correct incorrect

Isorhythm correct incorrect

Organum correct incorrect

Polytextual correct incorrect

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. Consider the following statement and choose the best response: "Viderunt omnes by Leonin is an excellent example of both strictly syllabic organum and numeric symbolism in sacred music."

The statement is completely true. correct incorrect

The statement is false because the piece is by Josquin Desprez. correct incorrect

The statement is false because much of the piece is melismatic. correct incorrect

The statement is true but misleading, as all chant was in triple meter as a method of relating to the doctrine of the Trinity. correct incorrect

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. What compositional device is given as an example of composers making use of sacred architecture?

Melismas correct incorrect

Polychoral music correct incorrect

Isorhythm correct incorrect

Ars Nova correct incorrect

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. Which form discussed in this chapter had both sacred and secular iterations?

The Mass correct incorrect

Organum correct incorrect

The motet correct incorrect

Noneof the above correct incorrect

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. What is the term for the eight services said and sung by Catholic priests throughout the course of the day, from sunrise to sunset?

Ordinary correct incorrect

Offices correct incorrect

Mass correct incorrect

Proper correct incorrect

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. Which composer served at least three kings that we know of?

Guillame Dufay correct incorrect

Josquin Desprez correct incorrect

Perotin correct incorrect

Guillame de Machaut correct incorrect

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. What term is used to describe the practice of making use of two or more different melodies that share the same rhythm?

Hocket-sharing correct incorrect

Homorhythm correct incorrect

Isorhythm correct incorrect

Polytextualism correct incorrect

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. Which statement about the sections of the ordinary is true?

Only the Sanctus and Agnus Dei, the final two sections, are sung consecutively. correct incorrect

There is no spoken liturgy between any two sections of the ordinary. correct incorrect

Four out of five of the prayers are in Latin. correct incorrect

The texts of all but the third-the Credo-change based on the church calendar. correct incorrect

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. Which statement about chant is true?

Most chant is considered too rhythmic and dissonant for modern audiences. correct incorrect

Medieval Europe was the first and only world culture to use chant. correct incorrect

Popes Pius X and Gregory I are credited with establishing the earliest collections of chant. correct incorrect

Islam, Judaism, and Christianity all have traditions of chant. correct incorrect

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. What did Josquin Desprez and Guillame Dufay have in common?

Both were born in modern-day Belgium. correct incorrect

Both worked primarily in the papal court of Rome. correct incorrect

Neither is famous for anything other than their settings of the mass. correct incorrect

Neither was well-known during their lifetime. correct incorrect

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. What led to the development of our modern musical notation system?

The need for a memory aid for those singing chants in liturgies. correct incorrect

The desire to create new visual art forms, similar to illuminations found in monastic texts. correct incorrect

The desire to protect intellectual property on the part of early composers of motets. correct incorrect

A papal decree from Pope Gregory I correct incorrect

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. What important stylistic development occurred in organum around 1100?

Regular meter was used for the first time. correct incorrect

The chant was typically placed in the highest voice, a precursor to the modern "soprano" concept of having the highest pitched instrument perform the melody. correct incorrect

The two lines of organum became more melodically synced to produce moments of consonance that would eventually lead to the development of the harmonic progression. correct incorrect

The second melody became rhythmically independent from the chant. correct incorrect

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. For which of the following is Hildegard of Bingen NOT known today?

Being the earliest composer to whom we can definitively credit a large body of musical works correct incorrect

Being canonized as the official saint of writers of music and poetry correct incorrect

Writing one of the earliest morality plays, Play of Virtues correct incorrect

Being a highly successful abbess, or spiritual and administrative supervisor of a convent
correct incorrect