Chapter 3 Quiz

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. The term "Ars Nova" derives from a treatise based on the teachings of ___________.

a) Guido of Arezzo correct incorrect

b) Franco of Cologne correct incorrect

c) Guillaume de Machaut correct incorrect

d) Philippe de Vitry correct incorrect

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. "Tempus" refers to ___________.

a.) The number of modes used in a piece correct incorrect

b) The number of beats in a measure correct incorrect

c) The strictly metered alternation of monophonic and polyphonic texture correct incorrect

d) The number of subdivisions in a beat correct incorrect

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. Talea is best described as ___________.

a) A rhythmic pattern correct incorrect

b) A textural pattern correct incorrect

c) A melodic pattern correct incorrect

d) An accompanimental pattern correct incorrect

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. The use of talea and color in fourteenth-century motets is called ___________.

a) Contrafactum correct incorrect

b) Prolation correct incorrect

c) Isorhythm correct incorrect

d) Fauxbourdon correct incorrect

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. Chromatic notes that lay outside of the traditional Medieval gamut are called ___________.

a) Chroma correct incorrect

b) Musica ficta correct incorrect

c) Musica recta correct incorrect

d) Color correct incorrect

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. Speculum musicae is primarily an example of ___________.

a) A collection of particularly beloved and theologically worthy chants correct incorrect

b) A summary of the theory behind secular folk dances correct incorrect

c) A conservative backlash against an avant-garde school of music correct incorrect

d) An argument against Pope Pious X’s decree against polyphony correct incorrect

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. The composer known as the "last of the trouvères" was ___________.

a) Philippe de Vitry correct incorrect

b) Guillaume Du Fay correct incorrect

c) Guillaume de Machaut correct incorrect

d) Solage correct incorrect

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. Guillaume de Machaut composed ___________.

a) Motets correct incorrect

b) Chansons correct incorrect

c) Masses correct incorrect

d) All of the above correct incorrect

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. A cyclic Mass is one that sets all items of the Mass Proper.

a) TRUE correct incorrect

b) FALSE correct incorrect

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. Ars Subtilior especially flourished ___________.

a) At the papal court of Avignon correct incorrect

b) In the university setting of Paris correct incorrect

c) In papal Rome correct incorrect

d) Among London musicians correct incorrect

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. Ars Subtilior featured ___________.

a) Extreme chromaticism correct incorrect

b) Juxtaposition of different meters correct incorrect

c) The use of visually striking notation correct incorrect

d) All of the above correct incorrect

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. Many Ars Nova motets were written by composers originally from ___________.

a) Italy correct incorrect

b) Northern Europe correct incorrect

c) France correct incorrect

d) England and Wales correct incorrect

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. The caccia is best described as ___________.

a) A German instrumental and vocal genre correct incorrect

b) An instrumental dance genre correct incorrect

c) A type of Italian madrigal correct incorrect

d) A French sacred vocal genre correct incorrect

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. Nuper rosarum flores is best described as ___________.

a) A polyphonic chanson by Du Fay correct incorrect

b) An isorhythmic motet by Du Fay correct incorrect

c) A polyphonic chanson by Machaut correct incorrect

d) An isorhythmic motet by Machaut correct incorrect

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. In Nuper rosarum flores, the mensuration proportions 6:4:2:3 represent ___________.

a) The Golden Ratio correct incorrect

b) The mathematical representation of infinity correct incorrect

c) The architectural proportions of Solomon’s temple correct incorrect

d) A musical spelling of Du Fay’s name correct incorrect