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Chapter 5 Quiz
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not completed
.
The interest in ancient texts, such as Cicero and Quintilian, was a characteristic of classical humanism.
a) TRUE
correct
incorrect
b) FALSE
correct
incorrect
*
not completed
.
___________ was the sixteenth-century polychoral style performed at St. Mark's (Venice).
a) Cori spezzati
correct
incorrect
b) Ars perfecta
correct
incorrect
c) Cyclic Mass style
correct
incorrect
d) Madrigal
correct
incorrect
*
not completed
.
Which of the following is not true of Josquin's career?
a) He was born in Italy.
correct
incorrect
b) He sang in the papal choir in Rome.
correct
incorrect
c) He worked at the court of the Duke of Ferrara.
correct
incorrect
d) He worked for Cardinal Sforza in Milan.
correct
incorrect
*
not completed
.
Josquin's piece Ave Maria . . . Virgo serena is ___________.
a) A Mass
correct
incorrect
b) A madrigal
correct
incorrect
c) A chanson
correct
incorrect
d) A motet
correct
incorrect
*
not completed
.
___________ is a contrapuntal technique in which a melodic line in one voice is imitated in other voices.
a) Point of emulation
correct
incorrect
b) Point of imitation
correct
incorrect
c) Plagal cadence
correct
incorrect
d) Ricercare
correct
incorrect
*
not completed
.
The composer who had the most prominent place in Ottaviano Petrucci's early music editions was ___________.
a) Du Fay
correct
incorrect
b) Palestrina
correct
incorrect
c) Josquin
correct
incorrect
d) Willaert
correct
incorrect
*
not completed
.
A contrafactum is a piece that puts new music to a preexisting text.
a) TRUE
correct
incorrect
b) FALSE
correct
incorrect
*
not completed
.
Josquin's Ave Maria . . . Virgo serena is an example of ___________.
a) Polytextuality
correct
incorrect
b) Ars perfecta
correct
incorrect
c) Seconda pratica
correct
incorrect
d) Cori spezzati
correct
incorrect
*
not completed
.
According to legend, ___________saved church music during the Counter-Reformation.
a) Josquin
correct
incorrect
b) Du Fay
correct
incorrect
c) Palestrina
correct
incorrect
d) Willaert
correct
incorrect
*
not completed
.
Fux's influential eighteenth-century treatise on counterpoint was ___________.
a) Le istitutione harmoniche
correct
incorrect
b) Dodecachordon
correct
incorrect
c) Gradus ad Parnassum
correct
incorrect
d) De musica
correct
incorrect
*
not completed
.
Adrian Willaert's main instrument was ___________.
a) Organ
correct
incorrect
b) Viele
correct
incorrect
c) Harpsichord
correct
incorrect
d) Lute
correct
incorrect
*
not completed
.
Sixteenth-century composers used the ars perfecta style in which of the following genres?
a) Mass
correct
incorrect
b) Motet
correct
incorrect
c) Ricercare
correct
incorrect
d) All of the above
correct
incorrect
*
not completed
.
The extended meeting of the Catholic Church, called to respond to the Protestant Reformation, was the Council of ___________.
a) Constance
correct
incorrect
b) Rome
correct
incorrect
c) Avignon
correct
incorrect
d) Trent
correct
incorrect
*
not completed
.
Which of the following does not describe William Byrd?
a) He was an English composer.
correct
incorrect
b) His music reflects the practice of a religious minority.
correct
incorrect
c) He was internationally famous during his lifetime.
correct
incorrect
d) He wrote in the ars perfecta style.
correct
incorrect
*
not completed
.
The interest in ancient texts, such as Cicero and Quintilian, was a characteristic of classical humanism.
a) TRUE
correct
incorrect
b) FALSE
correct
incorrect
*
not completed
.
___________ was the sixteenth-century polychoral style performed at St. Mark's (Venice).
a) Cori spezzati
correct
incorrect
b) Ars perfecta
correct
incorrect
c) Cyclic Mass style
correct
incorrect
d) Madrigal
correct
incorrect
*
not completed
.
Which of the following is not true of Josquin's career?
a) He was born in Italy.
correct
incorrect
b) He sang in the papal choir in Rome.
correct
incorrect
c) He worked at the court of the Duke of Ferrara.
correct
incorrect
d) He worked for Cardinal Sforza in Milan.
correct
incorrect
*
not completed
.
Josquin's piece Ave Maria . . . Virgo serena is ___________.
a) A Mass
correct
incorrect
b) A madrigal
correct
incorrect
c) A chanson
correct
incorrect
d) A motet
correct
incorrect
*
not completed
.
___________ is a contrapuntal technique in which a melodic line in one voice is imitated in other voices.
a) Point of emulation
correct
incorrect
b) Point of imitation
correct
incorrect
c) Plagal cadence
correct
incorrect
d) Ricercare
correct
incorrect
*
not completed
.
The composer who had the most prominent place in Ottaviano Petrucci's early music editions was ___________.
a) Du Fay
correct
incorrect
b) Palestrina
correct
incorrect
c) Josquin
correct
incorrect
d) Willaert
correct
incorrect
*
not completed
.
A contrafactum is a piece that puts new music to a preexisting text.
a) TRUE
correct
incorrect
b) FALSE
correct
incorrect
*
not completed
.
Josquin's Ave Maria . . . Virgo serena is an example of ___________.
a) Polytextuality
correct
incorrect
b) Ars perfecta
correct
incorrect
c) Seconda pratica
correct
incorrect
d) Cori spezzati
correct
incorrect
*
not completed
.
According to legend, ___________saved church music during the Counter-Reformation.
a) Josquin
correct
incorrect
b) Du Fay
correct
incorrect
c) Palestrina
correct
incorrect
d) Willaert
correct
incorrect
*
not completed
.
Fux's influential eighteenth-century treatise on counterpoint was ___________.
a) Le istitutione harmoniche
correct
incorrect
b) Dodecachordon
correct
incorrect
c) Gradus ad Parnassum
correct
incorrect
d) De musica
correct
incorrect
*
not completed
.
Adrian Willaert's main instrument was ___________.
a) Organ
correct
incorrect
b) Viele
correct
incorrect
c) Harpsichord
correct
incorrect
d) Lute
correct
incorrect
*
not completed
.
Sixteenth-century composers used the ars perfecta style in which of the following genres?
a) Mass
correct
incorrect
b) Motet
correct
incorrect
c) Ricercare
correct
incorrect
d) All of the above
correct
incorrect
*
not completed
.
The extended meeting of the Catholic Church, called to respond to the Protestant Reformation, was the Council of ___________.
a) Constance
correct
incorrect
b) Rome
correct
incorrect
c) Avignon
correct
incorrect
d) Trent
correct
incorrect
*
not completed
.
Which of the following does not describe William Byrd?
a) He was an English composer.
correct
incorrect
b) His music reflects the practice of a religious minority.
correct
incorrect
c) He was internationally famous during his lifetime.
correct
incorrect
d) He wrote in the ars perfecta style.
correct
incorrect
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