Chapter 16 Quiz

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. Which is NOT a feature of the madrigal?

Composed for four or five voices correct incorrect

Texts in Latin correct incorrect

Texts of high literary quality correct incorrect

Set for one singer per part correct incorrect

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. For what Shakesepearean play did Thomas Morley write "It was a lover and his lass?"

As You Like It correct incorrect

Faust correct incorrect

The Merry Wives of Windsor correct incorrect

Romeo and Juliette correct incorrect

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. What did Gesualdo of Venosa use to create unpredictable music that was both fragmented and spontaneous?

Extremely loud and harsh dynamic levels correct incorrect

Large sections of percussion correct incorrect

A strange new system of musical organization known as "tonality" correct incorrect

Abrupt changes in rhythm and texture correct incorrect

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. Ascending and descending phrases that suggest rising and falling, respectively, are examples of what technique?

Madrigalisms correct incorrect

Morleyan texture correct incorrect

Motives correct incorrect

Venosan counterpoint correct incorrect

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. Weelkes was eventually dismissed from his position as organist and choirmaster at Chichester Cathedral due to his chronic drunkenness.

True correct incorrect

False correct incorrect

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. The madrigal genre arrived in England in 1588, the year of the Spanish Army's defeat.

True correct incorrect

False correct incorrect

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. Match the national style of secular song to its nation of origin.

Lieder

Select an answer choice Italian Germany Spain France England

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Villancicos

Select an answer choice Spain Italian France Germany England

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Chansons

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Consorts

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Frottolas

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. Listen to the excerpt from Weelkes's As Vesta Was from Latmos Hill Descending. What feature is intended to reinforce the longevity of Queen Elizabeth's reign?

The cascades of running notes in the upper voices correct incorrect

The constant crescendo correct incorrect

The held notes in the bass correct incorrect

The optimistic, buoyant major key correct incorrect