quiz 1 - Vocal and Instrumental music

The period when the Christian Church highly influenced culture and political affairs in Europe was the:

• Renaissance

• Medieval

• Romantic

• Baroque

A through–composed vocal music composition written and expressed in a poetic text.

• Troubador music

• Mass

• Oratorio

• Madrigal

Baroque music is known for its grandiose and elaborate ornamentation. Which of the following Baroque Music forms was developed through imitative counterpoint.

• Concerto

• Fugue

• Gregorian chant

• Mass

Popular music during the latter part of Medieval Period which is not bound by Catholic traditions.

• Sacred music

• Secular music

• Instrumental music

• Solo music

The following statements are characteristics of a Gregorian Chant, EXCEPT;

• Plainsong

• Free in Tempo

• Used Neumes

• Polyphonic

It was the most prominent instrument of the Renaissance Era.

• Harpsichord

• Keyboard

• Ciello

• Lute

Most of mass music’s text were set to melismatic. Melismatic means...

• One note set to one syllable.

• Few notes set to one syllable

• One note to many syllable

• Many note to one syllable

Believed to have marked the renaissance music

• The use of Lute instrument

• The birth of Gregorian Chants

• Start of secular compositions

• Establishment of Concertos

It is an alteration between loud and soft sounds

• Dynamics

• Texture

• Tempo

• Pitch

Harpsichord and organ are the keyboard instruments that are commonly used during this period.

• Baroque Period

• Medieval period

• Renaissance Period

• Classical period