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MUS 1251 Survey of Music History Summer 2023 Instructor: Dr. Judit Bach Quiz 1 NAME: Alex Boochun YOUR START DATE (mm/dd/2022) and TIME ( hh:mm) : 06/08/2023 7:00 Published by Columbus State Community College, 550 E. Spring St., Columbus, Ohio, 43215. Copyright © 2023 . Columbus State Community College. All rights reserved . Any reproduction, posting, or sharing about this material is strictly prohibited. 1 [ 5 points] Pick and write one of the following answers in bold characters for each question: TRUE or FALSE 1. Orfeo is an opera based on Greek mythology. Answer: TRUE 2. Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina’s sacred compositions suited well the requirements of the Council of Trent. Answer: TRUE 3. Monophonic texture is a characteristic of Gregorian plainchants. Answer: TRUE 4. In Medieval church services, high voices are sung by women. Answer: FALSE 5. Melismatic singing has many notes sung over one syllabus. Answer: TRUE 2 [ 10 points] In the following sentences, fill in the blank using proper terminology we studied. 1. The Notre Dame School is famous about laying the foundation of the genre ORGANUM. This genre is one of the earliest with POLYPHPONIC texture. 2. Word painting is a characteristic element of both English and Italian madrigals. The ENGLISH _ madrigal has usually a lighter texture than the ITALIAN. 3. KALENDA MAYA is a Medieval TROUBADOUR song composed by Raimbaut de Vaqueiras. 4. The oldest survived composed song is Seikilos Epitaph written on a tombstone. 5. A cappella singing is singing without instruments. 3
4 [ 21 points] In the following listening examples, you will hear excerpts from works you studied. For each listening example, give the following information: Listening example 1 1. Title of the work: Alleluia, O virga mediatrix 2. Composer ’s full name: Hildegard von Bingen 3. Musical era : Medieval 4. Musical form : Plainchant 5. List one or two important characteristics you learned about this particular work or its genre: It is like a call-and-response chant. It starts with a soloist singing a melody, and then the whole group joins in with a response. Listening example 2 6. Title of the work: Sì ch'io vorrei morire 7. Composer ’s full name : Claudio Monteverdi 8. Music historic genre : Madrigal 9. Musical texture : Polyphonic 10. List one or two important characteristics you learned about this particular work or its genre: The song, composed by Claudio Monteverdi, is a madrigal from the late Renaissance period Listening example 3 11. Title of the work: Rondeau 14, "Ma fin est mon commencement 12. Composer ’s full name: Guillaume de Machau 13. Musical genre : Medieval Chanson 14. Musical form : Rondeau 15. List one or two important characteristics you learned about this particular work or its genre:
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