Chapter 1, 3-4: Middle Ages

Unit I: Part 1

The Middle Ages (450-1450)

Chapters 1, 3-4

[2nd ed. chapters 1,3,5]

Pope Gregory (540-604)

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1) How many times did a monk or nun typically attend church each day?

nine

2) What was one purpose of Gothic architecture?

to lift the eye towards heaven

3) In pictures of Medieval dancing, what instrument is usually portrayed?

organ

4) What happened in the scriptorium?

documents and music were hand copied

Hildegard of Bingen (1098-1179)

5) It was very common around 1100 for music manuscripts to identify a composer, as was the case with Hildegard von Bingen.

True

The video for Ordo Virtutum is in Blackboard unit I video folder

6) Which of the following occurs in Hildegard's Play of Virtues (Ordo virtutum)?

A soul realizes her sins and repents

7) Which describes the rhythm that predominates in the Play of Virtues?

freely following the words, with no meter except in a few places

8) In the example from the Play of Virtues on p. 28 ("I knew all my ways…"), which of the following describes the text setting?

evenly divided between melismatic and syllabic

9) What musical element highlights the words "Rejoice, O companions, because the old serpent has been bound?"

register

10) When Hildegard's community displeased the church authorities, how did the authorities punish the nuns?

they did not allow the nuns to sing during mass

11) In addition to composing, Hildegard was known for her writings on:

theology

botany

medicine

All of the above

12) Why does the mode (or scale) used in Play of the Virtues contribute to its "otherwordly" sound?

it is slightly different than the modern major or minor scale

Chapter 3

The video for Behold Spring is in Blackboard unit I video folder

Landini (1325-1397)

1) Landini lived in what century?...