Music

Unit I: Part 1

The Middle Ages (450-1450)

Chapters 1, 3-4

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

Pope Gregory (540-604)

Answer the following questions and submit them through the assignment tool.

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

three

one

two

twelve

nine

2) What was one purpose of Gothic architecture?

to lift the eye towards heaven

to have long horizontal lines

to prevent snow from collecting on the roof

to follow models from ancient Greece

to allow for quick and easy construction

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

flute

organ

violin

drum

trumpet

4) What happened in the scriptorium?

beer brewing

the eight daily Offices were sung

documents and music were hand copied

dramatic productions with music were performed

music was printed on a press

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

False

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)?

The nine male virtues chastise the soul

The devil sings

A chorus sings together in polyphony

Hildegard appears as a character and praises music

A soul recognizes her sin and repents

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

triple meter throughout

duple meter throughout

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

strongly metered, following the iambic poetry

rhythms based on secular dances

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?

mostly syllabic, but with two short melismas

completely syllabic...