Music: An Appreciation, 10th Edition (Kamien)

Chapter 5: Fourteenth-Century Music: The "New Art" in Italy and France

Multiple Choice Quiz

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1			The ars nova, or new art, of the fourteenth century differed from older music in that
			A)	a new system of notation permitted composers to specify almost any rhythmic pattern.
			B)	the subjects were all secular.
			C)	there was no syncopation.
			D)	the music emphasized homophonic texture.
2			The foremost composer of fourteenth-century France was
			A)	Guillaume de Machaut.
			B)	Péronne d'Armentières.
			C)	Charles V.
			D)	Perotin.
3			Francesco Landini's Ecco la primavera (Spring has come) is in the poetic and musical form of a
			A)	troubadour.
			B)	ballata.
			C)	mass.
			D)	vielle.
4			Secular music in the fourteenth century
			A)	was less important than sacred music.
			B)	was based on Gregorian chant.
			C)	included drinking songs and pieces in which bird calls, dog barks, and hunting shouts were imitated.
			D)	was very similar to music of earlier centuries.
5			The Notre Dame Mass by Guillaume de Machaut was
			A)	written for three voices without instrumental accompaniment.
			B)	written for the Cathedral of Notre Dame in Paris.
			C)	the first polyphonic treatment of the mass ordinary by a known composer.
			D)	All answers are correct.
6			Which of the following is not a part of the mass ordinary?
			A)	Ave Maria
			B)	Gloria
			C)	Kyrie
			D)	Credo

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