Legato Learning - Introduction to Music Exam #2
Who was the music director at St. Marks Cathedral in Venice?
Monteverdi and Gabrieli
What is the order of the five sung prayers of the mass ordinary?
Kyrie, Gloria, Credo, Sanctus, and Agnus Dei
In the early 600’s, who gave the order for music to be codified?
Pope Gregory
A dramatic work for chorus, solo voices, and orchestra.
Oratorio
Who composed Ordo virtutum?
Bingen
Who is considered to be the most influential composer of the Renaissance?
Josquin
Which years does the Baroque Period roughly span?
1600-1750
A piece for several solo voices set to a short poem, usually about love.
Madrigal
The Pope Marcellus Mass saved polyphony for the Roman Catholic Church.
True
Sonata pian’e forte is a vocal composition using soft and loud dynamics that many believe is
the first composition to indicate dynamic markings.
False
In most sacred music of the period, what language was the text in?
Latin
Wachet auf by J.S. Bach is an example of what type of composition?
Cantata
One of the first writings, concerning music, comes to us from the Greek philosopher Plato
who wrote that he considered music an essential part of the education of all citizens.
True
Which of the following are examples of the earliest musical instrument(s)?
All of these instruments
Monophonic, unaccompanied melodies sung in Latin by a single voice or by a choir of priests
or monks in unison is known as:
Gregorian Chant
