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What 2 institutions vied for political control during the Middle Ages?
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The Church and the Court
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What began in the monasteries of Western European around the year 1000 C.E.?
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musical notation, with note-heads placed on lines and spaces
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The music heard at all medieval churches was what we today call Gregorian Chant, named in the honor of __________?
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Pope Gregory the Great
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Gregorian Chant
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All of the above (is sung a cappella, has neither meter nor regular rhythms, is considered monophonic)
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Given to the church as a tithe while still a child, this composer of Gregorian Chant later founded a convent and gave advice to popes as well as kings
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Hildegard of Bingen
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The period from 1150-1350 is often called the "Age of the Cathedrals" because:
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much of the commercial wealth generated in the cities was used to construct splendid new cathedrals.
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What is the term for the early polyphony of the Western Church
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organum
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All early polyphony written in rhythmic notation was composed in:
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triple meter to honor the Holy Trinity
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The foremost composer of fourteenth-century France was:
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Guillaume de Machaut
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The French secular songs of the Middle Ages created by the troubadours or trobairitz were usually about?
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Love
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During the Middle Ages, and later during the Renaissance, women:
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were not allowed to sing in the church
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In the late Middle Ages, the principal musical instrument of the monastery and Cathedral was the:
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pipe organ
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What instrument, because it could play a melody while also providing a basic chordal accomplishment, served the function of our modern guitar in medieval society?
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vielle
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Which musician is not considered a medieval composer?
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Palestrina
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Which of the following statements is NOT true concerning the Renaissance?
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Religious music was more important than secular music
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