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What is the earliest civilization from which we have examples of written music?
Greek
The fall of the Roman Empire was one of the primary reasons for this historical period.....
Dark Ages/Middle Ages
In music, what do you call putting features of the text directly into the notes of a song, for example, having one part sing ascending notes on the words "running up a hill"
Word Painting
What is the smallest orchestral string instrument?
Violin
This word describes the regular pulse that can be found in most music.
BEAT
This style of music is MONOPHONIC church music sung in Latin during the middle ages.
Gregorian Chant
What is the name for the Roman Catholic church service?
Mass
A funeral mass is called:
Requiem
Why is almost all early middle age music religious?
Because they are the only group that knew how to write it down and perserve it!
Who decreed that the church should start codifying and writing down their music?
Pope Gregory (that's why it's called GREGORIAN chant)
Which group believed that Music was literally related to the physical world, and as such was just as important to human life as math and science?
The Ancient Greeks
This word describes music with ONE melody.
Monophonic
This word describes music with multiple melodies
Polyphonic
This philosophical concept is the idea that humans have the ability and the right to think for themselves using logic and reason.
Humanism
A motet is a (sacred/secular) song from the renaissance. It does not typically feature word painting
sacred
A madrigal is a (sacred/secular) song from the renaissance. It typically features word painting
secular
