MUS308 Quiz 1 Review

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Across
  1. 1. In Ancient Greek music, a system of tetrachords spanning two octaves
  2. 3. Text setting in which a long melodic passage is sung to a single syllable of text
  3. 4. Texts of the Mass that remain the same on most or all days of the church calendar
  4. 7. A manner of performing chant in which two or more groups/choirs alternate
  5. 9. Gregorian ________: repertoire of monophonic song used in the Roman Catholic Church, so called because it was traditionally attributed to Pope Gregory
  6. 10. Ancient Greek reed instrument, usually played in pairs
  7. 12. ______ tablet: Clay tablet found in an ancient Sumerian city, containing the earliest known musical notation
  8. 14. Song to or in praise of a god
  9. 15. A poem of praise to God, one of 150 in the Book of Psalms in the Hebrew Scriptures (the Christian Old Testament). Singing psalms was a central part of both Jewish and Christian worship
  10. 17. The practice of chanting prayers; it is one of the elements shared in both Jewish and Christian religious practice
  11. 18. A group of 5-8 pitches arranged according to a certain pattern of intervals
  12. 19. Ancient Greek term describing the unification of parts in an orderly whole
  13. 20. The support or influence of a patron; in the arts, it refers to the people or institutions that financially support artistic activity
  14. 21. Texts of the Mass that change depending on the day in the church calendar
  15. 22. Akkadian high priestess in the Ancient Sumerian city of Ur, she is the earliest composer known by name
  16. 23. The prescribed body of texts to be spoken or sung and ritual actions to be performed in a religious service
  17. 25. ______ hand: a visual aid to help with solmization and learning music
  18. 27. Greek philosopher who believed education was a key to creating better citizens and that music would discipline children’s minds and souls, while gymnastics would train the body
  19. 29. ________ neumes: In an early form of notation, neumes arranged so that their relative height indicated higher or lower pitch
  20. 31. Ancient Greek term describing music, text, and dance conceived as a whole
  21. 36. In ancient Greece, the word for music as a performing art
  22. 38. Roman institution in which the choral singers initially learned chant through oral transmission, but in which other music teaching methods were developed, such as notation and solmization
  23. 39. Text setting in which one note is sung per syllable of text
  24. 40. Medieval theorist who developed systems to teach chant to the choirboys of the Schola Cantorum, such as notation through lines and spaces, solmization, and the Guidonian hand
  25. 41. An early form of chant notation; a symbol to indicate a certain number of notes and general melodic direction.
  26. 42. A form of transmission in which music is passed down from person to person, without being written down
Down
  1. 2. A system that uses syllables as a mnemonic devices for indicating melodic intervals
  2. 5. Greek astronomer who wrote about the connections between music and astronomy, including the concept of harmonia
  3. 6. Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire who standardized and disseminated the Roman liturgy and chant across his expanding empire
  4. 8. A type of performance in which the music is created as it is being performed
  5. 11. Ancient Greek stringed instrument; a large lyre
  6. 13. A manner of performing chant in which a soloist alternates with a group
  7. 14. German abbess, mystic, writer, and composer who wrote the largest body of attributed chant
  8. 16. The most important service in the Roman church; also, a musical setting of the Mass Ordinary
  9. 24. Greek mathematician who taught that mathematical relationships were the foundation of the study of music, and understanding them would help understand the harmony of the universe
  10. 26. In Greek and medieval theory, a scale of four notes spanning a perfect fourth
  11. 28. Plucked string instrument with a resonating soundbox, two arms, crossbar, and strings that run parallel to the soundboard and attach to the crossbar
  12. 30. Pupil of Aristotle who wrote the earliest book on music theory; his definitions (notes, intervals, scales) established the basis for all later music theory
  13. 32. The way that music is disseminated from person to person
  14. 33. A series of eight prayer services of the Roman church, celebrated daily at specified times, especially in monasteries and convents
  15. 34. Greek philosopher who included music in the four branches of education, agreeing with Plato that music helped to develop the moral character of children, and thought music should also be used “for intellectual enjoyment in leisure”
  16. 35. The musical texture consisting of a single melodic line
  17. 37. Sumerian string instrument with a bull’s head at one end of the soundbox
  18. 40. Medieval Pope who was responsible for the collection (and possibly composition) of the Roman repertory of chant; legend had it that the Holy Spirit in the form of a dove dictated the chant melodies to him
  19. 41. Text setting, particularly in chant, in which one to six notes is sung per syllable of text