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Music: The Medieval Era

written by: vexo
 
My first quiz of the Medieval era. It contains questions for true music historians.

Question 1:


Who is often credited with developing the concept of isorhythm?
François Andrieu
Francesco Landini
Philippe de Vitry
Wolfram von Eschenbach

Question 2:


Which of these works by Adam de la Halle is considered to be a forerunner of comic opera?
Le jeu de pelerin
La chanson du Henri de la Halle
La Chanson du roi de Sicile
Le jeu de Robin et Marion

Question 3:


Spanish monarch Alfonso X married Violante of Aragon when she was 10 years old but he almost had their marriage annulled. Why?
Because It was later discovered that she had an unsightly birthmark in her pelvic area
Because he later discovered that she was an illegitimate daughter of King James I
Because King James I didn't follow through with the agreed financial obligations
Because she had not yet produced any children and it was feared that she was barren

Question 4:


Which composer appears as a character in purgatory doing penance for lust in Dante's work "The Divine Comedy"?
Matteo da Perugia
Bernart de Ventadorn
Niccolò da Perugia
Arnaut Daniel

Question 5:


Bartonlino de Padova was a member of which religious order?
The Benedictine order
The Augustinian order
The Servite order
The Carmelite order

Question 6:


Which is the only work that can be positively ascribed to music theorist and composer Hucbald?
Lancillotto
Musica Enchiriadis
De Harmonica Institutione
Ordo Virtutum

Question 7:


Name the wife of poet and musician Adam de la Halle?
Marie
Isabel
Constanze
Belle

Question 8:


Messe de Nostre Dame (Mass of Our Lady) is a polyphonic mass attributed to which composer?
Maestro Piero
Guillaume de Machaut
Jacopo da Bologna
Johannes Ciconia

Question 9:


Andrea da Firenze, who was commissioned by the Servite house in Florence to build an organ, hired what other composer as a consultant?
Adam of St. Victor
Bartolino da Padova
Francesco Landini
Gherardello da Firenze

Question 10:


Which of the following was named after Alfonso X?
A lake in France
A crater on the moon
A river in Spain
The summit of an Italian mountain

 
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