1. Which two 12th-century composers drove the development of organum at Notre Dame?

2. Which dominating composer of his time first set the Mass Ordinary?

3. Which prominent composer was associated with the church and was active in the fields of science and theology?

4. What type of monophonic song was the music of the church for over a thousand years?

5. What were the earliest versions of notation for Western music?

6. Ancient Greek _____ served as the basis for scales used to organize pitches.

7. What 13th-century secular genre of song often used multiple languages across the different vocal lines?

8. Poetic/musical forms that gave rise to song types that remained popular for centuries were called _______.

9. Which composer and theorist was responsible for expanding notation to the four-line staff?

10. Which 14th-century Ars Nova composer introduced the idea of measures and wrote many motets?

11. Which musical line of organum held the chant, and therefore was the foundation for the larger piece?

12. What is the term for theater with music that contained a narrative?

13. Which landmark was central to the development of polyphonic music in the late Medieval world?

14. Which type of composition demonstrates a structure more concerned with musical patterns than with the relationship to the text?

15. What musical style referred to the many new ideas of the composers/musicians at Notre Dame in the 14th century?

16. Who introduced the idea of rhythmic notation, or Franconian notation?

17. Which type of chant begins with two or more vocal lines sung at once and expands throughout the music?

18. Which book from the Bible provided texts used explicitly for music?

19. The earliest instrumental music written down was called a(n) ________ and were rhythmic dances that could be either monophonic or polyphonic.

20. These French nobles were some of the first to write monophonic secular music often surrounding poetry regarding "courtly love."

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