Chapter 17: Glory Be: Music for the Renaissance Mass
MULTIPLE CHOICE
1. The Roman Catholic service that symbolically reenacts Christ’s Last Supper is:
a. Vespers. c. the Mass.
b. Matins. d. the Divine Office.
2. The portion of the Mass that remains the same in every celebration of the service is called:
a. the Proper. c. the Gradual.
b. the Ordinary. d. none of the answers shown here
3. The portion of the Mass that changes from day to day, depending on the feast celebrated, is called:
a. the Proper. c. the liturgy.
b. the Ordinary. d. none of the answers shown here
4. What was the primary language of the Mass?
a. Hebrew c. Italian
b. Greek d. Latin
5. Which of the following lists the movements of the Ordinary of the Mass?
a. Introit, Gradual, Ite missa est, Agnus Dei
b. Kyrie, Collect, Epistle, Gradual
c. Kyrie, Gloria, Credo, Sanctus, Agnus Dei
d. Agnus Dei, Magnificat, Dies irae, Kyrie
6. Which of the following was a leader in the Protestant Reformation?
a. Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina c. Saint Ignatius Loyola
b. Martin Luther d. Ascanio Sforza
7. After the Protestant Reformation of the early sixteenth century, the Roman Catholic Church
responded with a movement to recapture the loyalty of its people. This movement was known
as:
a. the Crusades. c. the Counter-Reformation.
b. the Reformation. d. the Thirty Years’ War.
8. In terms of church music, which of the following did the Council of Trent recommend?
a. removing all secularism from church music
b. making the words of the liturgy more understandable
c. disciplining the irreverent attitudes of church musicians
d. all of the answers shown here
9. Which of the following composers responded to the reforms of the Council of Trent in an
exemplary fashion?
a. Palestrina c. Du Fay
b. Josquin d. Ockeghem
10. Which of the following describes the required performers for the Pope Marcellus Mass?
a. a full choir
b. an all-male choir with boy sopranos or male falsettos
c. a choir and instruments
d. a mixed-gender choir and organ
11. Which of the following best describes the texture of the Pope Marcellus Mass?
a. monophony c. four-voice polyphony
b. three-voice polyphony d. six-voice polyphony
12. Which part of the Mass is prayer for mercy?
a. the Gloria c. the Sanctus
b. the Credo d. the Kyrie
13. Which section of the Mass ends with “Hosanna in the highest”?
a. the Sanctus c. the Gloria
b. the Kyrie d. the Angus Dei
14. What type of monophonic singing did both Martin Luther and John Calvin believe should be the
basis of Christian worship?
a. motets c. congregational singing
b. madrigals d. cantus firmus
TRUE/FALSE
1. The Proper of the Mass contains the texts that are sung every day.
2. The Ordinary begins with the Kyrie, which has a Greek text.
3. The Reformation leader who encouraged polyphony was John Calvin.
4. The reform movement within the Catholic Church that was brought about by the Protestant
Reformation was called the Counter-Reformation.
5. The Council of Trent took place in the mid-sixteenth century.
6. Palestrina worked as a composer at St. Peter’s in Rome.
7. The upper voice parts of the Pope Marcellus Mass were sung by boy sopranos or adult males with
high voices.
8. The dense counterpoint in the Pope Marcellus Mass obscures the words.
9. Palestrina wrote the Pope Marcellus Mass to satisfy the Council of Trent’s recommendations for
polyphonic church music.
ESSAY
1. Describe the musical structure of the Mass.
ANS:
Answers will vary.
PTS: 1 DIF: 2 REF: Essentials: pp. 84–86
TOP: Renaissance Mass MSC: Applied
2. Discuss how the Reformation and the Counter-Reformation affected sacred music.
ANS:
Answers will vary.
PTS: 1 DIF: 2 REF: Essentials: pp. 84–87
TOP: Counter-Reformation MSC: Conceptual