Compare the “Kyrie” sections of Machaut’s Messe des Nostre Dame and Palestrina’s MissaPapaeMarcelli. Consider
meter, texture, and harmony
What will be an ideal response?
ANSWER: Machaut: triple meter; dense texture, free counterpoint, slower moving lower voices; open chords and points
of crunching dissonance. Palestrina: duple meter; more open texture, especially at beginnings of each section,
imitative polyphony; tradic harmony, dissonance carefully resolved.
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What is the difference between the message of the text of the traditional Skip Dance song [WOM, Enemyway Skip Dance song, page 75] and the message of the text of “Navajo Inn” [WOM, page 75]?
What will be an ideal response?
Identify the musical form that consists of an exposition, development, and
recapitulation.
a. sonata–allegro b. concerto c. rondo d. binary e. ternary
What is the concept of chord substitution?
a. when a chord is replaced by a melodic line b. when a chord is replaced by a related but different chord c. when a melody is replaced by a chord d. when chord calls in sick and another chord has to work instead