Gregorian Chant

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1. The earliest music of Christianity arose mostly from which tradition? Greek chants to Zeus Jewish communal meals Jewish temple songs Roman military songs

2. After the conversion of the Roman Empire to Christianity, worship developed in monastic communities and in cathedral worship. To what does the word "cathedral" refer? The singing of a choir A beautiful church The bishop's chair A small arched edifice

3. Before Gregorian chant became supreme in the West, other forms of chant thrived in the West. However, all but one fell away. Which one of these chant-forms survived into the 12th century? Benevenutan Chant of Naples Mozarabic Chant of Spain Ambrosian Chant of Milan Gallican Chant of France

4. The musical scale "Do Re Mi Fa Sol La Ti Do" has its roots in which Gregorian chant? Da pacem, Domine Victimae paschali laudes Salve Regina Ut queant laxis

5. Who invented the musical staff, used to record the exact relationship between notes of music? Boethius Isidore of Seville Guido of Arezzo Pope St. Gregory the Great

6. Around the 14th century, the "Ars Nova" began to take root in France. It marked the beginnings of harmony in church music, and the decline of Gregorian Chant. What is the name of this form of harmonious music? Melismatic Chant Aquitanian Plainsong Frenchsong Polyphony

7. In the late 19th century, a group of Benedictine monks in France created a community that sought to revive the use of Gregorian chant. Where is that monastery located? Solesmes Lourdes Paris Versailles

8. Which pope issued his Motu Proprio in 1903 that banned all secular music in church? Pope Pius X Pope Benedict XV Pope Pius IX Pope John XXIII

9. According to the Second Vatican Ecumenical Council: "The Church recognizes Gregorian chant as ___________________" ? an ancient form of music especially native to the Roman liturgy an outdated way of singing that needs to be abolished boring and sorrowful

10. Which of these is NOT a Marian antiphon? Gloria in excelsis Deo Alma Redemptoris Mater Salve Regina Regina Caeli