1. Watch the documentary: Howard Goodall's "Story of Music - Age of Discovery"  (video attached, about 1 hour)

2. Once you have watched the video, answer every single question below correctly based on the video. 

1. Paintings in the Chauvet Caves, found in Southern France, were placed in very specific areas.  Where were they placed and how could singing save the Paleolithic people’s lives?

2. There is evidence that music was vital to ancient societies.  Why don’t we know what the music sounds like?

3. In Denmark, there was a special instrument excavated.  What was the name of the instrument and what family of instruments do you think it belongs to? Why is it important that we found them?

4. What is Unison Chant?

5. The first harmony was created by adding young boys to plainchant.  What purpose did they serve?

6.. What is the definition of a drone in music?  

7.  Why is Cassia of Constantinople important to us?

8.  What is a troubadour?

9. Muslim Spain provided the predecessor to 3 modern instruments.  Name 2 of these.

10. The culture of Islam provided instruments to the world as well as what?

11. At the end of the 14^th century, what components of music were in place?

12. By the 16th Century, new instruments brought in the golden age of folk music. Name at least two.

13. What is the definition of secular?

14. What shift in musical structures made Christmas songs and carols so long-lasting and modern sounding today?

15. How did the Guttenberg printing press circa 1450 change music?

16. What is a motet? How did composer Josquin Des Prez use words innovatively?

17. What is melisma?

18. In what way did Martin Luther in 1570 change the history of religious music?

19. Immediately following Martin Luther, the new wave of secular music began in contrast to the serious art and religious music. What is a madrigal or chanson (French version)?

20. Who was Monteverdi? Describe one thing he did which is important in the history of music.

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