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Key Facts: PAU History of Music and Dance (Cantabria) Exam
90 min
Exam time duration for the PAU modality paper
University of Cantabria (UNICAN) PAU Organising Commission
0–10 scale
Scoring scale (minimum 4.0 required in Access Phase)
Cantabria PAU Regulations
5 Blocks
Official curriculum blocks covering Antiquity to 20th C. & Spanish Heritage
2º Bachillerato LOMLOE Curriculum (RD 243/2022)
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1According to the Doctrine of Ethos in Ancient Greek music philosophy, music was believed to have a direct influence on:
A.Human character, emotion, and moral behavior
B.The financial stability of city-states
C.The agricultural yield of seasonal crops
D.The structural integrity of stone architecture
Explanation: Philosophers like Plato and Aristotle held that specific musical modes and rhythms directly affected human morality and emotional dispositions (ethos). For example, the Dorian mode was viewed as courageous and settled, whereas the Phrygian mode was associated with passion.
2The Epitaph of Seikilos is historically significant because it represents:
A.The first known polyphonic composition for choir and organ
B.The oldest surviving complete musical composition with written notation
C.A Roman military marching song preserved on papyrus
D.The earliest recorded opera libretto
Explanation: Discovered in Asia Minor and dated to the 1st or 2nd century CE, the Epitaph of Seikilos is the oldest known complete musical composition preserved with ancient Greek alphabetical notation, carved onto a marble stele.
3Which of the following is a primary characteristic of Gregorian chant?
A.Polyphonic texture with complex orchestral accompaniment
B.Fast syncopated rhythms with dynamic percussion
C.Monophonic vocal texture sung in Latin with unmeasured free rhythm
D.Basso continuo accompaniment with chromatic harmony
Explanation: Gregorian chant is the official liturgical plainchant of the Western Roman Catholic Church. It is characterized by monophonic texture (a single melody line without harmony), Latin liturgical texts, and unmeasured rhythm dictated by word accentuation.
4Pythagoras of Samos contributed fundamentally to musical acoustics by discovering that musical intervals correspond to:
A.The density of air inside brass instruments
B.The rotational speed of planetary bodies
C.The temperature of bronze tuning forks
D.Mathematical ratios of vibrating string lengths
Explanation: Using a monochord, Pythagoras demonstrated that pitch intervals correspond to simple mathematical ratios of string length, such as 2:1 for the octave, 3:2 for the perfect fifth, and 4:3 for the perfect fourth.
5In Ancient Rome, the pantomimus was a highly popular theatrical performer who:
A.Enacted dramatic stories solo through silent dance and gesture while wearing masks
B.Recited epic Latin poetry while playing the lyre
C.Led choral hymns during gladiatorial games
D.Choreographed sacred dances for vestal virgins exclusively
Explanation: Roman pantomime (pantomimus) was a solo theatrical dance form where a single dancer performed narrative roles silently using expressive bodily movement and masks, accompanied by an orchestra and chorus.
6Guido d'Arezzo (c. 991–1033) is celebrated in music history for inventing:
A.The harpsichord and tempered tuning
B.The four-line musical staff and solmization syllables (ut-re-mi-fa-sol-la)
C.The first printed music scores using moveable type
D.The modern valve system for brass instruments
Explanation: Guido d'Arezzo revolutionized music education by establishing a standardized four-line staff and introducing solmization syllables derived from the hymn 'Ut queant laxis', enabling sight-singing and accurate notation.
7What was 'parallel organum', as described in the 9th-century treatise 'Musica Enchiriadis'?
A.A solo song accompanied by a lute playing chords
B.A medieval dance performed in two facing lines
C.The earliest form of polyphony, where a vox organalis duplicated a Gregorian melody at a fixed interval below or above
D.A polyphonic setting of secular French poetry
Explanation: Parallel organum consisted of adding a secondary voice (vox organalis) to a principal Gregorian chant melody (vox principalis), moving in parallel motion at a fixed interval of a fourth or fifth.
8Troubadours and Trouvères were medieval poet-musicians in France who primarily composed:
A.Polyphonic Latin masses for royal coronations
B.Instrumental organ works for cathedrals
C.Sacred Latin hymns for monastic offices
D.Monophonic secular songs about courtly love (fin'amor) and chivalry
Explanation: Troubadours (in Southern France, writing in Occitan) and Trouvères (in Northern France, writing in Langue d'Oïl) were aristocratic poet-musicians who created monophonic secular songs celebrating courtly love, heroism, and satire.
9The 'Cantigas de Santa María', compiled in the 13th century under King Alfonso X 'El Sabio', are:
A.A collection of 420 monophonic songs in Galician-Portuguese dedicated to the Virgin Mary
B.Polyphonic Latin motets for the cathedral of Toledo
C.Secular instrumental dances composed for the court of Aragon
D.A series of theatrical plays written for Corpus Christi
Explanation: Compiled at the court of Alfonso X of Castile, the Cantigas de Santa María contain 420 monophonic songs with music in Galician-Portuguese praising the miracles of the Virgin Mary, enriched with famous manuscript miniatures of musical instruments.
10Composers Léonin and Pérotin of the 12th-13th century Notre Dame School in Paris are famous for developing:
A.The opera seria format with da capo arias
B.Organum triplum and quadruplum using modal rhythmic notation
C.The twelve-tone serialist technique
D.The Renaissance madrigal for four voices
Explanation: Léonin (author of the 'Magnus Liber Organi') and his successor Pérotin expanded polyphony to three (triplum) and four (quadruplum) voices, introducing a system of six rhythmic modes based on poetic meters.
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