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UEx 2026
Universidad de Extremadura PAU Organising Commission authority
Universidad de Extremadura (UEx)
90 Mins
Official examination duration
Extremadura PAU Regulations
Min 4.0
Minimum Access Phase score required to calculate university admission mark
Extremadura University Admission Regulations
5 Modules
Antiquity/Medieval, Renaissance/Baroque, Classical/Romantic, 20th Century Vanguard, Spanish Heritage
LOMLOE 2º Bachillerato History of Music and Dance Syllabus
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The Extremadura PAU History of Music and Dance exam assesses student proficiency in Western and Spanish music and dance history, stylistic analysis, choreographic developments, and musical forms across 5 core modules.
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1In Ancient Greek musical theory, what was the primary premise of the Doctrine of Ethos?
A.Music possessed moral power and could directly affect human character and behavior
B.Instrumental music was strictly forbidden in public civil ceremonies
C.All theatrical performances had to use a single unvarying rhythmic mode
D.Music was defined purely as a mathematical trade without emotional significance
Explanation: The Doctrine of Ethos, championed by philosophers like Plato and Aristotle, held that music had a profound ethical and psychological effect on the human soul and moral character.
2Which of the following best defines the main musical characteristics of Gregorian Chant?
A.Monophonic texture, Latin sacred text, unmeasured rhythm, and modal structure
B.Polyphonic texture, vernacular French text, strict duple meter, and basso continuo
C.Homophonic texture, instrumental accompaniment, major-minor tonality, and syncopation
D.A cappella four-part harmony, German text, and regular bar lines
Explanation: Gregorian chant is the monophonic, unaccompanied sacred song of the Roman Catholic Church, sung in Latin with free, unmeasured rhythm based on speech accents and structured around church modes.
3Who were the Troubadours in medieval European musical history?
A.Poet-musicians from southern France who composed secular courtly love songs
B.Traveling German monks who standardized Catholic liturgical neumatic notation
C.Italian street acrobats who performed liturgical plays during Carnival
D.French cathedral choirmasters who invented four-part polyphonic organum
Explanation: Troubadours were 12th- and 13th-century aristocratic poet-musicians from southern France writing in Occitan who created the courtly love song tradition.
4Which Spanish medieval monarch commissioned and collected the famous Cantigas de Santa Maria?
A.Alfonso X The Wise of Castile
B.Ferdinand II of Aragon
C.Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor
D.Philip II of Spain
Explanation: King Alfonso X The Wise (1221-1284) promoted the compilation of the Cantigas de Santa Maria, a collection of over 400 monophonic songs in Galician-Portuguese celebrating the Virgin Mary.
5What was the Estampie in medieval dance history?
A.A popular medieval instrumental dance consisting of repeated musical phrases with open and closed endings
B.A solemn funeral procession dance performed exclusively at royal interments
C.A 14th-century Italian opera form performed by masked courtiers
D.A fast jumping Renaissance dance in triple meter accompanied by castanets
Explanation: The Estampie was a major medieval dance form featuring a series of repeated sections (punctia), each played first with an open ending (ouvert) and then a closed ending (clos).
6What is Organum in the history of Western European music?
A.The earliest form of polyphony, created by adding one or more voice parts above a Gregorian chant melody
B.A large pipe organ manufactured in 15th-century Flanders
C.A set of secular vocal solos accompanied by lute
D.A medieval dance manual outlining strict floor patterns for peasants
Explanation: Organum represents the earliest stage of Western polyphonic music (9th to 13th centuries), where additional voice lines were sung alongside a primary Gregorian chant melody.
7In Ancient Greek culture, how were the Lyre and the Aulos contrasted in philosophical symbolism?
A.The lyre represented Apollonian order, balance, and harmony, while the aulos represented Dionysian passion, ecstasy, and drama
B.The lyre was used exclusively in military battles, whereas the aulos was reserved for intimate bedroom lullabies
C.The lyre was played only by foreign slaves, while the aulos was reserved for Athenian citizens
D.The lyre was a double-reed instrument, whereas the aulos was a plucked string instrument
Explanation: In Greek thought, the lyre (associated with Apollo) symbolized rational restraint and order, while the double-reed aulos (associated with Dionysus) symbolized passion, theatrical drama, and ecstatic rituals.
8Which 11th-century Italian monk introduced the four-line staff and solmization (ut-re-mi-fa-sol-la)?
A.Guido d'Arezzo
B.Boethius
C.Pope Gregory I
D.Hucbald of Saint-Amand
Explanation: Guido d'Arezzo invented modern staff notation (using a four-line staff with red and yellow clef lines) and sight-singing solmization derived from Ut queant laxis.
9What major contribution to medieval polyphony is attributed to Leonin and Perotin of the Notre Dame School?
A.Developing measured rhythm using rhythmic modes and compiling the Magnus Liber Organi
B.Publishing the first printed collection of lute song tablatures in Europe
C.Introducing major and minor tonality and eliminating all modal church scales
D.Creating the first public opera house and staging secular musical dramas
Explanation: Leonin compiled the Magnus Liber Organi (two-voice organum duplum) and Perotin expanded it to three and four voices, introducing rhythmic modes to organize musical time.
10What was a defining innovation of the 14th-century French Ars Nova movement, represented by Guillaume de Machaut?
A.Introduction of flexible mensural notation allowing duple division of notes alongside triple division
B.Strict ban on all secular music and restriction to unison Gregorian chant
C.Replacement of all vocalists with instrumental brass ensembles in church services
D.Invention of the five-line staff and key signatures in major keys
Explanation: Promoted by Philippe de Vitry's treatise Ars Nova, 14th-century French notation allowed duple meter (binary subdivision) to stand equal to triple meter, enabling complex syncopations.
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