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90 Min
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0–10
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Madrid PAU History of Music and Dance (UCM 2026) tests 2º Bachillerato students on Western music and dance history, score and stylistic analysis, opera, ballet evolution, 20th-century vanguard, and Spanish musical and dance heritage.
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1In Ancient Greek musical theory, what concept described the belief that music possessed moral power capable of directly affecting human emotion, character, and ethical behavior?
A.Doctrine of Ethos
B.Doctrine of Affections
C.Ars Nova
D.Isorhythm
Explanation: The Ancient Greek Doctrine of Ethos, articulated by philosophers like Pythagoras, Plato, and Aristotle, posited that specific musical modes and rhythms could shape human moral character and emotional states. Plato argued in the Republic that certain modes fostered discipline and courage while others induced laziness or instability.
2Which Ancient Greek stringed instrument was closely associated with Apollo, intellectual refinement, and solemn civic or religious ceremonies?
A.Aulos
B.Kithara
C.Syrinx
D.Hydraulis
Explanation: The kithara was a large, wooden-framed lyre associated with Apollo, god of poetry and order. It was used by professional musicians (kitharodes) to accompany epic recitations and sacred ceremonies, representing restraint and Apollonian clarity.
3The oldest complete surviving musical composition with both music and text inscribed on a stele is known as the:
A.Hymn to Apollo
B.Seikilos Epitaph
C.Oxyrhynchus Hymn
D.Hurrian Hymn No. 6
Explanation: The Seikilos Epitaph (circa 1st–2nd century CE) is a complete Ancient Greek song inscribed on a marble gravestone. It includes lyrics, rhythmic markings, and pitch notation in the Ancient Greek alphabetical musical system.
4What fundamental characteristic defines Gregorian Chant (cantus planus) in early Christian liturgical tradition?
A.Polyphonic texture with instrumental accompaniment
B.Monophonic, sacred Latin chant sung a cappella in free rhythm
C.Homophonic choral arrangement with organ continuo
D.Symmetrical strophic songs in vernacular languages
Explanation: Gregorian chant is monophonic (a single unharmonized vocal line), sacred, sung in Latin a cappella (without instrumental accompaniment), and follows a prose rhythm governed by the inflection of liturgical texts.
5Which 11th-century Benedictine monk invented solmization (ut, re, mi, fa, sol, la) and developed the four-line staff for musical notation?
A.Guido d'Arezzo
B.Hucbald of Saint-Amand
C.Boethius
D.Pope Gregory I
Explanation: Guido d'Arezzo (c. 991–1033) revolutionized music pedagogy by introducing solmization syllables based on the hymn 'Ut queant laxis' and establishing the 4-line staff, allowing singers to sight-read unfamiliar chants accurately.
6In medieval church modes (eight-mode system), what distinguishes an authentic mode from its corresponding plagal mode?
A.The authentic mode uses chromatic alterations while the plagal mode uses diatonic pitches
B.The authentic mode range (ambitus) extends above the final, whereas the plagal mode range extends below and above the final
C.The authentic mode is always polyphonic while the plagal mode is strictly monophonic
D.The authentic mode is intended for secular song while the plagal mode is reserved for Mass
Explanation: In medieval modal theory, authentic modes have a range (ambitus) extending from the final note up to an octave above it. Plagal modes (prefixed with 'Hypo-') share the same final note but have a lower range, extending roughly a fourth below the final to a fifth above it.
7Who were the medieval aristocrat-poet-musicians of southern France who composed secular songs in Old Occitan (Langue d'Oc) centered on courtly love (fin'amor)?
A.Trouvères
B.Troubadours
C.Minnesänger
D.Goliards
Explanation: Troubadours operated in southern France (Occitania) during the 11th–13th centuries, composing monophonic secular songs in Old Occitan. Their lyrics established the literary tradition of 'fin'amor' (courtly love).
8What early form of medieval polyphony, documented in the 9th-century treatise 'Musica Enchiriadis', added a parallel voice a fourth or fifth below a chant melody?
A.Free Organum
B.Parallel Organum
C.Florid Organum
D.Discant Organum
Explanation: Parallel organum involved adding a second voice (vox organalis) that moved in parallel motion at a strict consonant interval (fourth or fifth) below the principal chant melody (vox principalis).
9Which composer associated with the Notre Dame School of Polyphony in Paris compiled the 'Magnus Liber Organi' (Great Book of Organum)?
A.Perotin
B.Leonin
C.Guillaume de Machaut
D.Philippe de Vitry
Explanation: Leonin (working c. 1160–1190 at Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris) compiled the 'Magnus Liber Organi', containing two-part polyphonic settings (organum duplum) for liturgical feast days.
10In 14th-century French Ars Nova motets, what compositional technique involved repeating a fixed rhythmic pattern (talea) and melodic pattern (color) in the tenor voice?
A.Hocket
B.Isorhythm
C.Canon
D.Basso Ostinato
Explanation: Isorhythm is the structural technique characteristic of Ars Nova motets in which the tenor voice repeats a specific rhythmic pattern (talea) alongside a repeating pitch sequence (color), creating complex structural coherence.
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