Author Question: Why did composers begin setting the Ordinary of the Mass in polyphony? a. The texts for these ... (Read 131 times)

cookcarl · **on:** Jul 25, 2018

Why did composers begin setting the Ordinary of the Mass in polyphony?

a. The texts for these sections of the Mass stayed the same for every service.
b. Composers were paid exorbitant sums of money.
c. The other sections of the Mass were never sung.
d. The Ordinary sections of the Mass had been translated into the vernacular throughout Europe.

Question 2

For his Pange Lingua Mass, Josquin took almost all of his musical ideas from

a. his neighbor, who was also a composer.
b. an old plainchant by Thomas Aquinas.
c. a drinking song that he heard coming from a tavern while walking home one evening.
d. suggestions offered by his patron.