Chapter 3: Renaissance Music

Question 1

The Renaissance period was between ____ and ____

Answer 1

1450-1600

Question 2

The Renaissance period marks the passing of European society from Sacred orientation to _____

Answer 2

Secular

Question 3

This invention was a key catalyst for the spreading of ideas through out Europe:

Answer 3

Moveable-type printing

Question 4

Moveable-type printing was invented by this person:

Answer 4

Johannes Gutenburg

Question 5

Most Renaissance church music is written for ____ choirs:

Answer 5

A Cappella

Question 6

A Cappella choirs in church make of use of a polyphonic technique called:

Answer 6

Imitative Polyphony

Question 7

This is an accurate description of Imitative Polyphony:

Answer 7

Later entries of voices seem to imitate the melodic lines of earlier entries.

Question 8

________ was one of the greatest Franco-Flemish Renaissance composers.

Answer 8

Josquin des Prez

Question 9

Josquin des Prez wrote more than one hundred:

Answer 9

Motets

Question 10

Josquin des Pres wrote at least:

Answer 10

17 masses

Question 11

Josquin des Pres wrote several:

Answer 11

Secular music pieces

Question 12

Josquin des Pres was admired by amateur musician and great German religious reformer:

Answer 12

Martin Luther

Question 13

Strophic form was used extensively for Lutheran _____ (hymn tunes).

Answer 13

Chorales

Question 14

Strophic form was also used for the ____ tunes of the Calvinists.

Answer 14

Psalms

Question 15

After the Protestant Reformation, the Catholic Church responded with a movement called the _____-______

Answer 15

Counter-Reformation

Question 16

The Counter Reformation lasted from ____ to ____

Answer 16

1545-1563

Question 17

The Council of Trent was formed in opposition to the Reformation and led to the formation of the:

Answer 17

Jesuits

Question 18

The Council of Trent objected to the incorporation of ____ tunes in mass:

Answer 18

Secular

Question 19

The Council of Trent also objected to overly elaborate ______ texture which obscured the text.

Answer 19

Polyphonic

Question 20

This person wrote the Pope Marcellus Mass:

Answer 20

Palestrina

Question 21

Secular Renaissance music often employed ____-________, or a musical representation of specific words in the lyrics of a madrigal or other secular choral work.

Answer 21

Word-painting

Question 22

Independent instrumental music began as accompaniment for the:

Answer 22

Dance