Chapter 3: Renaissance Music Flashcards
The Renaissance period was between ____ and ____
1450-1600
The Renaissance period marks the passing of European society from Sacred orientation to _____
Secular
This invention was a key catalyst for the spreading of ideas through out Europe:
Moveable-type printing
Moveable-type printing was invented by this person:
Johannes Gutenburg
Most Renaissance church music is written for ____ choirs:
A Cappella
A Cappella choirs in church make of use of a polyphonic technique called:
Imitative Polyphony
This is an accurate description of Imitative Polyphony:
Later entries of voices seem to imitate the melodic lines of earlier entries.
________ was one of the greatest Franco-Flemish Renaissance composers.
Josquin des Prez
Josquin des Prez wrote more than one hundred:
Motets
Josquin des Pres wrote at least:
17 masses
Josquin des Pres wrote several:
Secular music pieces
Josquin des Pres was admired by amateur musician and great German religious reformer:
Martin Luther
Strophic form was used extensively for Lutheran _____ (hymn tunes).
Chorales
Strophic form was also used for the ____ tunes of the Calvinists.
Psalms
After the Protestant Reformation, the Catholic Church responded with a movement called the _____-______
Counter-Reformation
The Counter Reformation lasted from ____ to ____
1545-1563
The Council of Trent was formed in opposition to the Reformation and led to the formation of the:
Jesuits
The Council of Trent objected to the incorporation of ____ tunes in mass:
Secular
The Council of Trent also objected to overly elaborate ______ texture which obscured the text.
Polyphonic
This person wrote the Pope Marcellus Mass:
Palestrina
Secular Renaissance music often employed ____-________, or a musical representation of specific words in the lyrics of a madrigal or other secular choral work.
Word-painting
Independent instrumental music began as accompaniment for the:
Dance
