High Rennaissance Style

Question 1

Who developed moveable type?

Answer 1

Johannnes Gutenberg in the 1430s

Question 2

Where and when did large scale music publishing start?

Answer 2

Venice, 1498

Question 3

What is the ordinary of a Mass service?

Answer 3

The part of a Mass that was traditionally sung in the Medieval era

Question 4

What texts are used every Mass?

Answer 4

Kyrie, Gloria, Credo, Sanctus/Benedictus, Agnus Dei

Question 5

What is imitative polyphony?

Answer 5

Voices entering one after another, and singing/playing the same (or similar) melodic idea

Question 6

What was Josquin Desprez know for?

Answer 6

The first master of High Renaissance musical style. Flemish, was well known, and took Mass to new innovative heights

Question 7

What is Accurate declamation

Answer 7

When rhythms and rhythms of words are matched

Question 8

What is musical word painting?

Answer 8

Matched music to the meaning of words (musical onomatopoeia, dissonance and harsh words to express negative emotion)