Reading Quiz 7

Question 1

In Renaissance music, the term paraphrase refers to what procedure

Answer 1

embellishing chants with extra notes, creating graceful rhythms, and smoothing out awkward passages.

Question 2

Renaissance composers using paraphrase emphasized what aspect of the chant?

Answer 2

The sonorous aspect

Question 3

Which of the following techniques began to be used in the fifteenth century?

Answer 3

Composed homophony

Question 4

Dufay’s “Ave Maris stella” is an example of what kind of music?

Answer 4

Homophonic setting of a Gregorian hymn.

Question 5

Which of the following was an important development in Renaissance music?

Answer 5

The standardization of the Mass into a five-section form

Question 6

What was the chief characteristic of the High Renaissance style, which emerged around 1500

Answer 6

A careful blend of imitative counterpoint and hoophony

Question 7

Which term refers to a brief passage of imitative polyphony that usually uses a singe melodic motive?

Answer 7

Point of imitation

Question 8

What is word painting

Answer 8

Composing music to match the meaning of the words being sung

Question 9

/why was accurate declamation important to composers of the Renaissance?

Answer 9

They wanted the words of their compositions to be clearly heard and understood

Question 10

Why was the motet a popular genre among composers of the sixteenth century?

Answer 10

Unlike the Mass, which always used the same text, motets could be written for a variety of texts, giving church composers new means of expression

Question 11

An important new vocal genre based on a one-stanza poem and developed in Italy after around 1530 was called the

Answer 11

Madrigal

Question 12

Italian and English madrigals are both

Answer 12

Sacred genres.

Question 13

The best sixteenth century composers concentrated primarily on

Answer 13

Vocal music

Question 14

The pavan and the galliard were dance that were usually

Answer 14

Paired together

Question 15

The first. master of the High Renaissance style was

Answer 15

Josquin Desprez.

Question 16

The hymn “Ave maris stella” was addressed to which figure?

Answer 16

The Virgin Mary

Question 17

Which of the following does not demonstrate a common quality of sacred music in the Renaissance?

Answer 17

Abrupt changes of texture, mood, and dynamics occur throughout a piece.

Question 18

From what kind of piece did Joaquin derive melodic material for his Range lingua Mass?

Answer 18

A French chanson

Question 19

What is especially notable about Josquin’s chanson, “Mille regrets?”

Answer 19

The mood of the music carefully matches the meaning of the words.

Question 20

Which of the following late Renaissance masters lived and worked in England?

Answer 20

Willian byrd

Question 21

What did the Counter-Reformation seek to reform about the music of the church?

Answer 21

It recommended that choirs include females as well as male singers

Question 22

Whose taste and interest likely helped the madrigal become an important genre in England?

Answer 22

Queen Elizabeth 1

Question 23

What is an important aspect of dance music in the Renaissance?

Answer 23

Easy-to follow phrases, almost always four to eight bars long

Question 24

What modern instruments developed from the shawm and sackbut?

Answer 24

oboe and trombone