Reading Quiz 7 Flashcards
In Renaissance music, the term paraphrase refers to what procedure
embellishing chants with extra notes, creating graceful rhythms, and smoothing out awkward passages.
Renaissance composers using paraphrase emphasized what aspect of the chant?
The sonorous aspect
Which of the following techniques began to be used in the fifteenth century?
Composed homophony
Dufay’s “Ave Maris stella” is an example of what kind of music?
Homophonic setting of a Gregorian hymn.
Which of the following was an important development in Renaissance music?
The standardization of the Mass into a five-section form
What was the chief characteristic of the High Renaissance style, which emerged around 1500
A careful blend of imitative counterpoint and hoophony
Which term refers to a brief passage of imitative polyphony that usually uses a singe melodic motive?
Point of imitation
What is word painting
Composing music to match the meaning of the words being sung
/why was accurate declamation important to composers of the Renaissance?
They wanted the words of their compositions to be clearly heard and understood
Why was the motet a popular genre among composers of the sixteenth century?
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
An important new vocal genre based on a one-stanza poem and developed in Italy after around 1530 was called the
Madrigal
Italian and English madrigals are both
Sacred genres.
The best sixteenth century composers concentrated primarily on
Vocal music
The pavan and the galliard were dance that were usually
Paired together
The first. master of the High Renaissance style was
Josquin Desprez.
The hymn “Ave maris stella” was addressed to which figure?
The Virgin Mary
Which of the following does not demonstrate a common quality of sacred music in the Renaissance?
Abrupt changes of texture, mood, and dynamics occur throughout a piece.
From what kind of piece did Joaquin derive melodic material for his Range lingua Mass?
A French chanson
What is especially notable about Josquin’s chanson, “Mille regrets?”
The mood of the music carefully matches the meaning of the words.
Which of the following late Renaissance masters lived and worked in England?
Willian byrd
What did the Counter-Reformation seek to reform about the music of the church?
It recommended that choirs include females as well as male singers
Whose taste and interest likely helped the madrigal become an important genre in England?
Queen Elizabeth 1
What is an important aspect of dance music in the Renaissance?
Easy-to follow phrases, almost always four to eight bars long
What modern instruments developed from the shawm and sackbut?
oboe and trombone
