Renaissance- mass

Question 1

Palestrina completed the work Missa Papae Marcelli (Pope Marcellus Mass) in…

Answer 1

1567

Question 2

How many mass settings did Palestrina write?

Answer 2

104

Question 3

What major movement occurred in the church during the Renaissance?

Answer 3

the Reformation

Question 4

What was the counter-reformantion?

Answer 4

The Counter-Reformation was the Catholic response to the Protestant Reformation

Question 5

The Mass became the standard way for a composer to demonstrate…

Answer 5

both his ability to unify large-scale formal structures and his contrapuntal mastery, craftsmanship, and artistry.

Question 6

Who was Palestrina?

Answer 6

Palestrina was a singer and composer at several cathedrals throughout Italy during his lifetime.

Question 7

What was Palestrina’s effect on the council of Trent?

Answer 7

popular belief is that, through the Pope Marcellus Mass, he convinced the Council of Trent that polyphony could be used while still maintaining the clarity of the text

Question 8

What are Palestrina’s notable genres?

Answer 8

Mass
motet
madrigal

Question 9

Which of these tools did Palestrina make use of in his compositions?
A. cantus firmus
B. clausulae
C. fiction
D. parody
E. ars Nova
F. paraphrase
G. breathtaking runs

Answer 9

cantus firmus
parody
paraphrase

Question 10

clarity in text setting was achieved through chordal texture, careful use of dissonance, and…

Answer 10

musical accents that corresponded with the rhythmic structure of the text

Question 11

Are the following statements about Palestrina true or false?

• He used smoothly flowing continuity, seamless texture in his counterpoint
• within the context of multivoice texture, individual vocal lines he composed moved mostly by step or by narrow leap

Answer 11

True

Question 12

Are the following statements about Palestrina True or False?

• his pieces feature a narrow range of textural possibilities, ranging from dense to light counterpoint
• a cosmopolitan style that uses chromaticism and dissonance with confidence and skill

Answer 12

False

• a variety of his pieces feature a variety of textural possibilities, ranging from dense counterpoint to homorythmic passages
• a conservative style that avoids chromaticism and uses dissonance with care