Test #2 (Chapter 6)

Question 1

What type of music became the main compositional focus during the 16th Century?

Answer 1

instrumental

Question 2

The expansion of music printing in the 16th C brought with it 2 things:

Answer 2

1. new consumers beyond the court

2. rise in the demand for less complex music

Question 3

Who are two important people associated with the Parisian Chanson?

Answer 3

Claudon de Sermisy and Clement Janequin

Question 4

Which genre reflects the influence of the Italian Frottola?

Answer 4

Parisian Chanson

Question 5

What are some of the key features of a Parisian Chanson?

Answer 5

• lighter, more chordally oriented
• homorhythmic, vertical sonorities
• polyphonic
• melody almost always in upper line

Question 6

What is the genre written for 3 or more voices with mostly secular texts?

Answer 6

Italian Madrigal

Question 7

What are some of the key features of the Italian Madrigal?

Answer 7

• through-composed
• explicit word painting
• follows no fixed form–> often have 1 stanza with free rhyme scheme
• often incorporate a conceit
• lines that alternate between 7 and 8 syllables

Question 8

What is a conceit?

Answer 8

A striking image

Question 9

What type of writing became increasingly prevalent in the 16th C?

Answer 9

contrapuntal

Question 10

What were three things about the Italian Madrigal that made it seem “lighter” in contrast to previous genres?

Answer 10

1. less literary and musically elaborate
2. often feature texts full of suggestive imagery and double entendres
3. frequently written in local dialect

Question 11

Which dialect is the napolitane?

Answer 11

Neapolitan

Question 12

Which dialect is the giustiniana?

Answer 12

Venetian

Question 13

Which dialect is the gregescha?

Answer 13

Mix of Venetian and Greek

Question 14

What is a lied?

Answer 14

German secular song

Question 15

What is a tenorlied?

Answer 15

German secular song that incorporates a well-known tune in the tenor or other voice

Question 16

What was the term for tradesmen and craftsmen who formed societies and schools throughout Germany to foster music, poetry and singing?

Answer 16

meistersinger guilds

Question 17

What is the genre of Spanish secular song that is a poetic form equivalent to the French virelai?

Answer 17

villancico

Question 18

What was the style of painting and sculpture that was characterized by the use of distortion, exaggeration and unsettling juxtaposition?

Answer 18

mannerism

Question 19

Describe mannerism in music

Answer 19

• 16th C
• characterized by comparable process of distortion
• extreme dissonance, exaggerated word painting, unusual harmonic progressions

Question 20

Which type of texts formed the basis of Parisian Chansons and Italian Madrigals?

Answer 20

vernacular

Question 21

What is the term for the form in which there is a recurring theme that appears throughout?

Answer 21

syntactic