Test 4

Question 0

Describe the Burgundian court

Answer 0

Ruling government in France, famous for political/artists, international style of composition, 15 to 25 musicians, phillip “the good”

Question 1

Main ideas of early Renaissance

Answer 1

1450-1500, inspiration to study classics, focus on human emotion, visual arts, academy in Italy, sacred to secular

Question 2

Discuss Dufay

Answer 2

1400-1474, most important composer of early Renaissance in France, upper voice was main melody, homophonic music and more polyphonic music cadences had florist of notes to point out importance chord progression Gregorian chant melodies in upper voice, false bottom tech

Question 3

Ways to achieve unity in the mass

Answer 3

Tenor mass-cantus firmus in ordinary

Secular tune sacred text

Question 4

Names of vocal parts

Answer 4

Superius, contratenor altus, tenor, contratenor bassus

Question 5

Discuss Johannes ockeghem

Answer 5

Non-imitate a polyphony, fixed texture, high range, low voice range in base, not many cadences, overlapping to voices, conservative sacred text

Question 6

Discuss Josquin des Prez

Answer 6

1440-1521, Best of his day, specialty in motets, text could be any sacred text allowing for artistic freedom, most aggressive, ABA form, smooth flowing melodies, harmony and chromatic notes for emotional impact

Question 7

Discuss the Reformation in effect to music

Answer 7

Chorales: metric with simple rhythm clear phrasing syllabic concert motion mid range monophonic, Ein Feste Burg most famous

Question 8

Discuss Council of Trent

Answer 8

Met for 18 years, musical complaints were that music was repetitive words incomprehensible too noisy singers have crap attitude, edict and jacobus de kerle were members

Question 9

Discuss Orlando di Lasso

Answer 9

Flemish however often worked in Italy/Germany, kidnapped three times in youth to sing for another church, traveled widely, work for Bavarian Duke, wrote 2000 works, beautiful melodies, typical for Renaissance because work for a court widely traveled set various texts to music, versatility and range makes him worthwhile

Question 10

Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina

Answer 10

New pope hires him, work that I can for most of life, prolific composer, over 100 masses 400 motets, conservative-protected what was known (imitate up with me) sacred music was stepwise melodic motion, equal voices, overlapping phrases

Question 11

Tomas Luis da Victoria

Answer 11

1548-1611, from Madrid known for intensity and expressivity pupil of Palestrina

Question 12

Discuss the lute

Answer 12

Household object, 16th century was its golden age, solo or accompanied by voice similar to ayre or modern banjo

Question 13

Soft Renaissance instruments

Answer 13

Recorder, transfers flute, viola da gamba, krummhorn, racket, Dulcian

Question 14

Loud Renaissance instruments

Answer 14

Cornett, sackbut, Shawn, Rauschpfeife

Question 15

List Renaissance keyboard instruments

Answer 15

Harpsichord, Organ

Question 16

Discuss Venetian school

Answer 16

Adriaan Willaert, Andrea Gabrielli, Giovanni Gabrielli. Polychoral music

Question 17

Discuss late Renaissance English sacred music

Answer 17

William Byrd monopoly on production choral music best of his time Catholic

Question 18

Discuss Madrigal

Answer 18

Most importance in Italian Renaissance, through composed, serious subject matter, puts poems to music, standard for voices before 1550 then after 1550 ranging from 5 to 10 voices, one person per part or instrument substituting

Question 19

Name to top madrigal composers

Answer 19

Phillipe Verdelot, Don Carlo gesualdo

Question 20

Discuss late Renaissance England

Answer 20

Thomas Morley, lighthearted music, John Farmer Word painting