The Golden Age of A Cappella: The Renaissance Period

Question 1

This period marked the revival of the culture and the arts of Greece and Rome.

Answer 1

Renaissance period

Question 2

Artists during this time started to work more on __________ than on religious ideologies.

Answer 2

Secular concepts

Question 3

A philosophy that focuses on the mind, beauty, power, and value of an individual rather than the supernatural.

Answer 3

Humanism

Question 4

The Renaissance period was also the age of _________, ___________, and __________. It was during this period that Christopher Columbus reached America. Johannes Gutenberg introduced the printing press to Europe; the first concept of a telescope was introduced; and Nicolaus Copernicus published heliocentric model.

Answer 4

Discovery, Innovation, and Exploration

Question 5

It dominated the style of art and sculpture in this period that features accurate, detailed, and realistic human faces and bodies?

Answer 5

Realism

Question 6

Realism is also characterized by the use of ________________ to add depth to the background of the artwork.

Answer 6

Linear perspective

Question 7

4 popular artists in the world of Renaissance art

Answer 7

Leonardo da Vinci, Michelangelo, Raphael, and Donatello

Question 8

helped spread out or disseminate copies of musical sheets

Answer 8

printing press

Question 9

As composers began to increase in number, they became interested in giving more emphasis on emotions to the words of their songs. That is why Renaissance music was very __________.

Answer 9

Emotional

Question 10

Composers used __________ and _________ in writing their compositions.

Answer 10

Initiative polyphony and word painting

Question 11

Renaissance period was also known as the _____________ or ________.

Answer 11

Golden age of A cappella or choir music

Question 12

“In the style of chapel,” means unaccompanied by any musical instrument.

Answer 12

A cappella

Question 13

In this period, all sacred music was in _____ language and sung as ___________.

Answer 13

Latin, a cappella

Question 14

2 types of sacred music prominent during this period

Answer 14

the motet and the Mass

Question 15

A polyphonic music set to a sacred Latin text other than the Ordinary of the mass.

Answer 15

motet

Question 16

It was set into polyphonic music during the Renaissance

Answer 16

Mass

Question 17

2 types of mass

Answer 17

“Low” mass and “High” mass

Question 18

It was the usual type of Mass heard

Answer 18

Low mass

Question 19

5 parts of Low mass

Answer 19

• the Kyrie
• the Gloria
• the Credo
• the Sanctus
• the Agnus Dei

Question 20

A short liturgical prayer that begins with or consists of the words “Lord, have mercy.”

Answer 20

Kyrie

Question 21

A Latin doxology that is the second item in the Order of Mass that begins with the words “Gloria in Excelsis Deo.”

Answer 21

Gloria

Question 22

A hymn of adoration sung or said immediately before the prayer of consecration

Answer 22

Sanctus

Question 23

It means “Lamb of God,” is a liturgical prayer to Jesus.

Answer 23

Agnus Dei

Question 24

A poetry set into music and arranged into multiple parts without accompaniment.

Answer 24

Madrigal

Question 25

_________ and __________ were often used in madrigals.

Answer 25

word painting and imitated melody

Question 26

A musical technique in which the melody reflects the literal meaning of the text.

Answer 26

Word painting