The Renaissance

Question 1

Motet

Answer 1

Sacred choral music, polyphonic, Latin text, not from the Mass

Question 2

Mass

Answer 2

Sacred choral music, polyphonic, Latin text, consists of five parts, re-enacts the breaking of bread, text stays consistent throughout the year

Question 3

Part-song

Answer 3

Secular Music which has been arranged for several vocal parts. Madrigals are usually these.

Question 4

Through-Composed

Answer 4

Music that is completely non-repetitive. Most madrigals are this.

Question 5

instrumental music

Answer 5

Music created only using instruments, and no lyrics, or singing to accompany it

Question 6

court dances

Answer 6

often you would hear instrumental music here at these dances performed by professional dancers in front of wealthy people.

Question 7

country dances

Answer 7

casual dances for everybody. most often danced to instrumental music meant for the common people

Question 8

prove it: instrumental music

Answer 8

proof of the instrumental music came from common songs in the masses and motets but without text to accompany it.

Question 9

where did instrumental music come from

Answer 9

some renaissance musicians composed their own pieces but most were taken from common known liturgical songs or melodies

Question 10

who performed instrumental music

Answer 10

goliards, jounglers and other passing musicians hoping to impress woman (mrs johns) or play music people could dance too.

Question 11

form of instrumental music

Answer 11

often played solo, but sometimes with a drone, polyphony didn’t come about until late in the renaissance

Question 12

instruments

Answer 12

lyre, a precursor to violins, jew’s harp, a metal vibraphone where you use your mouth to play it, and other stringed instruments similar to guitar.

Question 13

vocal+instrumentals

Answer 13

only at big churches were choirs backed up by music.

Question 14

instrumentals in secular life

Answer 14

instrumental music distanced music from the church because instruments were only seen in the very large churches

Question 15

When did madrigals originate?

Answer 15

the 1520’s

Question 16

What other country did madrigals become super popular?

Answer 16

By the 1560s, Madrigals spread from Italy to England and became one of the most popular types of music.

Question 17

WHAT IS A LUTE

Answer 17

A necked instrument with strings that are plucked, it most often describes a European instrument developed during the Midieval, Renaissance and Baroque eras

Question 18

WHAT ARE SOME CHARACTORISTICS OF Ayre music?

Answer 18

It was often strophic with strong melodies and harmonies and many songs spoke of love and other deep emotions.

Question 19

Five parts of the Ordinary of the Mass

Answer 19

Kyrie, Gloria, Sanctus, Credo, Agnus Dei

Question 20

Cantus firmus

Answer 20

A melody used in polyphonic compositions that was used as a theme for a piece of music or for a new composition. Sources of cantus firmi were often plainsong chants. This helped listeners relate to the new song, as they were more familiar with the tune.

Question 21

Cyclic Mass

Answer 21

A mass composition in which all five parts of the ordinary of the mass used the same tune or theme - often a cantus firmus. This technique unifies the five parts of the mass.

Question 22

Paraphrase Mass

Answer 22

A mass composition in which the cantus firmus is elaborated upon, similar to theme and variations.

Question 23

Parody Mass

Answer 23

A mass composition in which multiple voices of a pre-existing work were used as the setting. Sources of the theme can include motets or other polyphinc masses. Because this technique “copied” from polyphonic works, the parody mass evolved in the latter part of the Renaissance.

Question 24

Canon

Answer 24

A polyphonic composition in which a melody is sung and the following voices imitate the melody exactly at a set duration after the original melody.

Question 25

Prolation canon

Answer 25

A canon in which the imitating melodies elongate the rhythm of the original melody.

Question 26

when were lute songs written

Answer 26

Luke songs were written from about 1550 to 1650.

Question 27

who performed lute songs

Answer 27

lutenist and some madrigalist

Question 28

Ayre Music

Answer 28

Lute music popular in 16th and 17th century Englands introduced by John Dowland

Question 29

Strophic Music

Answer 29

Also known as verse repeating or chorus form, it describes songs in which all verses are sung to the same music and melody; the opposite of through composed.

Question 30

Ayre Music

Answer 30

Lute music popular in 16th and 17th century England created by John Dowland

Question 31

Strophic Music

Answer 31

Also known as verse repeating or chorus form, it describes songs in which all verses are sung to the same music and melody; the opposite of through composed.