The Renaissance/How Palestrina Saved Music

Question 1

What did Leoain & Perotin do?

Answer 1

Added notes to chants

Question 2

What is it called to take a chant and make it a bassline?

Answer 2

Cantus Firmus

Question 3

What is a Kyrie in Mass?

Answer 3

A song that asks for forgiveness

Question 4

What is Gloria in Mass?

Answer 4

A song that shows glory for being saved

Question 5

What does a Credo do in Mass?

Answer 5

State beliefs

Question 6

What does a Sanctus song do?

Answer 6

Give praise

Question 7

What does Agnus Dei mean?

Answer 7

Lamb of God

Question 8

What does polyphonic mean?

Answer 8

Many sounds

Question 9

People didn’t understand the music in Mass due to what and what happened as a result?

Answer 9

Polyphonics & the people stopped going

Question 10

Who was Palestrina supported by?

Answer 10

His wife

Question 11

Who did Palestrina work for and where?

Answer 11

A local bishop in Palestrina

Question 12

What happened to the bishop in Palestrina?

Answer 12

He became Pope Gregory IV

Question 13

What did Palestrina wrote for Pope Gregory IV?

Answer 13

Pope Gregory IV Mass

Question 14

What did Palestrina supply Gregory IV with?

Answer 14

Fur, wine, & music

Question 15

Where did Palestrina get the fur and wine from?

Answer 15

His wife

Question 16

When Pope Gregory IV died and Pope Marcellus became pope, what did Palestrina do?

Answer 16

He changed the Pope Gregory IV Mass to the Pope Marcellus Mass

Question 17

How did Palestrina prove the church wrong?

Answer 17

He created polyphonic music that could be understood