Dual Enrollment Music: Renaissance

The Madrigal emerged in ______ during the _______.

• Italy, 1520’s
• the Netherlands, war of 1812
• Bingen, Middle Ages

The madrigalist flourished during a century-long gap between

• the start of music printing and the popularity of keyboard instruments
• Gregorian chant and rock music
• the start of music publishing and the popularity of the record album

Printing made music

• much more widely available 
• much more expensive
• Printing had no effect on music

The challenge for madrigal composers was to

• integrate words and music - to have the music enhance the message of the words.
• use counterpoint so that all of the notes came out evenly at the end
• be able to write out all of those notes clearly

The lute’s closest “cousin” in the guitar family is probably the 

• twelve-string guitar
• bass guitar
• regular acoustic guitar

The most obvious differences between the modern guitar and the lute are

• the shape of the body and the shape of the neck
• the size of the instrument and the way it is played
• the timbre of the instruments and the level of resonance achieved

The lute evolved from 

• an ancient Middle Eastern Instrument called the oud
• an ancient Chinese instrument called the koto
• An Australian instrument called the didgeridoo

Idiomatic compositions were

• composed in a way that makes use of an instrument’s distinctive sounds
• composed to represent certain forms of speech
• played on an automatic idiom

Martin Luther grew up hearing the Mass sung in 

• Latin
• Greek
• the vernacular

Martin Luther composed

• hymns and hymn tunes for congregational singing
• several polyphonic settings of the Ordinary of the Mass
• chansons and rondeaus