Rennaisance period

Cronology of Rennaisance

• 12th-13th

• 14th-15th

• 15th-16th

Who are the most important composers in the secular music in Italian Rennaisance? Orlando di Lasso, Carlo Gesualdo and .........

• Josquin des Prez

• Janequin

• Claudio Monteverdi

• Juan Vazquez

In which categories are divided instrument families in Rennaisance

• High music and low music

• Haut music and Bas music

• Hite music and Bass music

• Wood music and brass music

What is the definition "pieces based on variation"

• They can be improvised upon a given melody or cantus firmus

• They keep the typical structure and texture of the original vocal forms but adapted for instruments

• The composer starts with a simple theme that is later repeated with different modifications

Chorale, Anthem and motet are religious or secular vocal music?

• Religious music

• Secular music

What is a chorale

• Simple composition, often based on popular melodies

• It is a composition similar to the motet in english

• It is a compound form, result of putting together all the pieces of the liturgy

Who are the most representative composers of chanson? Josquin del Prez and ......

• Francisco de Peñalosa

• Mateo Flecha

• Clement Janequin

• Claudio Monteverdi

Cristobal de Morales belongs to ....

• The Catholic Counter-Reformation

• The English Reformation

• The Protestan Reformation