Music from Renaissance

Not secular music in times of the Renaissance

• Pavane

• Motet

• Madrigal

• Allemand

Polyphony is:

• two or more simultaneous lines of independent melody,

• one dominant melodic voice accompanied by chords,

• one dominant melodic voice with no accompaniment,

• sacred music,

Sacred music which was sung in Catholic church in Renaissance period. The text was written in ________ language

• French

• German

• Latin

• Italian

• English

The period of music which followed Medieval is the...

• Modern

• Renaissance

• Classical

• Romantic

• Baroque

What means "monophonic" in music?

• Music consisting of a single musical line, without accompaniment.

• Gregorian chants

• Music consisting in multiple musical lines, with accompaniment.

• Sacred music.

• Music made by monks.

Which of the following is not a popular musical genre during the Renaissance?

• Plain Chant

• Motet

• Concerto

• Madrigal

Which of the following is not composer from the Renaissance?

• John Downland

• Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina

• Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

• Orlande de Lassus

• Josquin de Prez

What are two musical innovations that came with the Renaissance period?

• Polyphonic texture and Printed music, rather than hand-scripted

• Dancing added to the music in church

• Printed music and dance added to the music in church

Which of the following was a popular instrument during Renaissance period?

• Saxphone

• Lute

• Timpani

• Piano

Unaccompanied choral music is

• A cappella

• Georgian chant

• In most lute songs, the lute accompaniment

• Most medieval music