Test 1-6

The texture of Renaissance music is chiefly

• monophonic

• homophonic

• polyphonic

• heterophonic

The dominant intellectual movement of the Renaissance was called

• feudalism

• humanism

• classicism

• paganism

A cappella refers to

• unaccompanied choral music

• men taking their hats off in church

• singing in a hushed manner because one is in church

• any form of music appropriate for church use

The musical representation of specific poetic images was known as

• madrigal

• ballet

• word painting

• motet

Musical melodies are usually easy to sing because

• the level of musicianship in the Renaissance was not very high

• the music was mostly homophonic, so that one could sing it with a group

• there was a sharp defined beat, which kept the performers together

• the melody usually moves along a scale with few large leaps

An attempt was made to purify Catholic church music as a result of the

• music of Palestrina

• deliberations of the Council of Trent

• complaints of Desiderius Erasmus

• founding of the Jesuit order in 1540

Josquin Desprez was a contemporary

• Christopher Columbus

• Perotin

• Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina

• Henry VIII of England

Thomas Weelkes's As Vesta Was Descending is notable for its

• word painting

• completely homophonic texture

• instrumental accompaniment

• monophonic texture

Much of the instrumental music composed during the Renaissance was intended for

• the concert hall

• religious worship

• dancing

• the piano

During the Renaissance, every educated person was expected to

• play an instrument, dance, and read musical notation

• sing Gregorian chant

• be a composer

• All answers are correct