Renaissance Music

The word "Renaissance" is French for what?

• Fancy cheese

• Rebirth

• Death

• Ridiculous

Which invention greatly influenced the Renaissance movement?

• Gunpowder

• Eye glasses

• Coffee houses

• The printing press

What kind of music became more popular during the Renaissance?

• Instrumental

• Vocal

True or false: Polyphony became more complex during the Renaissance.

• False

• True

Which of the following composers was famous during the Renaissance?

• Clara Schumann

• J.S. Bach

• Josquin des Prez

• Ludwig van Beethoven

Who invented the printing press?

• Francesco Petrarch

• Dante Alighieri

• Johannes Gutenberg

• Leonardo da Vinci

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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