Music in the Renaissance

What new Renaissance invention allowed written music to circulate faster?

• Compass

• Printing Press

• Protestant Reformation

• Copy Machine

What does the term Renaissance mean?

• Born Again

• Reason

• Old

• Rebirth

Which composer pioneered the opera form?

• Palestrina

• Dowland

• Monteverdi

• Byrd

What event led to the monarchy taking greater control over society during this time period?

• The plague

• The Protestant Reformation

• The rising merchant class

• The Council of Trent

True or False? Instruments were prominent in secular music of the Renaissance.

• True

• False

True or False? The Church began to lose its control over knowledge during the Renaissance.

• True

• False

Vocal works that would use word-painting and display a particular emotion or character are called:

• Madrigals

• Motets

• Mass

• Chanson

This European country was NOT an important center of Renaissance music development:

• England

• Italy

• France

• Austria

Which of the following musical forms were NOT secular during the Renaissance?

• Madrigal

• Chanson

• Motet

• Instrumental dance music

Who began and led the Protestant Reformation by nailing his 95 Theses to a church's doors?

• The Pope

• Calvin

• Palestrina

• Luther