Unit 2: Chapter 2 Renaissance Music

What invention during the Renaissance era widened the circulation of music?

• the postal system

• the traveling knights

• the printing press

• the piano

When did the Renaissance begin?

• 1600

• 1450

• 1860

• 450

The word "Renaissance" is French for what?

• Fancy cheese

• Rebirth

• Death

• Ridiculous

Who was expected to be trained in music during the Renaissance?

• Blacksmiths

• Any educated person

• Candlemakers

• Butchers

True or false: the Catholic church became MORE powerful during the Renaissance.

• True

• False

In church music, this type of composition became popular.

• Tune

• Madrigal

• Mass

• Ballad

Which of the following composers was famous during the Renaissance?

• Clara Schumann

• J.S. Bach

• Josquin des Prez

• Ludwig van Beethoven

A sacred, polyphonic vocal composition, usually unaccompanied is a

• Madrigal

• plainchant

• lute song

• Motet

What is a Madrigal?

• a group of instruments playing together

• A solo melody accompanied by the lute

• a secular, polyphonic song based on poems, often about love

• a musical texture in which one voice has the melody, while the other parts serve as accompaniment

The sackbut is known today as the

• trombone

• oboe

• When the quarterback is tackled with the ball

• bassoon